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Chinese printing company DFP announced on January 30 that its holding subsidiary Bosheng Advanced Materials will be setting up a base in the Loudi Economic and Technological Development Zone for the development and manufacturing of materials used in Li-ion batteries that are equipped in EVs and energy storage systems. ...  more

Battero Tech and Sinotek New Energy held a conference on February 3 to discuss joint opportunities across the Li-Ion battery industry chain. Topics that they covered include fundraising activities, material procurements, battery cell supply, energy storage solutions, and integrated manufacturing. At the conclusion of the event, both parties signed a strategic cooperation agreement and a framework agreement for the procurement of 3GWh of battery cells in 2023. ...  more

Dongwei Technology announced on January 30 that it has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with two subsidiaries of SPIC. Under the agreement, they will jointly develop a processing solution for placing copper-plated busbars onto HJT cells. ...  more

The shingled panel adopts Thermal Laser Separation (TLS) technology that the whole cell is cut into several cell strips and interconnected using conductive adhesive to achieve flexible connection. This can optimize the solar panel...  more

LONGi, a major Chinese integrated manufacturer for PV products, announced on February 6 that it will inject RMB 2 billion into its subsidiary Xixian LERRI. ...  more

CANMAX announced on January 29 that a lithium hydroxide plant being developed by its subsidiary in Sichuan has entered the pilot production phase. The main pieces of equipment have been installed and calibrated. The production capacity of the plant is 60,000 tons per year for battery-grade lithium hydroxide. ...  more

JSMC announced in early February that it will be raising its production of lithium carbonate. Therefore, it will set up a lithium carbonate project in Gao’an, a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yichun in China’s Jiangxi Province. The annual production capacity of the project is set at 30,000 tons, and the planned total investment is capped at RMB 650 million. ...  more

US President Joe Biden signed the most ambitious climate act in the history of the country during 2022 through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in the hope of accelerating renewable energy development, though experts have pointed out that it would take another 2-3 years before seeing a sizable growth in solar power. ...  more

A large number of minerals are required for energy transition. While the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) indicates that mineral resources might be inexhaustible, minerals are not easy to obtain. Instead, mineral extraction involves complex issues from geopolitical concentration, material quality, average lead time in the mining industry to environmental factors, all of which will decide whether humans can get the ores they want. ...  more