• 31Oct

    Recently, this reporter learned from China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, China auto industry “Twelve Five” plan will be the new energy vehicles as China’s auto industry, the top priority of the next 5 years of development put forward by 2015, China’s annual domestic sales of new energy vehicles million cars to reach the goal.

    According to reports, in the automotive industry, “second Five-Year” plan, focus on the development of new energy vehicles will be hybrid vehicle electrification and power as a symbol of the two technologies, the new generation of products and industrial upgrading. State Ministry of Industry recently announced that the next 10 years China will invest over 100 billion yuan of funds for support of new energy vehicles production, making China the world’s largest producer of new energy vehicles.

    As international oil prices to 70 dollars, the advantages of new energy vehicles starting to show. World crude oil supply, and prices continued to rise, the government, research institutions and enterprises to accelerate the development and promotion of new energy vehicles, the direct cause.

    Industry, the new energy electric car is the most important parts of motive power batteries, electric motors and energy conversion control systems, while the power battery is a high technical threshold, but also the most concentrated part of the profits.

    Investment Advisor in the Ministry pointed out that the new energy automotive industry, new energy vehicles demanding on the battery, you must have high specific energy, high specific power, fast charging and deep discharge performance, but also for the cost as low as possible, the service life as long as possible. At present, the nickel-hydrogen battery has just entered the mature stage, is used in hybrid electric vehicle battery system verified by the only real commercial, large-scale battery system, the global mass-produced hybrid car has been used in all nickel-hydrogen batteries system. Currently, the Chang’an Jie Xun, Chery A5, FAW Pentium, General Grand Hyatt and other brand cars have been run in the model, they are used in nickel-metal hydride batteries, but batteries are purchasing from abroad, is still under development in the use of the matching stage.

    Investment Advisor in the Ministry of the new energy automotive industry that the nickel-metal hydride batteries in the field of technology and resources of both the advantages, of which the world’s leading nickel hydroxide properties, rare earth rich in natural resources, a unique resource advantages. Development of new energy vehicles in the next 3 years will remain the mainstream of new energy vehicles, followed by nickel-metal hydride battery technology and lithium iron phosphate, hydrogen fuel cells one-third of the world, 5 years will gradually be replaced by lithium batteries and fuel cells . Battery giant Panasonic and Sanyo also consider that the lithium-ion battery can not be replaced in 2 to 3 years, nickel-hydrogen batteries, nickel-hydrogen batteries is mainly due to low security, has reached large-scale production. Lithium batteries also need to continue to research topics such as security, so take time to commercialization.

    In recent years, China’s automotive lithium battery industry from scratch, from small to large, industrial late start in Japan, but developing very fast in the development of lithium-ion battery also put a lot of financial and material resources. China’s automotive lithium-ion battery R & D project has been the national “863″ key project, most of the material to achieve a localization, China has been self-built and the introduction of a number of production lines, there are several related materials, have formed large-scale production, competitive market, primarily investment-driven industries. China’s BYD, Universal Group, Shenzhen BAK Battery, Tianjin Lishen Battery Myers, a joint venture with the United States and so exposure to lithium battery research. However, currently the only vehicle control group of large-scale lithium iron phosphate production technology company BYD, the world leader in the BYD E6 and hybrid electric vehicles F3DM has officially launched its own research and development of lithium-powered batteries.

    Data show that by 2012, China will form 50 million new energy automobile production capacity to 2 million bicycles batteries (considering the hybrid and pure electric vehicles), the average level, the domestic auto battery market could reach 100 billion yuan, equivalent to the current size of the market growth of 1 times the lithium battery. Industry insiders estimate that by 2020, driven by new energy vehicles, automotive battery market, the global demand will more than 200 billion yuan. China car battery industry will usher in a golden opportunity of rapid development.

    However, despite the market enthusiasm that China’s power battery and the whole chain of new energy automotive industry status quo is not optimistic. China Machinery Industry Federation executive vice president, Zhang Xiaoyu, chairman of Society of Automotive Engineers of China said recently that China’s new energy vehicles in the current battery power more than 80% of the core components to be imported.

    863 Prince Director of the Center battery tests are expected in winter, in the electric car, driven by market demand, lithium-ion battery market in the next 5 years will exceed 200 billion yuan. At present, countries have defined the high subsidies to buy electric cars. While consumers, the subsidies really tempting, but the risk of purchase but have to be careful. Hot from the electric car market to sell cars in just two years, government subsidies, which have not yet dared to each of the offerings battery manufacturers say their battery packs have already crossed the stage hand, into industrial production.

     
    Insiders pointed out that the core of new energy vehicles competing power battery technology is to achieve a breakthrough. The moment, including hybrid, fuel cell and electric vehicles, including a new energy vehicles, electric vehicles more feasible technology options. And among the key components in electric cars, battery power if you can not grasp the core technology, new energy vehicles in China is destined to encounter “ceiling.” It seems that the battery in the development of new energy vehicles suffered concern to the industry, China’s battery industry is being experienced by the “bottleneck.” At present, the core component of battery positive and battery separator, 80% are imported. Zhang Xiaoyu, said battery core components of the high import rate, to the development of new energy vehicles in China has sounded the alarm.

    Meanwhile, the new energy automotive battery industry faces technical barriers to trade will become increasingly serious. Engineering Branch of China Director Chen Quanshi stressed electric car, which is a gradual process, through demonstration operations, expanding the scale of increase through the application of large-scale battery technology to reduce battery costs and improve the relevant technical standards.

    Now, most of the enterprises in China alone, battery research and development, limited funding, lack of communication and cooperation between enterprises, technology is difficult to further advance. In addition, a large number of battery power throughout the country a large number of investment projects Initiate could trigger a new round of duplication tide, the industry’s urgent need to build a national power battery industry alliance, improve the investment direction and channels to promote the development of common technology through the promotion of China Power battery industry back on track as soon as possible.

  • 28Oct

    Oct. 28 GCL announced signed a long-term silicon supply contracts with India’s leading manufacturer of solar cell

    production Indosolar Limited, GCL will provide Indosolar a total of some 209 million (about 815MW) of high-quality

    silicon in the next four years, the contract is amounted to 600 million dollars (about 4.68 billion Hong Kong

    dollars).

  • 27Oct

    With the coming of environmental protection era, so that robots are starting to become environmentally friendly, and the figure above dSolar is a third-party company, specializing in the production of a combination of Lego robot toy company Dexter Industries, for the Lego Mindstorms NXT Lego Robot development of solar panel components.

    This form of solar panels look like a robot, it can be easily inserted at the Lego Mindstorms NX Lego robot, so that robots do not have to spend the battery, the operation can be flexible. dSolar solar panels was divided into two specifications, a generated current 250mA, the other was 500mA, two of the voltage is 9V, the price of 90 and 99 dollars. Rechargeable lithium battery can be used both to help can also be used directly in the Mindstorms NXT.
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  • 26Oct

    The Norwegian army Nordic Energy Systems is developing new fuel cell-based silent diesel generators. The company has successfully tested a 250-watt output power of solid acid fuel cell, which cell is established by the California Institute of Technology’s SAFCell development and production company. Currently, the two companies are jointly capture 1.2 kilowatts of power generation systems.

    Although still in its early solid fuel cell development, SAFCell company said the battery is more simple than traditional fuel cells, one of the key components, such as the electrolyte, the material can be relatively inexpensive to obtain. Researchers developing the technology that this solid low-cost fuel cells, efficient enough to replace the turbines used in power plants.

    New generator running, you need to produce hydrogen from diesel, the process is called re-engineering of the (fuel is heated, but does not burn, but mixed with air and water vapor). Subsequently, the hydrogen fuel cell to generate electricity input. And the trial has been in the car not the same as the fuel cell, fuel cell will be integrated into this new type of carbon monoxide and other impurities, these impurities are mixed in among the hydrogen produced by diesel. SAFCell CEO Callum • Qisuoermu said that if large-scale production, this new type of fuel cell production costs are cheaper in many, Bloom Energy is lower than the high temperature solid oxide sold batteries, because the new fuel Battery operating temperature lower, without the use of expensive heat-resistant material.

  • 25Oct

    Hydrogenics Corporation on Germany October 20, 2010 signed a contract with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for the aircraft power applications in Germany next generation fuel cell module series.

    Hydrogenics Corporation in early 2011 supplied several heavy-duty high endurance HyPM HD10 fuel cell power module.

  • 24Oct

    22 October, the fifth South lithium battery (International) Senior Technology Forum and New Energy (lithium) industrial investment Matchmaking Symposium was held in Shenzhen. The United States, South Korea, Japan, China’s lithium experts, and BYD, B & K new energy, BAK, ATL, lithium and other leaders in the power of God to participate in the forum.

    The forum theme is “China’s lithium battery, from manufacturing to create - 2010 dialogue, energy storage and power.” The focus of speakers guests lithium trend of new energy technologies and applications. U.S. Battery Industry Association, Chairman of International Union of advanced transportation batteries Ralph Brodd, vice president of American Solar Edward Bridges, the world’s IEEE (battery specification) Chairman Zhang Zhengming batteries and other energy experts to the scene.

    According to the famous ridge of new industry research institute of new energy research consulting report data, annual output of lithium in South China accounting for two-thirds of total output, while the core of which are produced in Shenzhen.

  • 22Oct

    Tunisia Ministry of Industry and Technology Secretary of State for renewable energy announced on 21 October in Lhasa, Tunisia, in the next five years Tunisia will increase capital investment and technology development efforts, to develop solar energy & # 65380; wind power and other new energy 。

    On October 29 to 30 Tunisia will held “Tunisia Solar International Conference”, helding in Lhasa in this press conference, according to the Tunisian president, “the development of environmentally friendly and energy efficient economy” the instructions, the Tunisian government has formulated a new plan for the development of new energy sources, including a total of 40 projects 。 as a first step, Tunisia plans wind and solar power generation capacity reached 345 MW in 2011, and strive to reach 1,000 MW by 2016 & # 65377 ;

    Tunisia plans to develop solar home country in 2010 to complete sets of household solar power generation device 1000, for completion by 2016, 5,000 sets of 。 In addition, Tunisia is also preparing to improve the power sector, supporting relevant facilities, recovery of excess power solar home 。 said, according to Lhasa, each household investment in solar power installations to be 1.8 million dinars (1 U.S. dollar equals 1.4 dinars), but the removal of subsidies the government and the electricity sector, the burden of each family is only 30% of the actual cost 。

    It is reported that the financing for the project for Tunisia is 4.1 billion dinars in capital, focusing on strengthening the solar and wind and other renewable energy development 。 addition to the Tunisian National Energy Security Fund and the relevant government investment, the main hope of Tunisia program is to attract private investment and international cooperation in investment &#65377.

  • 21Oct

    Japan SolarFrontier on October 19, 2010 announced that it has signed the agreement with the United States to develop CZTS class IBM solar cell.

    CZTS class of solar cell is based on copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), tin (Sn), sulfur (S) and selenium (Se) as the main component of the compound thin film solar cells. Because the material does not contain expensive precious metals, if you can improve the conversion efficiency, it is expected in the future competition in the production and price advantage. The leading the development company is IBM. The company announced in 2010 that the conversion efficiency has reached 9.6%.

    SolarFrontier said CZTS type solar cell technology is the extension from “CIS solar cells,”.

  • 20Oct

    Kyocera announced the development of thin film silicon solar cells. The conversion efficiency of the 1cm square of the battery cell has been 13.8%. On October 19 to 21, on a seminar held in Tokyo “Nature Photonics Technology Conference”, the Kyocera had a speech.

    Achieve 13.8% conversion efficiency is superimposed layers of amorphous silicon and microcrystalline silicon layer structure of thin film silicon tandem solar cells. Kyocera in which the formation of microcrystalline silicon layer, using the method known as the Cat-PECVD.

    Common method is to SiH4 PECVD and H2 into the reaction chamber at the same time. The Kyocera sucked heated to 1800 ℃ tungsten (W) wire and tantalum (Ta) wire as the catalyst (Catalyzer) decomposition of H2, and then into the reaction chamber. In this way, you can create high-quality microcrystalline silicon.

    Cat-PECVD method using microcrystalline silicon layer forming rate of 1.6nm / sec. PECVD method in general, the film speed the formation of thin-film silicon solar cell conversion efficiency of 11% from top to bottom. Want to make under normal PECVD method increased to 13.8% conversion efficiency, you need to film speed down to 0.9nm / seconds. In the future, Kyocera will address topics such as large area as the goal of promoting research and development.

  • 19Oct

    On October 19, 2010 the largest in western China Li-ion battery production base - New Energy Co., Ltd. Inner Mongolia Rongfeng lithium production project commencement ceremony held in Hohhot, Hung Shing Industrial Park.

    It is understood that New Energy Co., Ltd. Inner Mongolia Rongfeng lithium battery production has total investment of 2.8 billion construction program in 2011, 2013 production will reach 800 million per year production capacity Ah, the annual output value will more than billion, nearly a million in tax revenue . The project can be applied to electric vehicles, electric bicycles, but also for solar power, wind power save energy. To fill the regional gaps in this area, it is the largest lithium production basein in western China . New Energy Co., Ltd. Inner Mongolia Rongfeng start building lithium production project, our region will become an important force in the development of high-tech industries.

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