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The new energy industry is booming in Tianjin in recent years. The wind power, lithium battery, photovoltaic power and power battery industries rise sharply, when Tianjin is striving to be a city of new energy. As three wind power plants in Tianjin join the national power grid, Tianjin Binhai New Area’s annual wind power output will surpass 268 million kilowatt hours.
Dashentang wind power plant is the first wind power plant in Binhai New Area, and owns the wind turbine with largest single-machine capacity in the area. There are thirteen wind turbines in the first phase of Dashentang wind power plant, each of them has single-machine capacity of 2 megawatts, the largest in China.
Moreover, they have independent intelligent property with highest scientific and technological content in China to date. Meanwhile, Tianjin Binhai New Area, an important industrial cluster in North China, has gathered over 30 domestic and international well-known wind turbine enterprises as well as a group of key supporting part enterprises. It has already developed into a wind power chain based on wind power services, focusing on wind turbines, while supported by spare parts and other matching.
As the wind power industry grows rapidly, the photovoltaic industry is also booming in Binhai New Area, which is recognized as the birthplace of China’s photovoltaic industry. The area has various photovoltaic relating companies, such as manufacturing of silicon, poly-crystalline silicon as well as its components. Well-known companies such as Kyocera Solar Energy and Himin Solar Energy have their branches in Binhai New Area now. Binhai’s first BIPV (building integrated photovoltaic), the photovoltaic power generation building project of Beitang Community Service Center, was completed as a whole. The project’s annul power output is 220,900 kilowatt hours. It can supply part power for the service center in normal days and as alternative power source when there is power failure. It also reliefs the power shortage to supply the power for lighting and office use.
Meanwhile, a 1.1-megawatt photovoltaic plant in Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City’s wastewater treatment plant and a 0.405-megawatt project for the service center’s parking lot became the demonstration projects of photovoltaic power generation and distributed power supply. Xinyi Photovoltaic Power Plant, the largest photovoltaic power project in North China, joined the national grid in April, 2016.
The project can produce 180 million kilowatt hours for Binhai New Area per year. Its annual power production equals to the total annual power consumption of 68,000 households. As a result, it can save the consumption of standard coal by 63,000 tons per year and reduce dioxide carbon by 158,000 tons. On the other hand, the green battery industry is taking shape in Binhai gradually. Tianjin Lishen Battery Joint-Stock Co Ltd (Lishen), a leading company in domestic lithium battery manufacturing industry, announced to cooperate with China National Offshore Oil Corporation and American Miles Electronic Vehicles Inc (Miles). Lishen is building the largest green battery production base in China by making use of foreign investment of over 10 billion yuan.
A joint venture of Lishen and Miles, Lishen Miles EV System Co, will introduce advanced automation equipment and focus on developing EV lithium ion battery and battery system. A total of 200 million US dollars is spent in the first phase. Lishen Miles EV System Co will target on the electronic vehicle manufacturers in China, North America and Europe. The electronic vehicle with Lishen lithium battery has the peak speed of 120 km per hour and travels for around 200 km after charging.
Moreover, the operation cost of this kind of electronic vehicle is only one fifth of the oil vehicle. Lishen’s extension project for electronic vehicle power battery production was approved in April 2016. The project is planned to cover 53,031.7 square meters with a floorage of 52,359.98 square meters. With a total investment of 1.211 billion yuan, the project is expected to begin production in the first quarter of 2017, with an annual output of 300 million Ah vehicle lithium ion power battery system.
