BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Arctech, the world's leading solar tracking and racking solutions provider, announced that its signature solar tracker system SkyLine II has achieved a remarkable feat by successfully powering Azerbaijan's inaugural and largest utility-scale solar project. Arctech 312MW Project in Azerbaijan This 312 MW solar power plant is situated in the Garadagh Gobi Desert in Azerbaijan, adjacent to the coastline. The site is characterized by undulating terrain, complex climatic conditions, variable weather patterns, and a high degree of corrosivity. Nevertheless, Arctech's SkyLine II system is well-suited for this project owing to its innovative synchronous multi-point drive mechanism and superior anti-corrosion capabilities. Firstly, the multi-point drive mechanism ensures its operational stability during high-wind conditions and reduces wind pressure on solar panels. Furthermore, the terrain-following feature of SkyLine II facilitates its adjustment to complex topographies, leading to a reduction in earthwork construction and safeguarding the delicate desert ecosystem. Additionally, to withstand the corrosive local environment, the steel components of SkyLine II undergo hot-dip galvanization and pre-galvanization treatments, while the aluminum alloy parts are anodized, ensuring compliance with C3 or C4 corrosion resistance standards and a service life of 25 years. As the first utility-scale photovoltaic power plant and currently the largest operational PV facility in Azerbaijan, the Garadagh plant covers an area of about 550 hectares. It generates an annual output of 500 million kWh, sufficient to supply the electrical needs of 110,000 households while reducing carbon dioxide emissions by over 200,000 tons annually. This year, the COP29 was convened in Baku, Azerbaijan, achieving several noteworthy agreements to facilitate the global energy transition. Azerbaijan, endowed with substantial solar energy potential, boasting 2,400 to 3,200 hours of annual sunshine, has established an ambitious renewable energy development objective. This includes a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2050 and to enhance renewable power capacity to 30% by 2030, thereby diversifying its current energy system. Arctech, in its commitment to accelerating the global energy transition, has set up comprehensive local teams worldwide that encompass sales, technical support, supply chain management, after-sales service, local operation and maintenance capabilities, and brand marketing strategies, all aimed at ensuring the long-term stability and operational efficiency of solar projects. Follow us on Linkedin.
AKSU, China, Dec. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, the Aksu area has experienced continuous cooling weather, causing the electricity load to continue to rise. At 20:20 on December 12, the unified load of the Aksu power grid reached 4.07 million kilowatts, an increase of 5.47% year-on-year, breaking through the 4 million kilowatt mark for the first time, hitting an all-time high, becoming the third region in Xinjiang to achieve this milestone. In the face of this challenge, the Aksu power grid runs smoothly and the power supply is reliable and orderly. State Grid Aksu Power Supply Company actively responded, strengthened overall planning and scheduling, optimized the operation mode of the power grid, and ensured the safe and reliable operation of the power grid. At the same time, the company has also established a power supply guarantee mechanism, formulated a detailed work plan, and set up a number of special classes for power supply guarantee work to make every effort to do a good job in power supply. In terms of power grid construction, the State Grid Aksu Power Supply Company has put into operation a number of key projects to build new transmission lines and substations, which further optimizes the network frame structure and solves the problem of insufficient local power supply capacity. In addition, the company has also strengthened the operation and maintenance of transmission and substation equipment, and carried out inspection of important transmission lines and dense channels in various ways to ensure the safe and stable operation of the equipment. In the future, the State Grid Aksu Power Supply Company will continue to strengthen the construction, operation and maintenance management of the power grid, improve the power supply capacity and service level, and provide a stronger power guarantee for the economic and social development of the Aksu region. At the same time, the company will continue to strengthen the publicity of energy conservation, guide users to save electricity, and jointly create a green, low-carbon and environmentally friendly life.
BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2024 Pearl Bay International Climate Investment and Financing Conference concluded on Monday, had seen fruitful results on promoting green development with the power of finance, calling on all parties to join hands toward a green future. The 2024 Pearl Bay International Climate Investment and Financing Conference is held in Nansha District of Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province from December 8 to 9, 2024. Delving into the topics of energy transition investment and green cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, the conference put forward a series of cooperation initiatives to strengthen international cooperation and promote implementation of green and low-carbon projects. The Belt and Road Low Carbon Services Partnership was launched at the event, with a first batch of 23 member institutions vowing to provide comprehensive services in low-carbon technology and green investment and financing for Belt and Road partner countries. Sparking in-depth discussions on the new paths of climate-resilient urban construction and urban green development, the conference saw presentations of successful application cases of negative ions in urban ecological construction, as well as the releases of an index and a digital map featuring China's negative ion oxygen bar cities. The map, visualizing real-time monitoring data and distribution of negative ion oxygen bar cities across the country, can provide references for both cities' tourism promotion and people's travel decisions. In 2022, 23 localities in China were approved for climate investment and financing pilot, four of which shared their experience during the event. Among them, Nansha District in the southern city of Guangzhou is striving to build an international climate finance center, promoting development of green industries by connecting domestic and foreign financial resources through climate investment and financing projects. The event showcased outstanding practical achievements of local governments in addressing climate change and promoting green and low-carbon development, offering valuable experience for other regions. With guests sharing practical experience and technological innovation achievements in green power, pollution reduction and carbon reduction, the conference prompted discussions on how finance can empower green technology innovation and application. The event also included an expo on climate-friendly enterprises and technologies, as well as the signings of multiple cooperation projects related to green power trading, green financial services and others. Original link: https://en.imsilkroad.com/p/343557.html
JINGMEN, China, Dec. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In the energy storage industry, both systems and battery cells are expanding at an astonishing pace. While the global market is rapidly adopting the 300Ah+ battery cells primarily based on 314Ah, research and mass production of the next-generation 500Ah+ large-capacity battery cells are already in full swing. As many companies rush to enter the market for 500Ah+ large-capacity battery cells, EVE Energy has become the first in the industry to achieve mass production of the 628Ah large battery cell. On December 10th, EVE Energy's first phase of the 60GWh Super Energy Storage Factory, Mr. Big, officially commenced operations in Jingmen, Hubei. Inauguration ceremony for the first phase of EVE Energy's 60GWh Super Energy Storage Factory By the end of the third quarter of 2024, EVE Energy's global energy storage battery cell shipment volume has firmly secured the top 2 position. As the single largest energy storage factory and the first to mass-produce the 600Ah+ large battery cell, these two milestones undoubtedly showcase the ambition and strategic positioning of this leading lithium battery enterprise in the energy storage sector. 【01 First Disclosure of Intelligent Battery Cell Technology】Addressing the Pain Points of Large Capacity Battery Cells Large capacity battery cells have undoubtedly emerged as a significant trend in the energy storage field over the past two years. In fact, as early as 2022, when the market was still promoting 280Ah battery cells, EVE Energy, leveraging its keen market insight and foresight, proposed the trend of large capacity battery cell development and launched the 560Ah battery cell. Now, after more than a year of development, EVE Energy has upgraded the cell capacity to 628Ah, transforming bold innovation into practical reality and delivering a heavy blow to competitors in the industry. The advantages of increasing cell capacity are clear: it can reduce the cost and integration complexity of energy storage systems, improve energy density and safety, and reduce the use of components in the PACK stage, thus simplifying the assembly process and further lowering costs. However, challenges remain, particularly concerning thermal management and overall efficiency for large capacity battery cells. To tackle these issues, EVE Energy partnered with Professor Yang Hanxi from Wuhan University, a top global university, to create an electrochemical collection model based on electrochemical principles. Inspired by the "low drag" design found in automotive engineering, the company continuously optimizes the thickness of the collection medium, the positioning of the tabs, and the shapes and sizes of the terminals, paving a high-speed road for electrons. This invention significantly reduces the internal resistance of the battery cell, thereby lowering the risk of heat generation. In terms of safety and reliability, EVE Energy unveiled its intelligent battery cell technology for the first time during this launch ceremony. This technology employs intelligent high-precision source perception to capture key signals throughout the entire lifecycle of the battery cell in real-time. Similar to how smartwatches monitor blood oxygen and heart rate, this technology can monitor gases, temperatures, and other critical information in real time, effectively identifying parameters from different characteristics based on a powerful database matching mechanism and performing advanced processing and analysis on the signals. Once an anomaly is detected, timely warnings and defensive measures are taken. The intelligent battery cell technology acts as a guardian of safety and will open a new track for battery safety in the energy storage industry. 【02 1.5 Cells Per Second】The 60GWh Super Energy Storage Factory Facilitates Mass Production To support the mass production of Mr. Big's large battery cells, EVE Energy's 60GWh Super Energy Storage Factory officially commenced operations on December 10th. EVE Energy has established a virtual factory leveraging digital twin technology, creating a super intelligent factory that integrates automation, digitization, and low-carbon processes. In the face of mass production, the size of large batteries poses challenges to production lines and manufacturing processes, comparable to the difficulties faced during the development phase. The 60GWh Super Energy Storage Factory at EVE Energy employs over 80 advanced industry technologies, featuring automated production across the entire process. The company holds 140 intellectual property rights related to core equipment and products. It can be said that this production line and factory are tailor-made for Mr. Big. One set of figures illustrates the efficiency of EVE Energy's Super Energy Storage Factory: the production line can achieve an average output of 1.5 battery cells per second from material feeding to finished batteries; it completes four entire battery packs in one minute; produces over 40 containers of 5MWh daily; and can deliver 1GWh output in just five days. For a more intuitive concept: 1GWh of batteries, calculated at a charge and discharge cycle of 300 times a year, can satisfy the annual electricity demand of 300,000 households. Furthermore, taking advantage of Jingmen's unique industrial environment and geographical location, the integration of upstream and downstream supply chains around the super factory has emerged, enabling wall-to-wall supply, significantly reducing logistics and warehousing costs, improving collaboration efficiency, and forming advantages in industrial agglomeration development, thus ensuring delivery capabilities. In terms of quality management, the product defect rate has reached the PPB (Parts Per Billion) level. By constructing an extreme manufacturing standard system and defining ten core indicators for globally leading battery cell manufacturing, EVE Energy adheres to an extremely rigorous management philosophy focused on eliminating dust. The factory management spans from macro-level cleanliness to micro-level 0.5μm dust CLASS 5 control, ensuring quality through competency. Simultaneously, an image database of various control points has been established, along with the introduction of equipment health models, BP neural networks, knowledge graphs, and AI autonomous tuning to achieve digital closed-loop quality management. Each product is also equipped with a "data package" and a "battery passport" for one-click full lifecycle traceability. Additionally, this factory is currently the largest single energy storage factory in the industry, with a single line capacity exceeding 15GWh (while the highest capacity for current Japanese and Korean battery companies is only 3-4GWh). With the commissioning of the energy storage super factory and the mass production of Mr. Big, EVE Energy's global capacity construction process has been accelerated, ensuring sufficient capacity supply to meet customer and market demands. As the first company in the industry to achieve mass production of 600Ah+ large capacity battery cells, EVE Energy's forward-looking layout has begun to see practical applications. In this challenging and opportunity-filled arena of energy storage, we look forward to EVE Energy contributing significantly to the global energy transition and sustainable development.
BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from China.org.cn on China's efforts on combating desertification:  Putting a “green scarf” around the Taklimakan Desert "Sandy wind, is blowing over the shed… Sheep in the pen, are circling restlessly…" This is a folk song that people used to sing in counties like Awat along the Taklimakan Desert in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Simple lyrics reflect the sour life they've had to suffer from sand and dust storms striking in from time to time. But not long ago, a new milestone appeared in the long battle with desertification. On Nov. 28th, the last desert rose was planted into the sandy soil, completing the final stretch of the 3,046-km-long sand-blocking green belt surrounding the Taklimakan Desert, hence, China's largest and the world's second-largest shifting sand desert now wears a "green scarf." Given the vastness of the Taklimakan Desert, not to mention its high-speed winds and severe droughts, building the world's longest ecological barrier to encircle this monstrosity is no easy task. During the arduous exploration of harnessing desertification, people gradually found that adopting proper methods according to local geographical features is the effective solution. In areas where the dunes are relatively low, and underground water abundant, people bulldozed the dunes to grow drought-tolerant plants like salt cedar and sacsaoul. With the help of drip irrigation, the plants rooted down quickly, so that vegetation could be resumed and underground water conserved in the desert. For the areas not suitable for plantation, straw checkerboard barriers and upright sand fences primarily made from reed stems were set to "contain" the shifting sand. As for the areas with access to the power grid, photovoltaic panels were built, utilizing the rich energy endowments in the desert, while reducing the wind as well as sand movement. Moreover, people can also plant drought-resistant cash crops, tripling the benefits. Over time, people living at the brink of the Taklimakan Desert noticed that sand storms have become less frequent, the environment has improved, and yields have been bettered in their farmlands. Thanks to inter-generational efforts, green tints have encircled the desert, and the way of human-desert harmony lies within. China is one of the countries that suffer most from desertification. Faced with this steep challenge, the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program (TSFP) was initiated more than four decades ago, and this largest-scale afforestation project on earth has sought to build a Great Green Wall. Three decades ago, China signed the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), and has honored its commitment ever since. Now, reduction has been realized in both desertification and sandification, and China has become the first country to achieve zero net land degradation. Under the UNCCD, China has played an active part in carrying out international collaboration in this field. For example, it has shared its experience and technologies in desertification prevention and control with countries facing similar challenges, like Mongolia and Ethiopia, striving for the common green development of the Global South. At present, the UNCCD COP16 is being held, to accelerate the international cooperation agenda for tackling desertification. For China, the green scarf of the Taklimakan Desert also signifies a new start. For "Our Land" and "Our Future," one can be hopeful to see more stories about human-desert harmony, and humanity-nature harmony. China Mosaichttp://www.china.org.cn/video/node_7230027.htm
BEIJING, Dec. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NaaS Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: NAAS) ("NaaS" or the "Company"), the first U.S.-listed EV charging service company in China, today announced that Sustainable Fitch has affirmed its ESG Entity Rating of '2' and increased its entity score to 78 from 76. The Company ranks first in Asia-Pacific and eleventh worldwide, among 170 rated companies across seven industries, including Electric-Corporate, Energy, Natural Resources, Power, Power Market and Generation, Utilities, and Infrastructure. Sustainable Fitch's ESG Ratings indicate an entity's performance, commitment, and integration of environmental and social considerations into its business, strategy and management, and the effectiveness of governance. The ratings are provided on a scale of '1' to '5', with '1' being the best. NaaS's rating of '2' underscores its strong, ongoing performance in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) aspects, and maintains the Company's position as a frontrunner in the EV charging industry regarding sustainability. The Company's improved score is primarily attributed to the growth of its green energy solutions business, including expanded services, geographical reach, and client base. Significantly, NaaS is the first company in China to be awarded the "pure-play" label by Sustainable Fitch. This recognition highlights NaaS's commitment to climate change mitigation through its innovative EV charging services. Sustainable Fitch highlighted NaaS's comprehensive climate change management system, which aligns with IFRS S2 standards. The Company has also set targets to achieve Scopes 1 and 2 carbon neutrality and 100% renewable energy use by 2028. In terms of social responsibility, NaaS adheres to international standards such as the UN Global Compact and actively contributes to China's rural revitalization by expanding EV charging services in rural areas. On the governance front, NaaS benefits from a solid internal control and risk management system, coupled with a low CEO pay ratio, reflecting its commitment to sound governance practices. NaaS has fully embedded ESG governance into its business strategy, prioritizing carbon emission reduction and promoting green development throughout the EV charging value chain. The Company's "Green Charging, Green World" strategy, underpinned by the five pillars of Governance, Reinvention, Eco-consciousness, Empathy, and Nurture ("GREEN"), sets a new standard for sustainability, guiding all aspects of its operations. Looking ahead, NaaS remains dedicated to continuously enhancing its ESG practices, driving long-term sustainable growth, and making a positive impact on both the environment and society. With a clear focus on sustainability, the Company is committed to playing a pivotal role in the global transition to a low-carbon future. About NaaS Technology Inc. NaaS Technology Inc. is the first U.S. listed EV charging service company in China. The Company is a subsidiary of Newlinks Technology Limited, a leading energy digitalization group in China. The Company provides one-stop solutions to energy asset owners comprising charging services, energy solutions and new initiatives, supporting every stage of energy assets' lifecycle and facilitating energy transition. Safe Harbor Statement This press release contains statements of a forward-looking nature. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify these forward-looking statements by terminology such as "will," "expects," "believes," "anticipates," "intends," "estimates" and similar statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about the Company and the industry. All information provided in this press release is as of the date hereof, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that its expectations will turn out to be correct, and investors are cautioned that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: NaaS' goals and strategies; its future business development, financial conditions and results of operations; its ability to continuously develop new technology, services and products and keep up with changes in the industries in which it operates; growth of China's EV charging industry and EV charging service industry and NaaS' future business development; demand for and market acceptance of NaaS' products and services; NaaS' ability to protect and enforce its intellectual property rights; NaaS' ability to attract and retain qualified executives and personnel; the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of government and other measures that have been or will be taken in connection therewith; U.S.-China trade war and its effect on NaaS' operation, fluctuations of the RMB exchange rate, and NaaS' ability to obtain adequate financing for its planned capital expenditure requirements; NaaS' relationships with end-users, customers, suppliers and other business partners; competition in the industry; relevant government policies and regulations related to the industry; and fluctuations in general economic and business conditions in China and globally. 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