Companies that are involved in the lithium battery supply chain have been expanding their presence in the solid-state battery segment in the recent years. Among them, major Chinese lithium supplier Ganfeng Lithium has just launched a major project to develop solid-state batteries and scale up production for the related products. ...  more

The government of Zhuhai, which is a major city in the China’s Guangdong Province, formally released its energy development strategy under the 14th Five-Year Plan on July 26. According to the strategy, the city’s generation capacity will increase by 7,700MW to reach 13,890MW by 2025. ...  more

On August 5, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) posted a notice on its website detailing the performance of the domestic industrial silicon (metallic silicon) industry in the first half of 2022. Highlights are as follows: ...  more

Guangdong Tonze Electric Co. Ltd. announced on August 2 that it has signed an investment agreement with the government of Ruichang. Under the agreement, Tonze will set up a local base for the mass production of LiPF6 (lithium hexafluorophosphate), high-purity LiF (lithium fluoride), and other related chemical products. In terms of production capacity, the base will have 30,000 tons per year for LiPF6 and 6,000 tons per year for LiF. Tonze will be committing an initial investment of around RMB 3 billion. Ruichang is a county-level city in China’s Jiangxi Province. ...  more

According to the reporting by Chinese news outlets, the “Design Guidelines and Key Points of Evaluation Pertaining to Adoption of Energy Conservation Measures for Civil Buildings in Chengdu” (the “Chengdu guidelines”) came into effect on August 1. ...  more

Canadian company Anaergia is working with Japanese real estate group Toyo’s renewable energy division on building a large cow manure power plant in Japan. As the name suggests, a cow manure power plant converts cow manure from animal husbandry to biofuel in the hope of transforming the significant greenhouse gas methane into new energy. ...  more

CNGR Advanced Material and Huayou Cobalt, which are among the major Chinese suppliers for battery materials, have respectively signed an agreement with Tesla for the provisioning of ternary precursors. CNGR and Huayou both made the announcement on July 31. ...  more

On August 2, China Energy Engineering Corp. (Energy China) released the shortlist of the selected potential bidders for its 6GW PV inverter tender. ...  more