GreenergyDaily
August 9, 2023
1. Nio refuted reports that the Chinese EV maker will share its battery-swapping network with Mercedes-Benz's next-generation EVs, Caijing.com reported. Nio said earlier that it would add 1,000 battery swapping stations in China to bring the total to 2,300 by year-end.
2. Li Auto (HK: 02015) released its financial report for the second quarter of 2023 on Tuesday. Its revenue was RMB 28.65 bln, a year-on-year increase of 228.1%; its vehicle gross profit rate was 21.0%; its total vehicle deliveries were 86,533, up 201.6% year-on-year.
3. Chinese researchers have set a new record by increasing the power conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells up to 25.4 percent, according to a research article recently published in the journal Science.
4. China releases its first national-level construction guideline for standards of the hydrogen energy industry chain on Tuesday, in a bid to boost industry upgrading and push green development.
5. BYD said its 5 millionth new energy vehicles rolled off the production line today, marking the first automaker in the world to reach the milestone. The Chinese carmaker unveiled 7-seater SUV Tang EV in Costa Rica yesterday.
6. The world's largest export order of hydrogen energy heavy trucks - the order of 147 trucks exported from S China's Fujian to Australia was signed, with a total value of CNY 450 mln. The signing parties, China's WisdomMotor crop. and Australia's Pure Hydrogen crop., reached a cooperation in 2022 to deliver 12,000 hydrogen heavy trucks in five years.
7. PetroChina's first large-scale renewable hydrogen production project - the demonstration project of hydrogen production in the Yumen Oilfield started construction today. The first phase will build a 30MW photovoltaic power station and 2 sets of hydrogen production stations, with an annual hydrogen production capacity of 2,100 tons.
8. On August 8, Aluminum Power (Tongxin County) Photovoltaic Development Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of State Power Investment Corporation, was established recently with a registered capital of CNY 500 million. The business scope includes solar power generation, wind power Power generation, energy storage technical services, etc.
9. According to the new energy vehicle promotion plan released today by Hainan Province, by 2025, Hainan Province will promote more than 500,000 NEVs, and the proportion of newly added NEVs will exceed 60%. By 2030, the province will promote more than 1.5 mln NEVs, and it will account for more than 45% of the total.
10. Hithium in S China's Xiamen announced cooperation with Germany's TÜV company in the Greater China area. The two parties will work on the certification and testing services for high-capacity lithium battery energy storage products.
