Winny Wang / Shanghai Daily news

The setting of standards and prices will help solar-energy electricity systems become part of Chinese family life, said Zhao Chunjiang, a doctor with the Shanghai University of Electric Power.

The country’s first home-applied solar-energy electricity system has been used in Zhao’s family home in a 100-day trial and it successfully reduced the family’s use of power.

“The television, fridge and micro-oven can all be run on the system,”Zhao said.

The country should map out detailed standards, construction procedures and a suitable price for residents to install solar energy to promote the system, Zhao said.

The system generated 797 kilowatt-hours electricity in the 100 days and it can produce 10 kilowatt-hours power every day in summer.

The system can generate 3,000 Kilowatt-hours electricity a year, which can meet the whole family’s needs, said Zhao’s wife.

The system, which doesn’t need frequent maintenance, can help reduce the discharge of carbon dioxide by 3.6 tons when producing 3,000 kilowatt-hours of power, Zhao said.