Tianjin is moving towards becoming an important hub for the new energy industry nationwide
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Tianjin is moving towards becoming an important hub for the new energy industry nationwide. In the first eight months of this year, Tianjin’s new energy industry generated output worth 40.35 billion yuan, a 10.44% increase on a year-on-year basis. The new energy industry boasts advantages such as low resource consumption, high cleanliness, a large potential market, strong driving capacity, and good overall benefits; it represents a strategic breakthrough point for countries to create new sources of economic growth. Tianjin’s new energy industry has taken initial shape; in 2015 its output value reached 50 billion yuan. The city has developed the capacity to produce 1.1 billion ampere-hours of lithium-ion batteries, as well as 850 MW of photovoltaic power generation capacity and 6,000 MW of wind turbine manufacturing capacity. Tianjin is becoming an important hub for the new energy industry in China. Through its development in recent years, Tianjin’s new energy industry has established a solid industrial foundation in areas such as green batteries, wind power, and photovoltaic power generation. It has attracted a number of leading enterprises including Lishen, Bamo, MingYang, Yingli, and Gamesa. The city ranks among the top three in the country in terms of market share and industrial scale for lithium-ion batteries. Lishen Company has developed a variety of products and technologies, including supercapacitors and high specific energy power lithium-ion batteries; its product sales rank among the top four in the global high-end market, making it an important production base for lithium-ion batteries in the country. Vestas Wind Systems (China) Co., Ltd. has established the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturing facility in Tianjin, equipped with world-leading R&D and manufacturing technologies. The conversion efficiency of Sanan Optoelectronics’ high-efficiency triple-junction gallium arsenide solar cell chips exceeds 41%, ranking first in China and at the leading level internationally; their market share in the domestic market is over 70%. The high-quality polysilicon ingot casting process developed by Yingli is at the international leading level. To date, the city has over a hundred new energy enterprises, and five science and technology parks with distinct clustering trends have initially emerged: the Binhai High-Tech Zone, the Development Zone, Xiqing District, Baodi District, and Beichen District.
In terms of industrial chain development, Tianjin’s new energy industry has established a relatively complete industrial chain in the field of wind power, ranging from complete sets of main equipment to various supporting components such as motors, gearboxes, and blades； Green batteries encompass the production systems for lithium-ion batteries, lithium hexafluorophosphate, and various materials used as positive and negative electrodes in lithium-ion batteries ； The photovoltaic industry chain covers most stages, from silicon wafer materials to battery assembly; in particular, a production chain has been established in the mid- and lower-stream segments, ranging from polysilicon ingot processing, silicon wafers, cell epitaxial wafers, solar cell modules, photovoltaic application systems to photovoltaic system integration. In the field of new energy applications, Binhai New Area has increased investment in infrastructure construction. Emerging functional areas such as Binhai High-Tech Zone and Sino-Singapore Ecological City are actively adopting solar power systems in various fields including energy-efficient buildings, thereby helping enterprises to expand into local markets ； In addition, the implementation of projects such as the new energy vehicle demonstration operation project, the 20-megawatt photovoltaic rooftop project at Great Wall Motor Industrial Park, the 20-megawatt fishery-photovoltaic hybrid power generation project in Ninghe, and wind farms at Dashentang and the Jiyunhe River estuary has actively promoted the development of related industries in this city, including the research and production of green batteries, photovoltaic modules, wind turbine components, and control software, thereby accelerating the growth of the new energy sector. According to the relevant plans provided by the Tianjin Municipal Commission of Industry and Information Technology, by 2020, the scale of lithium-ion battery production in this city is expected to reach 50 billion yuan, with a production capacity of 1.5 billion ampere-hours; the production capacity for power batteries used in new energy vehicles is set to reach 800 million ampere-hours per year ； The revenue generated by the wind power industry will reach 40 billion yuan ； The sales revenue of the photovoltaic industry is aimed at reaching 20 billion yuan. Leveraging its advantages in technology and talent, this city will make great efforts to cultivate and attract leading enterprises, thereby promoting the development of the entire industrial chain. It aims to turn Tianjin into an internationally important R&D and production base for the lithium battery industry, a key national manufacturing center for wind power equipment as well as the largest export base for such products, an advanced national photovoltaic manufacturing hub, and a green city.