On June 4, Zhu Qijie, a resident of Dinghuo Town, Jiangdu District, Yangzhou City, who enjoys the reputation of "the first person to sell electricity in Jiangsu Province", ushered in the 10th anniversary of photovoltaic grid-connected.
Ten years ago, he invested 50000 yuan to build a 5 kilowatt photovoltaic power generation device formally integrated into the State Grid, becoming the first distributed photovoltaic power generation grid-connected in Jiangsu Province. In the past 10 years, he not only recovered all his investment, but also turned from an installer to a photovoltaic distributor and installer, leading some people to increase their income and become rich, and helping the rural revitalization. He said: "Devoting to photovoltaic power generation has a bright future, which can achieve win-win economic and social benefits."
In 2013, Zhu Qijie invested 50000 yuan to build a 5 kilowatt distributed photovoltaic power generation device. "In the first year of grid connection, the total revenue was 4440 yuan, which completely exceeded my expectations." Zhu Qijie said that the first year's earnings greatly boosted his confidence in continuing to develop distributed photovoltaic power generation, so in 2014 and 2017, he invested a total of 100000 yuan twice, making the total capacity of photovoltaic power generation devices reach 30 kilowatts.
Zhu Qijie admitted that although the investment cost was relatively high at that time, with the help of the relevant support policies issued by the state and Jiangsu Province, he had recovered 150000 yuan of investment in May 2021 through power generation subsidies and the income of on-grid electricity charges, and he had also used "green electricity" for eight years free of charge.
Seeing the favorable situation of the development of photovoltaic industry , Zhu Qijie started to rent other people's roofs for photovoltaic power generation. In 2018, he reached an agreement with Yangzhou Yangtze River Pump Co., Ltd. in Jiangdu City to use its roof for photovoltaic power generation and sell it to enterprises at a discount of 9% of the normal electricity price. In June of that year, he invested 600000 yuan in a new photovoltaic power generation device and began to generate electricity, making a profit of more than 130000 yuan a year through the sale of power generation. At present, he has not only recovered the cost, but also made a profit of more than 50000 yuan. In addition, he also rented the roofs of more than 10 residents in Jiangdu, Gaoyou and Jinhu for photovoltaic power generation.
According to statistics, in the past 10 years, Zhu Qijie has invested nearly 1.1 million yuan to install photovoltaic power generation devices. At present, he has not only recovered all the investment, but also enjoyed an annual investment dividend of 200,000 yuan.
Since becoming "the first person to sell electricity in Jiangsu" in 2013, Zhu Qijie, an ordinary mechanical and electrical installer, has been reported by People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency, CCTV and other media, and has become popular rapidly. He founded Yangzhou Jiehai New Energy Co., Ltd. in 2014 and became a photovoltaic distributor and installer in 2017, engaged in photovoltaic sales and installation projects. In May
2017, a resident in Jinhu County, Huai'an, installed a 5 kilowatt photovoltaic power generation device on his roof. Zhu Qijie obtained the order through negotiation and made a profit of more than 2000 yuan, becoming the "first barrel of gold" after he transformed into a distributor of photovoltaic power generation devices. Later, he installed a 2000 kilowatt photovoltaic power generation device in Yangzhou Jinbaojie Machinery Co., Ltd. in Dinghuo Town, which has become his largest distribution and installation project so far.
At present, Zhu Qijie's business scope has covered Yangzhou, Taizhou, Nantong, Yancheng, Huaian and other districts and cities. The number of photovoltaic enterprises and individuals sold and installed by Zhu Qijie has reached 600, with a total capacity of more than 30,000 kilowatts. On the flat ground, the area covered by photovoltaic panels has reached 240,000 square meters, reaching the area of 30 football fields. The annual power generation has reached 33 million kilowatt-hours, which can reduce carbon emissions by 24651 tons. In February
2022, Zhu Qijie's Jiehai New Energy Co., Ltd. and China Building Materials Handan Co., Ltd., a long-term partner, went to Pakistan to take over the installation of a 3000 kilowatt photovoltaic power generation project.
Power business environment enables
a group of people to increase their income and become rich
in a flash, and it has been 10 years since Zhu Qijie's first photovoltaic grid-connected. Speaking of increasing investment over the years, Zhu Qijie admitted that it was the intimate and enthusiastic service provided by the power supply company and the tax department that strengthened his confidence.
"At that time, to connect to the grid, there were a lot of procedures to do, to install meters, to connect lines, fortunately, the people of the power supply company helped me a lot, did not let me bother any God, it was all done." Zhu Qijie recalled that in order to connect his photovoltaic power generation to the grid smoothly, Yangzhou and Jiangdu power supply companies, after accepting the project application, specially arranged personnel to follow up the service, do a good job in policy publicity and interpretation, and carefully check and accept, so that the whole process of installation, commissioning and acceptance fully meets the design requirements. At the same time, the tax department helped him issue invoices to the power supply company for reimbursement, and later, preferential policies were introduced so that he did not need to run errands to invoice, he could directly "charge" at home. With the help of
business environment, Zhu Qijie's business is getting bigger and bigger, and it has also led a group of people to get rich. It is understood that from the beginning of his business, he followed his five capable cadres, with an annual income of more than 130000 yuan. Zhu Qijie has also established a flexible cooperative relationship with more than 40 installation workers and implemented a "daily settlement" remuneration method, in which these installation workers work "part-time" for half a year. "I worked for 200 days last year, earning more than 70000 yuan, and in my spare time I can do another job in the local area, and the days are getting better and better!" Zhang Zhujun, a welder who has been working with Zhu Qijie since 2018, said with emotion. The story of
"the first person to sell electricity in Jiangsu" getting rich by contacting photovoltaic to change his life trajectory has also affected many Yangzhou residents, who have started photovoltaic power generation on their roofs, not only free electricity, low-carbon environmental protection, but also enjoy investment dividends. Some enterprises also see this point, installing photovoltaic power generation on the roof of the enterprise for the production and office electricity needs of the enterprise, effectively reducing the cost of electricity expenditure. Zhao Liang, Deputy Director of Development Planning Department of Yangzhou Power Supply Company of
State Grid, introduced that at present, there are 185000 distributed photovoltaic grid-connected users in Yangzhou, with a total capacity of 934700 kilowatts. Among them, there are 16 thousand and 800 residents and 1783 non-residents.