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Recently, the Ministry of Commerce Institute of fast Perrin (ChinaQuery) “2009-2010 Annual UPS package lead-acid batteries in China market report,” the official release of the mainland domestic brands in China in 2009 KSTAR UPS package VRLA battery market on to the market share of 14.1% removal of the first local brand sales crown, first-line brand in domestic and international battery manufacturers ranked second Nikon EN-EL3e EN-EL4 .

Report data show that in 2009 the Chinese market by the UPS battery UPS package sales affect the host, the overall sales slightly down year on year, but the market capacity is still more than 1.5 billion yuan, of which, 12V lead-acid battery still holds a dominant market share, its market share of nearly 90%. Statistics from the parallel market structure, communications, finance, government, the greatest demand for the manufacturing industry ranked the first four sectors share of total market demand as high as 72.9%, and the UPS mainframe market is very close to the parallel structure of the data. Statistics from the application of market structure, in the family, general office, small data centers, data centers of medium and large data center applications market, small and medium-sized data centers, data centers account for more than 70% market share, is the most important market segments Nikon MH-18 MH-19 .

Brand in the market structure, the report of that while supporting UPS lead-acid batteries in China market, supporting the production and sale of lead-acid battery UPS products, the number up to nearly one hundred companies, but not many large scale manufacturers, the market concentration higher market share of Japanese brands ranked the second largest manufacturer and the two share of domestic brands KSTAR and has more than 40%, the leading brand in the top five combined market share of as much as 70%. The report predicts that China’s UPS package VRLA battery market, after the fierce market competition, with the scale advantages of the leading edge in the competition and more brands, Matthew will emerge, and the same time, has acquired complete manufacturing process and has the core technology of local first-tier makers in mainland China, advantage will be further released Canon NB-8L Charger Nikon EN-EL3  .

By the production scale and market share ahead of the domestic sales of flagship brands UPS industry - Shenzhen KSTAR Science and Technology Co., Ltd. established a wholly-owned Industrial Technology Co., Ltd. Guangdong KSTAR total investment of 150 million yuan, with nearly a thousand employees , equipped with automatic group welder, auto assembly line, short-circuit tester, charge and discharge motor, multi-function machines such as automatic detection of a full set of advanced production equipment and set up a high-grade professional battery laboratory, equipped with analytical balance, spectrophotometer, electronic balance, conductivity meter, thickness tester, tensile tester, high voltage tester, high and low temperature equipment, multi-function testing machine, electricity meter test equipment such as sound, to ensure good product shipped products are qualified. In environmental protection, the company built a sewage treatment station, lead dust collection and treatment facilities smoke lead, acid mist collection purification facilities, in addition, the company has been in accordance with international standards of ISO14001, OHSAS18001 established environmental management system and occupational health management system, design a perfect of occupational protective equipment programs to prevent excessive blood lead levels and lead poisoning of workers and other kinds of occupational hazards. KSTAR lead-acid battery products, including small sealed lead acid batteries and medium-sized sealed lead-acid batteries, sealed lead-acid batteries and other large-scale, product specification mainly FM, FML, FMH, GFM series, nominal voltage of 12V, 6V, 2V , capacity of 1.2 ~ 3000AH, can provide a full range of quality products VRLA batteries VGP-BPS15/B VGP-BPL15/B  . After nearly a decade of development, China has become the leading local-scale professional development of valve regulated lead-acid battery manufacturers one, especially in the UPS package VRLA battery market, due to host its own brand UPS complementary advantages of mass shipping, UPS battery for easy removal of the first title of the market local brands.

In the future foreseeable supporting high growth potential UPS battery market, KSTAR company vice president of domestic marketing center, said Chen Er-rich, in addition to its own UPS and the integration of computer room products supporting sales, KSTAR battery product line from 2010, independent sales channels will begin to expand, especially in the UPS distribution market, the full use of two, three UPS resellers and system integrators, channel, and constantly refining market coverage, to further promote the UPS battery for market forces to upgrade local industry.

No. 1 domestic exports of 17 fuel cell city buses in Suzhou start, went to Singapore and Nanyang Technological University’s “Green Olympic Village”, the service first Youth Olympic Games IOC.

    The export of Haig hydrogen fuel cell city bus from Suzhou Golden Dragon Bus Co., Ltd. and Tsinghua University, the Center for Automotive Engineering of new energy development, integrated technical level in a leading position in the international arena. Different from ordinary passenger cars, the car no petrol engine, powered by hydrogen fuel cells and hydrogen instead of gasoline. Vehicle maximum speed of 80 km is water vapor as exhaust, Pavilion dm3 battery ， Pavilion dv3 battery to achieve zero pollution emissions. Previously, fuel cell city bus has been completed in Beijing more than 30,000 km of the model run.

According to “China Quality Daily” reported on May 26, China Hewlett-Packard Co., submitted to the State General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection report, recalled some from August 2007 to January 2008 during the production of HPPavilion, CompaqPresario, HPCampaq, HP series notebook batteries, the number in China involving about 15 000. It is understood that HP would extend the May 14, 2009 announced the fourth installment of laptop battery recall list, including four brands of 31 types.

HP brand has occupied an important position in the minds of consumers in China, which produce printers, digital images, software, computer all the time does not affect people’s work, live and learn. 6 consecutive years, HP has been selected “Most Respected Enterprises”, has sold it is the world’s largest notebook maker, but in 2008, people began to fall into love HP multiple “doors” - including the “door card” “flash screen door,” “cockroaches door” over the incident, including consumers begin to re-examine HP.

HP to expand the scope of the battery recall being touched consumer psychology Bottom line: HP’s why time and again to expand the scope of the recall, is not HP’s batteries are a problem, there are other quality Hewlett-Packard is the problem?

HP recalls lead upgrade question

In fact, such a recall, not the first time HP has been carried out. April 20, 2006, HP said that according to the requirements of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, announced some of the series, Hewlett-Packard laptop battery recall and the initiative to implement a global replacement program. HP and the battery manufacturer to confirm, January 1, 2005 to January 10, 2005 the battery assembly defects. Hewlett-Packard that such deficiencies pose a potential safety hazard to the consumers. October 30, 2008, HP announced the HP laptop used for some of the approximately 74,000 to implement a global battery recall and replacement program initiative. May 14, 2009, HP announced the fourth notebook battery recall.

HP to expand the scope of the battery recall, a recent user discussions. Hewlett-Packard computer users by the composition of a QQ group, the users have to ask ourselves whether the battery model has been recalled in the recall list were found “not in this column”, the friends said “very disappointed.” Meanwhile, some netizens questioned, HP notebook batteries recalled again and again to increase model, “is not the HP’s battery is the problem? Why is not published before? Why their battery does not recall list.”

Recall of batteries overheating and other issues is main cause of

HP recall many times with questions related to notebook computer batteries. HP said in the assembly of certain notebook computer products may be of some batteries posed a potential security risk customers, these batteries may overheat, pose fire and burn risk customers.

As we all know, laptops are based on lithium battery materials. The Li-an unstable, hot, short life cycle of the physical characteristics, in order to improve the stability of the battery, lithium battery materials, manufacturers will add other elements. In other words, small and thin panels in, containing a variety of flammable substances in case of short circuit, overheating and other extraordinary circumstances, there is the possibility of fire.

In fact, several years ago, began the safety of lithium exposure. Given that lithium is potentially dangerous, notebook makers should find ways to resolve it. But the current situation is that people on the battery lasting durability have become increasingly demanding, and manufacturers continue to meet consumer demand, so the performance of lithium battery manufacturers constantly being challenge. When the speed of technological development can not keep up demand, is often sacrificed the safety and quality products. In addition, the current safety standards for lithium batteries is also a bit confusing, standardized manufacturing processes and safety standards will further improve product quality and reduce the incidence of risk, but to develop a uniform standard is not so easy. The blind pursuit of the current slim notebook design and user comfort, ignoring heat problems, will also affect safety. If the safety of lithium ion batteries reduce the activity of the battery capacity will inevitably have to come down, which in itself is a contradiction.

Industry experts, to address the safety of laptop batteries, from two aspects, one from the technical solution, relying on technological means to resolve the bottleneck restricting their safety. Second, through the standard, through the development of norms, to a certain extent, to establish a business rule.

Introduction of lithium standard imperative

Currently, lithium batteries have been used household appliances and other industries. It is because of the widespread adoption of lithium batteries, its production standards are so very confusing. It is understood around the world, a standard laptop lithium batteries are in a confused state, national, industry has some standards, but not the same. The safety of lithium batteries has become a major drag the industry, so the lithium ion battery fully integrated design and manufacturing process quality control system is the industry in a large number of security incidents in lithium ion batteries and reached a consensus conclusion.

China’s safety standards for lithium ion batteries VGP-BPS8 ,  VGP-BPS9 as the lack of overall planning, on the one hand between the national and industry level standards, and lack of coordination between various industry standards, there are some cross-standard objects, repeated, on the other hand there is no uniform standard guidelines, both a simple safety standards, but also including electrical properties, environmental performance and safety for all of the requirements of the general norms such as the nature of the standards. Li-ion battery products as a household word, not only the unity of its safety standards, the need for adequate protection of consumer interests, but also reduce business costs, standard industry requirements.

Japan recently released industry data show that the government no incentive to households to buy solar cells, the environmental technology market, the full year ending in March to expand to 3 times.

Japan Solar Energy Industries Association (JapanPhotovoltaicEnergyAssociation, JPEA) pointed out that the last fiscal year’s domestic shipments of solar cells and components rose 2.63 times.

A ship for the past nine home use, for the Government to install the environmentally friendly technology such as homeowners cash subsidies and tax incentives.

Early 2000s the Japanese solar market stability and take-off, Sony VGP-BPS9 battery , Sony VGP-BPS9/B battery , but around 2005, after the termination of the subsidy program, the gradual decline.

Association director, said last year’s restoration of subsidies, market speed thawing.

This supervisor said: “If the implementation of appropriate policies, the market for sustainable growth, manufacturers have a responsibility to lower prices, we as an industry, must strive to make solar cells spread.”

He added that Japanese mostly rely on companies to voluntarily pay expensive than conventional solar power system technology, Sony battery , requiring subsidies .

At Argonne Laboratory in France, the air being the initial development of lithium batteries, according to some scientists say, this battery will be over the existing electric vehicle battery pack 100 times the energy storage capability.

Plug-in electric vehicle based on this year’s market reaction, but also no way of knowing whether the user is really high for the current price of car batteries  VGP-BPS2B ,VGP-BPS2C  and their limited ability to pay for electricity storage. Although the new generation of lithium batteries in the past 10 years has made leaps and bounds, but there are still limitations, can not meet the needs of many users.

If the lithium battery can be lighter, cheaper, and can reach its charge storage capability, Chevrolet Volt, Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Nissan Leaf’s five times the time of what?

Aragon lab officials said, the air above-mentioned lithium battery can achieve these goals, or even more, now that the project has received 8.8 million U.S. dollars of government financial support.

Ordinary lithium battery is moved out through the carbon rod anodes of lithium ion, through the electrolyte (usually a lithium salt) to the cathode metal oxide. Air lithium-ion batteries use a lithium anode and porous nature of the cathode carbon rod, so that the supply of lithium ion through the oxygen to achieve free movement. The difference is, in layman’s eyes, this is the breathing air of lithium ion batteries, lithium ion battery size is determined by the capacity of lithium-ion cathode contains the number of how many. This structure can be used to make batteries smaller, lighter, and there may be more expensive. Another may be installed on the battery electric cars more power, to travel 100 kilometers on one charge or more.

Air lithium-ion technology is still in its early stages, but with the development of clean energy technologies, the world’s major institutions and auto manufacturers are struggling to find the future direction of the electric car. Most experts have said that battery technology needs 10 years (or even 20 years) the time to truly reduce costs and truly put into use.

The federal government similar to the lithium battery technology, battery technology air-confidence, and an additional 34 million U.S. dollars will soon be made for car battery research and development.

Electric vehicles in the recently concluded Beijing auto show shine, let the electric car industry once again excited. Recently, the Beijing Municipal power companies, to meet the electric motor industry development in Beijing this year will focus on areas in the building 120 electric car charging pile. As early as January of this year, National Grid announced, construction in Beijing from 5 to 7 large Electric Vehicle Charging Station. Looking at the country, charging facilities construction in full swing. Great to Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and other first tier cities, small to Xiangfan, Yangzhou, Linyi and other third tier cities, Inspiron 1520 battery , Inspiron 1521 battery have announced the construction of electric vehicle charging facilities for electric scheme.

Development of electric vehicles, construction charge for electric facilities is a necessary condition. At present, the charge for electricity facilities mainly consists of charging stations, charging pile, and for three kinds of power plants, electrical facilities as necessary and sufficient for the technical standard has not yet introduced, which facilities around the building is not a clear choice. What each of these three characteristics of charging facilities, how to choose? This reporter interviewed a number of industry experts.

■ Charging facilities charge mode types of decisions

Electric vehicle charging infrastructure for electric type is actually determined by the charge mode. “Charging station provides quick charge is usually the main services, supplemented by the charge for the slow charge pile; charge pile can only provide a trickle charge; for power plants only to replace the battery for the electric car service.” China Electric Power Research Institute Automotive Technology Research Office Renwu Bin told reporters. According to him, fast charge time, only to use 10 to 30 minutes, FK890 , Inspiron 1720 battery  this model can not be fully charged, the battery charge only 50% to 80%, to meet the continuing needs of traveling. Slow filling at least three hours, to the battery fully charged. For electric vehicle power plant is to replace the battery with a user prepared.

At present, the domestic have been completed or under construction in charge for electricity facilities mainly charging station and charge pile. In the charging station, the general has a number of fast charging plug and a few slow charge pile. Some cities planned residential district, parking lots and construction of public places such as supermarkets charge pile.

As for power station, the package has not yet achieved universal battery, electric vehicle manufacturers and the need for electricity sector development. Thailand at the end of the public and CNOOC signed a cooperation agreement Putian, Putian CNOOC to invest 10 billion yuan for urban construction in the country part of the power plants, electric vehicles for the Thai public to provide for electrical services.

■ Three charge for electricity facilities have advantages and disadvantages

Three kinds of electric facilities which charge for a better and more suited to our conditions then?

Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd. Shenzhen Land Ark foundation executive director Liu Rui said: “The three kinds of advantages and disadvantages charge for electric facilities to rural areas in the facilities for local species.” He pointed out that in order to fast charge mode based battery charging station with a short charging time , the advantages of high charging efficiency. But the fast charge mode to use a larger current and voltage, this charge of technical methods and proposed a higher security requirements. So charging station charging pile than the cost of construction and management of high cost of many, Inspiron 1525 battery , Inspiron 1526 battery  the scale should be very gas station.

Moreover, the current vehicle battery technology is not yet mature, fast charge mode for batteries much damage. Wu Bin believes that fast charge mode the battery is equivalent to the force in a very short period of time “into” power, the battery is easy to be overwhelmed. “After a few quick charge, battery life will be much lower. Consumers is to reduce the service life of battery pay.” He said. Also can not ignore that alone can not support large-scale charging stations for electric cars charge. If the future of the country relies on electric car charging station for charging, then the land area derived therefrom, and management costs are staggering. Therefore, the charging station is more suitable for the small number of charge services of public transport modes.

“Charge pile covers an area of small, roadside as long as 1 square meter of open space, will build a charging pile, low cost. Is very suitable for urban supermarkets, car parks, residential quarters and other vehicle-intensive construction of parking areas . “foundation Rui Liu said. More importantly, the charge pile to slow charge mode, meaning the current is small, safety can be protected, to extend battery life. But equally obvious disadvantage of this mode, the vehicle needs an emergency operation, the charge can not be achieved in time.

In contrast, for the construction of station more difficult. By direct replacement battery for power plants to continue to make electric cars traveling purposes, the consumer, this mode is most convenient, fast. Meanwhile, replacement batteries can be used under the low recharge time, the use of electric vehicles can reduce costs. However, due to the weight of a larger battery pack, replacement battery professional demands strong professionals with specialized equipment needed to quickly complete the battery replacement and maintenance, thus higher cost. And the requirements for power plants for space with the charging station similar, there must be enough space to store and maintain down the battery, which in turn increases the cost. “Power Plant Construction for the biggest obstacle is the battery electric vehicle is not standardized, yet not in large scale.” Foundation Rui Liu said.

■ Construction of the current charge for pile

“Comprehensive model of three pros and cons of charging for electricity, building more suitable for our country charge pile. In the battery standard determined, may be appropriate for the development of power stations.” Liu Shui that base. Despite the slow charge, but charge pile with low cost and easy construction of the great advantages in the initial stage of development of electric cars more in line with market demand.

Yesterday morning, the Asahi Kasei Co., Ltd. Chief Executive Tetsuro Ota and his party to fertilizer inspection, Asahi Kasei Co., Ltd. to promote competition and safety of lithium to lithium battery production company co-operation projects. Mayor Wu Cunrong New Construction in Lakeside, met Ota, Tetsuro command line.
Asahi Kasei Corporation is the initiator of modern Li-ion battery industry is a key component of lithium ion batteries - the largest supplier of separation membrane. The group has been able to pay close attention to America’s lithium cooperation project in Hefei, Hefei investment projects and even build the factory in Hefei, expressed a strong interest.

Wu Chun-rong said during the meeting, Hefei, attaches great importance to the development of lithium battery industry. In recent years, we strongly adjustments to the industrial structure, accelerate the development and breakthroughs in a number of key common technologies, a large power lithium battery domestic manufacturing base and the earlier launch three new energy automotive R & D production cities. These are the production of lithium-related enterprises in the fertilizer industry to provide good conditions for development. Currently, lithium-ion batteries are widely used, industry enticing. We welcome the Asahi Kasei Co., Ltd. to fertilizer, and investors also hope to further increase research and development in the fertilizer business, improve product competitiveness, and promote Hefei lithium battery industry to develop better and faster.

Tetsuro Ota, Asahi Kasei Co., Ltd. brief introduction of the lithium battery production and sales. He said, Hefei Li-ion battery industry has developed rapidly, the Government’s business development support to large, Asahi Kasei Co., Ltd. will speed up the pace of investment in the fertilizer, to achieve win-win situation for the early

Better Place, the electric-car services company, has installed a battery-switching station for electric taxis in Tokyo, part of a test to demonstrate the viability of swapping out rather than rapid charging.

Three crossover taxis have been converted to run on an electric powertrain using batteries from A123 Systems, Better Place said Monday. The 90-day test is using an automated battery-swapping station developed by Better Place and demonstrated last year in Yokohama, Japan.

Vehicles drive up an elevated ramp, and a machine removes a depleted battery and slides in a fresh one in under five minutes. Better Place asserts that this method is better than rapid charging, which causes more wear and tear on batteries. Longer charge times, in the range of 20 or 30 minutes, are also impractical for taxis, it said.

The Tokyo trial, first announced last August, will feature three cars rather than four as originally planned and is happening a few months later than anticipated. Better Place is working with taxi operator Nihon Kotsu, which will make the cars available to the public via a special taxi line.

Kiyotake Fujii, president of Better Place Japan, said in a statement that other cities have expressed interest in electric taxis because they reduce air pollution and carbon dioxide emissions. He said Tokyo has about 60,000 taxis, representing a large potential market for electric vehicles.

In January, Better Place raised $350 million and said it expects its first full-fledged charging stations and battery-swapping sites to start operating in Israel and Denmark by the end of 2011.

Liaoyuan City, Jilin City in resource-based industries in the transition process, and actively cultivate new energy vehicles, battery industry, including the formation of a lithium ion battery, dell battery  materials, ultra-high performance separator, motor and other interrelated chain, new energy automotive industry cluster shape gradually. Liaoyuan City, 2000 tons of battery materials program, 200,000 primary properties of lithium-ion battery and a number of projects are also stepping up construction.

Investment Advisor in the circulation industry researcher Li Xuerong that the current China’s new energy electric cars, buses and cars speeding up the industrialization process, will stimulate the rapid expansion of the lithium chain.

Performance mainly depends on the lithium battery inside the structure and properties of materials. These materials include the internal battery anode material, electrolyte, separator and cathode materials. Which positive and negative selection and quality of materials directly determine the performance of lithium ion batteries and price. In recent years, China’s lithium production has significantly improved lithium battery cathode materials have also been from a single lithium cobalt oxide material, the development of the lithium cobalt oxide, lithium manganese oxide, lithium nickel-cobalt, nickel, cobalt lithium manganese oxide, lithium iron phosphate, etc. the stage of material go hand in hand.

Investment adviser in the latest release of “2010-2015 China Li-ion battery cathode materials industry and prospects of investment analysis report” shows that China’s lithium-ion batteries in 2008 the export volume of 1.253 billion, lithium primary cells and primary batteries of about 4.4 100 000 000; which domestic sales volume of lithium cobalt oxide about 1 million tons, about 5,000 tons of lithium manganese oxide, about 2,000 tons of ternary materials, lithium iron phosphate production of about 2,500 tons. Lithium-ion batteries in 2009 exports amounted to more than one billion, lithium primary cells and primary batteries of about 450 million.

The lithium iron phosphate lithium is the cause of a revolutionary new materials industry, is the development of the industry’s most cutting-edge lithium. Lithium iron phosphate has a high energy density, low prices, excellent security make it particularly suitable for battery. Its appearance is a lithium ion battery materials, Latitude D830 battery a major breakthrough, as countries compete for researchers.

Because of its advantages are widely used in hybrid vehicles, power tools, electric bicycles, electric bicycle, power generation, energy storage and other fields. Hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) in the next few years, the main development of new energy vehicles direction. Hybrid vehicle production with increasing penetration of hybrid vehicles, iron phosphate lithium battery market will grow rapidly, lithium iron phosphate will also boost demand.

Lithium iron phosphate cathode material world major manufacturers from the United States of Valence, A123 and Tianjin strand. The two U.S. companies combined capacity of 1000 tons, the production base in China, but not for domestic customers Inspiron E1405 battery  materials. Currently the annual domestic demand for the lithium iron phosphate is about 8,000 tons, output was 2,500 tons, a very broad development space.

Li Xuerong pointed out that lithium iron phosphate products are in early stages of the industry, while China Environment Problems of nervous energy, lithium iron phosphate products, therefore a huge potential market, Inspiron 1525 battery ,Inspiron 1526 battery  lithium iron phosphate as an emerging industry, with great strategic investment value.

According to foreign reports, US-based Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 9 days in “the great cause of historic significance” under the pretext of “milestone Award” went to Sharp’s solar cell business industrial projects and Kansai power companies Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture fourth power plant project.

IEEE is the world’s authoritative institutes, VGP-BPS9  previously awarded to the 12 project milestone awards, including the Tokaido Shinkansen and railway automatic fare collection systems. Sharp calculator R & D in 2005 by claiming the award.

Sharp from the 1959 R & D solar cells. Companies such as for satellite and home made solar cell R & D achievements are highly appreciated.

Kurobe Toyama Prefecture in Sichuan in 1963 completed the fourth power plant, power station dam height 186 m,  VGP-BPS8 , VGP-BPS8A the highest in Japan first, hard work had been arranged in the construction work is movies. Suffered badly in the completion and excellent ushering in the transmission equipment was well received.

Sharp President Mikio Katayama 9 ceremony, held in Osaka on the pleasure, VGP-BPS13 , said: “I first joined the company, he was assigned to the solar cell research. Winning a dream come true. Although the company reduced the size of the project once, but predecessors to invest in, their efforts bore fruit. “