China Green Energy
July 7, 2023
1. Recently, Qinhuangdao Port New Energy No. 1 locomotive was put into operation in Qinhuangdao, Hebei. The locomotive is a green, low-carbon, and environmentally friendly pure electric shunting locomotive rebuilt from retired diesel locomotives with a traction capacity of 6,000 tons. It adopts a replaceable lithium iron phosphate power battery pack.
2. Chinese carmaker Geely sold 26,900 pure EVs and 11,700 plug-in hybrid EVs in June 2023. In the first half, sales rose 13% to 694,000 units from the same period last year.
3. According to a report from “Shi Fang Zhi Xing,” Tesla’s Shanghai factory has initiated layoffs for employees involved in battery assembly. The first phase of battery assembly will be most affected, with over 50% of employees being laid off. While most will receive negotiated compensation, a few will be reassigned to different positions. Equipment from the first phase will also be either dismantled or relocated. Layoffs are a result of canceled export orders and excess production capacity due to US government policies on imported batteries from China.
4. On Tuesday, twenty Chinese-made 18-meter-long new energy buses were delivered to Kazakhstan in Astana. These vehicles, able to run up to 400 km on one charge, are among the first 50 units of 224 passenger vehicles ordered by the Central Asia country from China.
5. IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol today formally became a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering at a prestigious ceremony in Beijing that recognised his services to economics, engineering and international cooperation on key energy issues.
6. Sunwoda stated on the interactive platform on Friday that the company is currently developing lithium manganese iron phosphate batteries, of which the energy density can reach 235Wh/kg.
7. BREAKING! Standards for photovoltaic modules are unified! On July 7, representatives of nine leading module companies in China, including Trina Solar, reached a consensus on the standardization of the module size of the new generation of rectangular silicon wafers: 2382mm*1134mm.
8. On July 6, China Energy Group completed the hoisting of the first fan of the largest wind power project in Tibet. The project is located in Nagqu City, Tibet Autonomous Region, with a total investment of 640 million yuan and an installed capacity of 100 megawatts. It is the largest wind power project in the world in areas with ultra-high altitudes above 4,500 meters.
9. The Karot Hydropower Project is the first hydropower project along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. The hydropower station constructed by China Three Gorges Corporation has been in operation for one year. The cumulative power generation of the hydropower station is 3.64 billion kWh, equivalent to saving about 1.59 million tonnes of standard coal and reducing about 3.98 million tonnes of carbon dioxide.
10. China is set to double its capacity and produce 1,200 gigawatts of energy through wind and solar power by 2025, reaching its 2030 goal five years ahead of time, according to the report by Global Energy Monitor.
