- Tsingshan’s battery manufacturing unit REPT Energy Co aims to expand its annual production capacity for lithium batteries from 6 gigawatt currently to 200 gigawatt capacity by 2025
- Tsingshan said in a statement that the plant will have an expected annual capacity of 30 gigawatt when it is completed in 2024
As per a report by Reuters, Tsingshan Holding Group said on Thursday it will invest 10.3 billion yuan ($1.57 billion) to build a lithium-ion battery plant in Guangdong province, which will be operated by the group’s battery unit. The report added that the group said that Tsingshan’s battery manufacturing unit REPT Energy Co aims to expand its annual production capacity for lithium batteries from 6 gigawatt currently to 200 gigawatt capacity by 2025. The new plant in Foshan city will be part of that expansion.
Expected annual capacity of 30 gigawatt when it is completed in 2024
Tsingshan said in a statement that the plant will have an expected annual capacity of 30 gigawatt when it is completed in 2024. It said that the first phase of construction, to build capacity of 15 gigawatt a year, is expected to begin in mid-2021 with operations due to start in 2023. The second will begin in 2022 and start operations two years later, according to the statement.
The project aims to meet demand for lithium-ion battery power and storage in southern China and contribute to China’s development of new energies, Tsingshan said.
