Ganfeng Lithium Power: the first-generation solid-state battery has been loaded with power and energy storage capacity layout is increasing speed.

As the world's leading lithium resources and lithium salt deep processing enterprise, Ganfeng Lithium Industry has been keeping a low profile in the production and manufacturing of lithium batteries for many years. Ganfeng Lithium, which is controlled by Ganfeng Lithium, has been developing silently for about 5 years and has come to the fore in 2021.

In early December, the first batch of Dongfeng E70 electric vehicles equipped with Ganfeng lithium-electric hybrid solid-liquid lithium-ion batteries were successfully tested in Xinyu, Jiangxi Province, and the model will be delivered before the Spring Festival, which is also the news that only a handful of solid-state batteries are loaded in the world. In September, Ganfeng Lithium Power has a total investment of 5.4 billion yuan, with a scale of 10GWh lithium battery project located in Chongqing Liangjiang New District. In July, Ganfeng Lithium Power Company carried out capital increase and share expansion. In addition to the controlling shareholder Ganfeng Lithium Industry, which increased capital by 2 billion yuan, investors led by Xiaomi Investment, Jimu Venture Capital, Dongfeng Motor, etc., increased capital by about 971 million yuan.

At the same time, the catalogue of new energy vehicles announced by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology shows that the batteries used in many heavy trucks, engineering trucks, forklifts and passenger cars this year come from Ganfeng Lithium Power.

A few days ago, a research group composed of China Chemical and physical Power Industry Association and Power Battery Application Branch, together with Battery China Network, came to the headquarters of Ganfeng Lithium Power Xinyu. Cheng Baoli, assistant president of Ganfeng Lithium Power, Zhou Hainan, vice president of Ganfeng Lithium Power, Peng Aiping, head of Technical Information Department of Ganfeng Lithium Industry, and Zhou Wei, head of Ganfeng Lithium Technology, conducted in-depth communication.

According to reports, Ganfeng Lithium Power is committed to creating the most creative lithium smart new energy. At present, lithium battery products include solid state batteries, consumer batteries, polymer small batteries, power batteries and energy storage systems.

Among them, Dongguan Ganfeng is mainly responsible for consumer lithium batteries, Xinyu Ganfeng Electronics mainly produces small lithium polymer batteries, Ganfeng Power is mainly responsible for the production and manufacture of power batteries and energy storage batteries, and Zhejiang Fengli is mainly responsible for the research and development of solid-state battery technology. and provide technical output and support for the above-mentioned companies. In addition, Ganfeng Lithium Power also has a power and energy storage battery PACK base in Jiangsu. "at present, Ganfeng lithium battery products have been used in more than 20 application scenarios, such as electric passenger cars, electric buses, airport equipment, electric ships, rail transit, electric forklifts, electronic communications, 5G intelligence, Bluetooth headphones, medical devices and so on."

Zhejiang Feng Lithium is a subsidiary of Ganfeng Lithium Battery Co., Ltd., which focuses on the R & D, production and application promotion of solid-state lithium batteries with high energy density and high safety. At present, it has the world's leading solid-state lithium battery technology. In the next ten years, solid-state lithium battery technology is expected to realize the iterative application of traditional lithium-ion battery in many scenarios.

In terms of solid-state batteries, the first-generation solid-state batteries developed by Ganfeng Lithium have been delivered to the mainframe factory, and the first-generation solid-state batteries of Ganfeng Lithium carried by Dongfeng E70 electric vehicles have been offline. It has been revealed that the energy density of this battery is similar to that of the current mainstream ternary battery, the energy density is near 260Wh/kg, and its cycle life has met the needs of current passenger cars.

In terms of product route planning, the second-generation solid-state battery of Ganfeng Lithium Power will have an energy density of 360 WhCPG, and sample B development has been completed in the first quarter of this year. Sample C development is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2022, with a capacity of 70Ah, and the SOP phase is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2023; the energy density of the third-generation solid-state battery will reach 420WhDynkg, and sample A product development has been completed in the first quarter of this year.

During the exchange, Battery China learned that apart from the fact that Ganfeng Lithium Power has completed the annual 0.3GWh production line of the first generation solid-state battery in 2019, the solid-state battery production line up to 2GWh is under construction and is expected to be completed and put into production in April 2022.

According to reports, Ganfeng lithium battery in the future will form three R & D and production bases, which are located in Ningbo, Huizhou and Xinyu. Among them, the R & D base of Ningbo National High-tech Zone mainly focuses on the research and development of solid-state electrolyte core materials and pilot-scale, research and development of high specific energy solid-state battery based on metal lithium negative electrode. Huizhou Ganfeng Lithium Power Company will focus on the R & D, production and sales of high specific energy solid-state lithium batteries applied in 3C field. The power lithium battery base of Xinyu National High-tech Zone in Jiangxi Province mainly focuses on the production, expansion and sales of power solid-state lithium batteries.

In terms of TWS headphone batteries, it has been revealed that Ganfeng lithium battery shipments have entered the top three in China. The company completed its financing plan in July this year. As part of the financing project, the company will expand the production of the Huizhou plant. After the completion of the project, it will integrate the battery plate businesses such as smart wear, consumer electronics, power storage and solid-state batteries, including Dongguan Ganfeng Electronics Co., Ltd., and invest in the construction of Ganfeng Lithium Power global R & D center, sales center and production base. At that time, the production capacity of 600000 consumer high-performance polymer lithium batteries and 600000 polymer lithium batteries for TWS headphones will be added.

During the discussion, the research team learned that the capacity release and shipments of Ganfeng lithium electric power and energy storage batteries have increased rapidly since the beginning of this year. "the company has achieved 1GWh power and energy storage battery capacity since 2018, and the 2GWh soft-wrapped lithium iron phosphate battery production line was completed and put into production in May this year. Xinyu Phase II 10GWh project capacity is expected to be released next year, and the company's shipments in energy storage, power and other areas are growing rapidly this year."

"Electric heavy trucks are mainly used in mining areas. aiming at the pain point of poor low temperature performance of lithium iron phosphate, the company has developed a lithium iron phosphate battery charged at-40 ℃ Discharge and-20 ℃, which has good low temperature performance. it will be able to meet the needs of lithium iron phosphate heavy trucks in more areas." During the discussion, the relevant person in charge of Ganfeng Lithium Power revealed.

At the same time, the company's financing will also be used for Xinyu Power Phase II project. According to reports, the Xinyu Power Phase II project, with a total investment of about 2.5 billion yuan, is mainly to build a new type of lithium iron phosphate battery R & D and production base with high safety and long cycle life. When the project reaches production, it will form a 10GWh lithium iron phosphate battery project, which will be used in the field of new power and energy storage batteries.

With the continuous improvement and maturity of the product series and the continuous expansion of customer scale, Ganfeng Lithium Power is also actively carrying out capacity layout. In addition to Xinyu, Huizhou and other production capacity layout, Chongqing 10GWh project has also been launched.

In September this year, Ganfeng Lithium Power officially signed a contract with Chongqing Liangjiang New area, and the Ganfeng New Battery Science and Technology Industrial Park and Advanced Battery Research Institute project with an initial investment of 5.4 billion yuan will be officially settled in Liangjiang New area. According to the agreement, Ganfeng Lithium Power will build a 10GWh lithium battery production base in Chongqing and provide technical support for solid-state battery technology renewal and product iteration. After Ganfeng Lithium Power has reached a cooperation with new energy automobile enterprises in Chongqing, an advanced battery research institute will be set up in Chongqing to jointly carry out applied technology research and development with downstream customers such as automobiles and consumer electronics.

During the discussion, the research group also learned that Ganfeng Lithium Power in Chongqing base product planning, the power will be based on solid-state batteries, energy storage will be mainly square ternary batteries.

Ganfeng Lithium, which relies on Ganfeng Lithium Industry, also has its unique advantages. On the one hand, Ganfeng Lithium Industry, as a leading manufacturer and processing enterprise of lithium salt products in the world, can provide strong supply guarantee and strong bargaining power in the supply of battery-grade lithium salt products, which provides solid support for the development of Ganfeng Lithium Power. On the other hand, Ganfeng lithium battery products have entered the global first-class enterprise supply chain, shortening the path for follow-up cooperation in solid-state batteries, energy storage batteries and other fields of Ganfeng lithium power.