However, the above documents do not stipulate the minimum guaranteed acquisition hours for the three types of photovoltaic resource areas. This document also clarifies that the non-guaranteed acquisition hours shall be calculated according to the reasonable utilization hours, and the reasonable utilization hours of new projects shall be in accordance with the Ministry of Finance, The National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration "Several Opinions on Promoting the Healthy Development of Non-Water Renewable Energy Power Generation" Supplementary Notice on Relevant Matters (Cai Jian [2020] No. 426) shall be implemented.
Among them, the reasonable utilization hours of photovoltaic power generation projects in the first, second and third types of resource areas in the whole life cycle are 32,000 hours, 26,000 hours and 22,000 hours. The state-determined photovoltaic leader base projects and the 2019 and 2020 bidding projects have a 10% increase in the number of hours of reasonable utilization throughout the life cycle of the resource area where they are located. That is, the reasonable utilization hours of photovoltaic projects in the three types of resource areas are 1,100 hours.
The reasonable utilization hours of wind power projects in the first, second, third and fourth resource areas in the whole life cycle are 48,000 hours, 44,000 hours, 40,000 hours and 36,000 hours respectively. The reasonable utilization hours of the whole life cycle of offshore wind power is 52,000 hours.