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🔥🔥Big moves in China! #Wenergy and Zhongshou Special Steel are reshaping the steel industry with a groundbreaking 120MW/240MWh #BESS project. This isn't just about energy storage—it's all about efficiency, intelligence, and bold transformation. By integrating source, network, load, and storage, we're slashing energy costs and accelerating the #GreenShift in heavy industries. Steel meets smart energy. The future starts now🚀 #SteelEnergyRevolution #SustainableIndustry #SmartEnergySolutions #GreenTech

🔥🔥Big moves in China! #Wenergy and Zhongshou Special Steel are reshaping the steel industry with a groundbreaking 120MW/240MWh hashtag #BESS project.

🔥🔥Big moves in China! #Wenergy and Zhongshou Special Steel are reshaping the steel industry with a groundbreaking 120MW/240MWh #BESS project. This isn't just about energy storage—it's all about efficiency, intelligence, and bold transformation. By integrating source, network, load, and storage, we're slashing energy costs and accelerating the #GreenShift in heavy industries. Steel meets smart energy. The future starts now🚀 #SteelEnergyRevolution #SustainableIndustry #SmartEnergySolutions #GreenTech

As the demand for and importance of batteries increases, maintaining a dependable, secure, and low cost supply is a growing challenge. Reduced use of critical materials may be essential for an assured supply of economical batteries, considering that the sources of critical minerals are limited and at least potentially at risk of interruption. For example, China dominates the processing of lithium, nickel, and cobalt. Recognizing the importance of critical materials for the U.S. energy transition, OnLocation has developed a novel application of the National Energy Modeling System (CM-NEMS) and conducted an initial projection of critical materials demand for U.S. electric vehicles (EVs) to 2050. Read more about OnLocation’s critical materials work by accessing our white paper here. 👉 https://bit.ly/3sDWq5A #EVs #energystorage #batterystorage #criticalmaterials

🌍🔋 Where Are Clean-Energy Technologies Manufactured?🔋🌍 As the market for low-emission solutions grows, China leads in producing clean-energy technologies. Here are the manufacturing shares by region in 2021: 🌬️ Offshore Wind: - Tower: 53% China, 41% Europe - Nacelle: 73% China - Blade: 84% China 🌬️ Onshore Wind: - Tower: 55% China - Nacelle: 62% China - Blade: 61% China ☀️ Solar: - Wafers: 96% China - Cells: 85% China - Modules: 75% China 🚗 Electric Vehicles: - Cathode: 68% China - Anode: 86% China - Batteries: 75% China - Electric Car: 54% China 🌱 Clean-energy technology production is crucial for a sustainable future. Let's support and expand these efforts globally! 🌏⚡ #CleanEnergy #Sustainability #RenewableEnergy #GreenTech #FutureOfEnergy #Manufacturing

"The largest hybrid energy storage project in Jiangsu Province, China, has officially been put into operation!" The project is 200MW / 400MWh, combining both lithium and vanadium flow batteries. Although the break down of each technology is not provided, one can deduce from the photo that it is mostly lithium batteries, with 38 lithium batteries and 24 vanadium ones. Bear in mind that the lithium ones will hold much more energy in each battery. The photo is more insightful than the article, as it shows how these are configured. Both technologies are separating the inverters from the DC blocks. Furthermore, unlike the lithium batteries, the vanadium DC blocks are not fully containerised, with the power module in the 20 ft (6m) container but the electrolyte tanks separated. This is a good example where a design that used larger (and taller?) tanks could increase the energy of the vanadium battery without changing its power components (and without increasing its footprint). #BESS #ESS #lithium #vanadium #VFB #LFP #batteries #LDS #energystorage https://lnkd.in/gJ2U5sCg

China’s Hydrogen Infrastructure: Recent Status and Insights By the end of June 2024, China has 426 operational hydrogen stations, including both fixed and mobile facilities. Notably, 19 new hydrogen refueling stations were established in the first half of 2024 alone. (Source: Hydrogen Energy Industry Promotion Association) Guangdong Province leads the nation with 68 stations, followed by Shandong, Hebei, Jiangsu, Hubei, Zhejiang, Shanxi, and Henan, each with more than 20 stations. Meanwhile, Beijing, Shanghai, Sichuan, Anhui, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, and Chongqing each host between 10 and 20 stations, while the remaining provinces and cities have fewer than 10. Recent research and observations by Shentou Hydrogen highlight a steady shift in China's hydrogen market strategy. Initially, the infrastructure primarily supported smaller stations catering to passenger cars. However, the focus has now shifted toward larger hydrogen refueling stations (HRS) with a daily capacity of at least 2 tons of hydrogen. These stations, designed to be more economically viable and to drive the industrialization of hydrogen, specifically serve commercial vehicle fleets like H2 trucks or buses, particularly in concentrated industrial hubs where hydrogen supply and demand are substantial. #HydrogenEnergy #GreenEnergy #Innovation #Hydrogen #ShentouGroup #ChinaHydrogen #HydrogeninChina

The European Commission recently passed the European Critical Raw Materials Act, which aims to strengthen Europe's critical raw materials supply chain with a particular focus on the Energy Transition. Materials for batteries and wind turbines take center stage in most of the information about the Act. However, rather than trying to find a way to lock down these materials, which will only get more expensive as the Energy Transition increases demand for electric cars and renewable energy, many firms are innovating ways to eliminate the need for these critical materials. Many rechargeable battery manufacturers, for example, are reducing the need for cobalt, and Zeta Energy Corporation 's batteries do not require cobalt, nickel, magnesium or graphite. They are based on lithium, sulfur, copper, and aluminum -- materials that are abundant on every continent. The Act also sounds the alarm on boron and neodymium, two materials used in "supermagnets" ("supermagnets" are used in turbines, among other things). But magnets don't have to have boron, neodymium, or any rare earths at all (see innovations by Niron Magnetics, Inc. for example). Furthermore, many of the applications for which we use(d) magnets can now just as effectively employ silicon-based controls (see the article linked below in the comments), and silicon is -- you guessed it -- widely abundant on every continent. So maybe our worries about ''critical raw materials" should be replaced by enthusiasm for innovation that makes technology more sustainable, and less reliant upon rare materials. My knowledge in this area is mostly limited to batteries, but I would love to hear about other innovations that will help to reduce our reliance on rare materials -- if you know of some, please comment here! #CRMAct #RawMaterials #Batteries #Energytransition #lithiumsulfur #electricvehicles #renewableenergy #EuropeanCommission

This is such a great example of where as a nation we can build a Future Made in Australia. Lithium Sulfur or lithium metal batteries may not become as cheap or prevalent as other chemistries, but they address a specific segment where weight is the biggest bottleneck to electrification. Great work by Li-S Energy! #fmia #batteries #electrification #aviation

🔋⚡ Fun Fact Alert! Did you know that graphite, a vital component in battery anodes, is the unsung hero of our tech-centric world? Despite South Korea currently relying heavily on China for 94% of its graphite supply, there's a remarkable opportunity for South Korea to emerge as a global leader in the production of battery materials. By investing in domestic graphite production and research, South Korea can bolster its position in the renewable energy sector and reduce dependency on external sources. Let's champion innovation and sustainability for a brighter, more resilient future! 💪 #Graphite #BatteryTech #Sustainability #Innovation #SouthKorea #RenewableEnergy #TechRevolution #DomesticProduction #CleanTech #EnergyIndependence #AltairEnergyandMetals