The picture shows the scene of the signing ceremony. Photo provided by the Management Committee of Lingang New Area of Shanghai Free Trade Zone
Chinanews.com, Shanghai, April 9th (Reporter Li Shuzheng) The Tesla energy storage super factory project settled on the Lingang New Area of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (hereinafter referred to as the Lingang New Area) on the 9th.
The Tesla Energy Storage Gigafactory will plan to produce Tesla’s ultra-large commercial energy storage battery (Megapack). The initial plan is to produce 10,000 commercial energy storage batteries per year, with an energy storage scale of nearly 40GWh. The Tesla energy storage superfactory project is scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2023 and put into production in the second quarter of 2024.
According to the official statement here, this signing is an important measure for Tesla to improve its global production layout and implement the vision of accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy. A clear attitude towards a globalized and internationalized business environment will help boost the confidence and strength of foreign-funded enterprises to invest in China.
The Lingang New Area has formed a relatively complete industrial chain layout in the industrial field of "wind-light-hydrogen-electricity-manufacturing-storage-use". Focusing on blade manufacturing with high technical barriers, it gathers a group of world-renowned wind power industry enterprises such as Siemens Gamesa, Shanghai Electric, and Aigang Wind Power; in the field of important photovoltaic materials and equipment, it gathers China Electric Equipment Group, Hongbo New Energy , Ideal Wanlihui, Sige New Energy and other enterprises have formed a photovoltaic industry with a sustainable green development model; Energy enterprises; in the field of new energy hydrogen energy, more than 30 enterprises such as Cummins, Shaanxi Dechuang, Hydrogen Technology, Tangfeng Energy, etc. have gathered to build an industry with independent innovation capabilities for core components of the hydrogen energy industry Gathering place.
Officials stated that in the future, the Lingang New Area will formulate industrial development plans around new energy and energy storage industries, research and improve industrial policies, and accelerate the gathering of key enterprises and major projects by optimizing the industrial system and holding major events such as the "China Energy Storage Conference" . (over)