Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Straddling the tablet/ laptop divide; Time for Android and iOS laptops

Straddling the tablet/ laptop divide; Time for Android and iOS laptops


By James Kendrick | VIA:zdnet.com.


Summary: Some folks (myself included) are successfully using tablets with keyboards for work tasks. Is there a market for Android/ iOS laptops and if so, what do they need?


Some folks (myself included) have been able to shift a good portion of work tasks from conventional laptops to tablets. This usually involves pairing the tablet, Android or iPad, with a small external keyboard for handling lots of text entry. There are plenty of keyboard options for both Android tablets and the iPad, and even slick two-piece tablets like the ASUS Transformer Prime. Whatever the solution that folks are using, it is interesting how many folks are straddling the tablet/ laptop divide.


My coverage of using both the iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab with keyboards is extensive, and I am constantly amazed how much of my work can be accomplished with these combos. While not everyone’s work is appropriate to be performed without a Windows or Mac laptop, the more I talk to folks the more of them I hear from who are able to leave the laptop behind and go the tablet/ keyboard route.


Even though I am using the tablet/ keyboard combo for more and more of my work, I still use the tablet without the keyboard at least half the time. That’s not the case with quite a few folks with whom I have discussed this; I am hearing from many that they are mostly leaving the tablet docked in the keyboard almost all of the time. This has me wondering if there is a viable market for a Android and iOS laptops?


If there is a significant enough interest for Android and iOS laptops, a few criteria would have to be met to be successful. Size is important, as a dedicated laptop shouldn’t be larger than existing two-piece combos being used today. It would make no sense to trade existing solutions for a dedicated laptop if the size and weight increased. I personally wouldn’t be interested in a laptop solution if the screen was bigger than 10 inches. The beauty of these two-piece systems are how small they are. Let’s keep the same for the laptop solution.


A laptop with iOS or Android would also have to be cheaper than the two-piece varieties. That should be feasible given there’s nothing new about the laptop form. Make these mobile laptops very thin and light, and cheaper than tablets plus external keyboards.


I used to think laptops with touch screens were a waste of money, but on an Android or iOS laptop I think they are required. Both of these OSes are optimized for touch operation, and it makes sense to take advantage of that on these little laptops.


One of the coolest features of the Transformer Prime is the second battery in the laptop dock. Together, the keyboard and tablet get about 20 hours of battery life. This could play into the dedicated laptop form, with a light second battery fitted inside that can generate over 12 hours of battery life combined with the main battery. Long battery life is a major reason these tablet/keyboard combos work so well, so do the same with the dedicated laptop form.


I am not sure that an Apple iOS laptop or an Android laptop would be widely accepted. It depends on the factors I have mentioned, plus how large the market is for those who would benefit from having a keyboard on the tablet form. Microsoft is betting a lot on Windows 8 on the ARM platform, both tablets and laptops, so perhaps the market exists. We’ll soon find out.


ARM Chief Touts Windows 8 Tablets, Questions Android's Appeal


By Damon Poeter, Via:pcmag.com.


In the process of reporting strong earnings for the fourth quarter on Tuesday, ARM CEO Warren East had some interesting things to say about Microsoft's coming Windows 8 release-namely, that it could propel more tablet sales than Google's Android mobile operating system has accomplished so far.


"Consumers are familiar with Microsoft and very familiar with Windows and they're less familiar with an Android environment," East said during an exchange with an analyst noticed by CNET. "Microsoft has an awareness advantage with consumers that the Android folks didn't have.


"It's up to Microsoft [and we'll see] how well they're going to exploit that advantage. But I think that's a fundamental difference."


East's comments add to the anticipation for Windows 8, expected to be released by Microsoft this fall and "accompanied by a tidal wave of tablets, hybrids, and convertibles," as PCMag.com lead laptop analyst Eric Grevstad put it recently.


Indeed, there's a lot for tablet fans to like about Windows 8, starting with Microsoft's recommended specs for a Windows 8 tablet. Grevstad breaks those down as "a 1,366-by-768-pixel screen with a minimum of five touch inputs; at least one USB 2.0 port; Wi-Fi and Bluetooth; a three-axis accelerometer; power, rotation lock, and volume buttons; 10GB or more of free storage space when taken out of the box; and a Windows key button measuring at least 10.5mm in diameter in the center of the bottom bezel."


And it's no secret that Microsoft has been courting tablet and smartphone makers who in the last several product cycles have overwhelmingly selected ARM-based chips to run their devices over the x86-based parts made by Intel and Advanced Micro Devices.


In fact, Windows 8's release is likely to mark a pivotal moment in personal computing history as the long-running "Wintel" partnership of Microsoft and Intel takes a decidedly new turn. Not only is Microsoft tuning its next-generation operating system for non-x86 processor architectures, but Intel is concurrently optimizing its own Atom chips for Android, as it takes another shot at penetrating the mobile device market.


East did have some nice things to say about Android, of course. ARM's stellar growth, including a 45 percent increase in net income in its fourth quarter, owes a lot to the popularity of Android smartphones (Apple also uses ARM-based chips designed in-house in the iPhone and iPad).


If history is any lesson, he said, Android tablets just need "a little more time" to mature.


"Actually when Android phones were introduced, there was a lot of hype," East was quoted as saying by CNET. "And then, actually, they didn't take off in the sort of way that reflected that hype. Then a few years later-two years later-half a million units a day, 700,000 units a day. [Android phones now are] really ... a very successful product."



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Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Maintains Its Growth Trajectory in the Fourth Quarter Despite Soft Demand for Feature Phones, According to IDC

Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Maintains Its Growth Trajectory in the Fourth Quarter Despite Soft Demand for Feature Phones, According to IDC


FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Feb 01, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE), VIA:marketwatch.com.


The worldwide mobile phone market grew 6.1% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2011 (4Q11), as the feature phone market declined faster than anticipated, dragging market growth down to its lowest point in over two years. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 427.4 million units in 4Q11 compared to 402.8 million units in the fourth quarter of 2010. The 6.1% year-over-year growth was higher than IDC's forecast of 4.4% for the quarter, but weaker than the 9.3% growth in 3Q11.


"The mobile phone market exhibited unusually low growth last quarter, which shows it is not immune to weaker macroeconomic conditions worldwide," said Kevin Restivo, senior research analyst with IDC's Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker. "The introduction of high-growth products such as the iPhone 4S, which shipped in the fourth quarter, bolstered smartphone growth. Yet overall market growth fell to its lowest point since 3Q09 when the global economic recession was in full bloom."


While smartphones continue to grow in popularity, feature phones still comprise the majority of all mobile phone shipments. "Feature phones accounted for a majority of shipments from four of the five market leaders during the quarter," said Ramon Llamas, senior research analyst with IDC's Mobile Phone Technology and Trends team. "Even though their proportion is eroding, feature phones maintain their appeal on the basis of price and ease of use.


"At the same time, feature phones are fighting to maintain their market share," adds Llamas. "To meet the challenge, feature phones are becoming more like smartphones, incorporating mobile Internet and third-party applications. While this may not stem the smartphone tide, it should slow down the rate at which smartphones are selected over feature phones."


Regional Highlights


-- In Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan), the feature phone market declined in conjunction with the region's largest feature phone markets -- China, India, and Indonesia. The impact on phone demand due to the holiday season, which generally means a sales uplift, was minimal in this category. Meanwhile, smartphones maintained their growth momentum as the iPhone 4S was well received in Australia, Hong Kong, Korea, and Taiwan. Competition in the Android market intensified as mid-range vendors, such as Lenovo, Coolpad, and Huawei, shipped large numbers in their home market of China. Elsewhere, the rest of the Android market was dominated by Samsung, followed by HTC and LG. Windows Phone gained some momentum thanks to sales of the HTC Titan and Radar and Nokia Lumia. In Japan, pent-up demand for mobile phones after last year's natural disasters and weakened economy meant unusually high growth for the country's mobile phone market. Smartphone sellers, such as Apple, fared particularly well while non-Japanese vendors continue to make incremental gains in the market.


-- The Western European mobile phone market was impacted by lower demand, a result of the worsening economic environment. Smartphone growth was not enough to offset the feature phones decline, despite excellent performances from Apple and Samsung. Nokia experienced another difficult quarter as a result of its transition towards Windows Phones. Feature phone shipments were near historic lows, supported primarily by very low-end devices. Overall, the Central Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMA) markets showed strong double-digit growth due in large part to Samsung's continued strength in the regions. Bucking its global troubles, Nokia shipments flattened out in the regions after a strong third quarter, enabling it to remain the market leader in the regions. Apple continued to make quiet progress in the regions as well.


-- In North America, smartphones held the spotlight with the launch of the Apple iPhone 4S, while LTE smartphones from HTC, LG, Motorola, and Samsung also made important gains. Research In Motion launched several new phones running on BB OS 7 during the quarter, and signaled a late 2012 timetable for its first BlackBerry 10 smartphones to reach the market, leaving an opportunity to its competitors to attack its market share.


-- Smartphones also took center stage in Latin America with the launch of multiple models across the region, particularly sub-$200 Android models. The low price points have enabled broader appeal, and have also found placement among popular prepaid markets. Although smartphones continued to grab attention, low-cost feature phones ruled the market, with strong participation from Nokia, Samsung, and multiple Chinese vendors.


Vendor Highlights


Nokia finished the year exactly where it began: as the undisputed leader of total mobile phone shipments. The company took another step in its storied transition, having officially launched its first Windows Phone-powered Lumia smartphones and its Asha line of smartphone-like feature phones. While both have received positive response from the market, Nokia has been quick to adjust its retail experience, customer engagement, and hardware bug fixes. At the same time, the increased focus on the Lumia, combined with changing market conditions in key markets, has prompted Nokia to change its strategy on Symbian smartphones. Fewer Symbian devices will be sold in 2012. Still, Nokia's broad distribution around the world and manufacturing capabilities make it a serious contender to maintain its leadership position.


Samsung finished the quarter and the year reaching new record levels: breaking the 90 million unit mark for the first time in a single quarter and breaking the 300 million mark for the first time in a single year. Leading the charge for Samsung was its growing smartphone volumes, boosted by the release of several high-end devices (Galaxy S II, Galaxy Note, Galaxy Nexus), mass market models (Galaxy Ace, and Galaxy Y), and new Windows Phone smartphones (Focus Flash and the Focus S). These, along with its own steadily growing feature phone volumes, pushed Samsung closer to market leader Nokia, with fewer than 20 million units separating them in 4Q11.


Apple jumped into the third spot globally from the fifth spot last quarter thanks to a record-breaking quarter of shipments. That represents the Cupertino-based company's highest-ever ranking on IDC's Top 5 global mobile phone leaderboard. The launch of Apple's iPhone 4S smartphone, which is now available in over 90 countries (as of mid-January), was the primary reason the company leapt over LG and ZTE in 4Q11. Device sales in the U.S. and Japan were particularly strong given extra sales days in the quarter and carrier distribution.


LG's total volumes declined for the third consecutive quarter, sinking to levels not seen since the second quarter of 2007. Driving this result was a combination of waning interest in its aging feature phones and stalled smartphone volumes. In addition, from a full year perspective, LG posted the largest full year-over-year decline among the leading vendors. Still, the quarter did have some bright spots, including a return to profitability and a warm reception for its Optimus LTE smartphones across multiple markets. 2012 will feature more smartphones from LG, especially LTE-powered models, but the competition has similar smartphone strategies.


Chinese vendor ZTE nearly tied with LG for fourth place, with fewer than a million units separating the two vendors. Long known as a purveyor of entry level devices, ZTE's smartphones increasingly moved into the spotlight. The company's primary targets included countries throughout Asia/Pacific, but it also gained presence in EMEA and Latin America, and branched out into North America. Key models for the quarter included its popular mass-market Blade and mid-range Skate Android smartphones, and recently the company added its first Windows Phone-powered smartphone, the Tania.


Top Five Mobile Phone Vendors, Shipments, and Market Share, Q4

2011 (Units in Millions)

Vendor 4Q11 Unit 4Q11 Market 4Q10 Unit 4Q10 Market Year-over-year

Shipments Share Shipments Share Change

Nokia 113.5 26.6% 123.7 30.7% -8.2%

Samsung 97.6 22.8% 80.7 20.0% 20.9%

Apple 37.0 8.7% 16.2 4.0% 128.4%

LG Electronics 17.7 4.1% 30.6 7.6% -42.2%

ZTE 17.1 4.0% 15.7 3.9% 8.9%

Others 144.5 33.8% 135.9 33.7% 6.3%

Total 427.4 100.0% 402.8 100.0% 6.1%


Source: IDC Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, February 1, 2012


Note: Vendor shipments are branded shipments and exclude OEM sales for all vendors.


On a full-year basis, the worldwide mobile phone market maintained its upward trajectory by growing 11.1% in 2011, which was down from the 18.7% year-over-year growth experienced in 2010. While part of the slowing growth can be attributed to softening demand for feature phones, IDC expects continued double-digit growth in the years ahead as smartphones continue to capture a greater share of the overall market.


Top Five Mobile Phone Vendors, Shipments, and Market Share

Calendar Year 2011 (Units in Millions)

Vendor 2011 Unit 2011 Market 2010 Unit 2010 Market Year-over-year

Shipments Share Shipments Share Change

Nokia 417.1 27.0% 453.0 32.6% -7.9%

Samsung 329.4 21.3% 280.2 20.1% 17.6%

Apple 93.2 6.0% 47.5 3.4% 96.2%

LG Electronics 88.1 5.7% 116.7 8.4% -24.5%

ZTE 66.1 4.3% 50.5 3.6% 30.9%

Others 552.1 35.7% 443.6 31.9% 24.5%

Total 1,546.0 100.0% 1,391.5 100.0% 11.1%


Source: IDC Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, February 1, 2012


Note: Vendor shipments are branded shipments and exclude OEM sales for all vendors.


About IDC


IDC is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. IDC helps IT professionals, business executives, and the investment community to make fact-based decisions on technology purchases and business strategy. More than 1,000 IDC analysts provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends in over 110 countries worldwide. For more than 47 years, IDC has provided strategic insights to help our clients achieve their key business objectives. IDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world's leading technology media, research, and events company. You can learn more about IDC by visiting www.idc.com .


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Will mobile campaign donations be a game-changer for politicians?

Will mobile campaign donations be a game-changer for politicians?


BY MIKE FLACY, VIA:digitaltrends.com.


While many smaller retailers have adopted Square's mobile payment technology for consumer purchases, candidates seeking presidential office in 2012 have the same idea for fundraising.


Detailed by reports from both the campaigns of President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, Square's mobile payments hardware is being rolled out to collect campaign donations. Fundraisers are being outfitted with the small, plastic credit card reader which can be used with the iPhone, 3G iPad or Android smartphone to collect money while campaigning within neighborhoods or other commercial locations. Assuming that this program is successful when collecting money for presidential candidates, more politicians in lower levels of office could also adopt the strategy of collecting thousands of micro-payments with mobile smartphones or tablets. During the 2010 campaign season, the Square application was used by New York politician Reshma Saujani as well as Silicon Valley's Josh Becker for political campaigns.


According to Obama re-election campaign spokeswoman Katie Hogan, she stated "Eventually we want to make a version of the Obama Square application available to everyone from within the App Store. Someone who is a supporter of the campaign can then download the app, get a Square attachment and can go around collecting donations." All money collected by the application would go directly to the Obama campaign and supporters wouldn't need to get the approval of the local campaign office to become a fundraiser. The Square application that's being used by campaign officials across the country does comply with Federal Election Commission's rules on mobile payment donations.


Last year, Square partnered with the Salvation Army in a similar manner to help the organization collect donations through credit cards rather than limiting collections to loose change, bills and checks. This program was rolled out in large cities such as New York City and San Francisco. It helped cut down on theft of typical collections, but Square also continued to collect its standard 2.75 percent fee on all transactions.


The same processing fee will apply to political campaign donations, but does offer the public a digital paper trail to keep track of the donation. Identical to the standard Square application, the payee will receive a receipt through SMS or email. Outlined within the Federal Election Commission's rules, the Square application has to collect specific information from the donor such as employer name, occupation, name, street address, city and zip code.


As stated by Square's brand marketing representative, "It's now easier than ever to give to campaigns of any political stripe. At a campaign, or any political event, donors will be able to give on the spot. They won't have to run home and get a check or fill out long paper forms."


Romney's campaign is also rolled out a "beta test" of the technology in Florida during today's primary with merchandise sales and fundraising. Since Romney won the Florida primary with approximately 46 percent of the vote, it's likely that Romney fundraisers are using the Square hardware to collect donations tonight from registered Republican voters.


According to Romney campaign digital director Zac Moffatt, he stated "Anything that reduces the barrier to donate is going to help us with our supporters. The challenge on this sort of thing is never with the technology, it's with the compliance. We're making sure everything we're doing follows fundraising rules and is compliant with the FEC," in regards to Square's mobile payment technology.


The Romney campaign is also looking into creating a custom mobile application, similar to Obama's campaign, that would allow anyone to collect money for the Republican candidate using the Square hardware. According to campaign officials, they are also looking into developing an iPhone specific application to collect donations through an app interface. However, Romney campaign officials are concerned about the 30 percent revenue cut that goes to Apple when a micro-transaction is conducted through an application downloaded from the iTunes App Store.


Facebook's Mobile Monthly Active Users Grew 21% Over Past Four Months


By Sarah Perez, VIA:techcrunch.com.


Earlier analyst estimates from December had pegged the monthly active users of Facebook's mobile apps at around 300 million per month. This number includes smartphone apps, like those for the Android and iPhone, but also apps that run on BlackBerry, Nokia, and feature phones. At the time, that number equated to roughly 40% of the company's overall user base.


Facebook hadn't revealed an official number for monthly active users on mobile since September, however, which was then at 350 million users for both mobile apps and mobile web combined. Today, thanks the Facebook IPO filing, we have an update to the official numbers: there are now 425 mobile monthly active users as of December 2011, out of Facebook's total 825 million users.


Facebook defines a monthly active user (MAU) as a user who accessed Facebook via a mobile app or via mobile-optimized versions of the Facebook website (e.g., m.facebook.com), whether on a mobile phone or tablet device like the iPad, during the period of measurement.


The company said that mobile usage of Facebook increased in 2011, including in major developed markets like the United States where smartphone penetration has been rapidly growing. But the mobile MAU has also been driven by other product enhancements, including Facebook's acquisition of Snaptu in April 2011 and the launch of the long-awaited Facebook iPad app in October.


However, despite the large numbers of mobile users for the social network, Facebook doesn't currently display ads through either its mobile apps or websites. That's a large, untapped market for Facebook's advertising efforts, since, in many cases, users only engage with Facebook via mobile – not on the desktop-sized web. Not surprisingly, Facebook didn't assign a number to its "mobile only" demographic. When it comes to how many Facebook users only interact with the social network via apps or the mobile website, it's still going to be anybody's guess.


Facebook also notes that its revenue may be negatively affected by the fact that it doesn't currently monetize its mobile user base via ads. This will continue "unless and until" it rolls out either ads or sponsored stories (promoted stories from advertisers) to mobile devices. The global mobile advertising market was $1.5 billion in 2010 and is expected to grow at a 64% compound annual rate to $17.6 billion in 2015, Facebook notes in the filing. With that number in mind, Facebook says it believes in its potential future monetization opportunities. (No kidding).



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Health Discovery Corporation Launches Android Version of Popular MelApp, Melanoma Risk Analysis Mobile Phone App

Health Discovery Corporation Launches Android Version of Popular MelApp, Melanoma Risk Analysis Mobile Phone App


MelApp Named One of the Top Ten Apps that can Save Your Life in Parade Magazine


SAVANNAH, Ga., Feb 01, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE), Via:marketwatch.com.


Health Discovery Corporation, the molecular diagnostics company that launched MelApp, the first SVM-based image analysis iPhone app for melanoma risk assessment, today debuts its popular MelApp mobile app for Android(TM) devices. Now, health-conscious consumers can easily learn about melanoma and identify areas on their skin which may need attention from a specialist, anytime, anywhere with their iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, as well as Android smartphone.


First launched this summer for iPhone, MelApp uses highly sophisticated patent protected mathematical algorithms and image based pattern recognition technology to analyze an uploaded image. The app was validated using an image database licensed from Johns Hopkins University Medical Center and uses a device's camera feature to deliver a risk analysis of user's photographed skin lesions within seconds. In addition, MelApp can use the smartphone's GPS to refer users to physicians specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of melanoma for proper medical diagnosis and treatment.


"Being currently used in nearly 50 countries, and having been named one of the 'Top 10 Apps That Could Save Your Life' in a recent issue of Parade Magazine, MelApp has become a worldwide success," stated Stephen D. Barnhill, M.D. Chairman and CEO of Health Discovery Corporation. "With the launch of MelApp for Android our goal was to extend the availability of this easy to use, inexpensive and potentially life-saving app to the more than 46 percent of the smart phone market that use Android devices, according to Nielsen."


Now available for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, as well as for Android, MelApp is available for download at a special limited time price of $1.99 at the following app marketplaces:


-- iTunes App Store - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/melapp/id446669257?mt=8&ls=1


-- Android Marketplace - https://market.android.com/search?q=MelApp&c=apps


This version of MelApp for Android has been optimized for the Droid X. For support and technical inquiries. Physicians who diagnose and treat melanoma can become a subscribing member of HDC's physician referral network.


About MelApp & Health Discovery Corporation


MelApp uses highly sophisticated patent protected mathematical algorithms and image based pattern recognition technology to analyze the uploaded image. MelApp was validated using an image database licensed from Johns Hopkins University Medical Center and uses a device's camera feature to deliver a risk analysis of user's photographed skin lesions within seconds. The app can use the iPhone GPS to refer users to physicians specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of melanoma for proper medical follow-up. MelApp by Health Discovery Corporation is available at a special limited time introductory price of $1.99. For more complete details.


Health Discovery Corporation is a molecular diagnostics company that uses advanced mathematical techniques to analyze large amounts of data to uncover patterns that might otherwise be undetectable. It operates primarily in the emerging field of personalized medicine where such tools are critical to scientific discovery. Its primary business consists of licensing its intellectual property and developing its own product line of biomarker-based diagnostic tests that include human genes and genetic variations, as well as gene, protein, and metabolic expression differences and image analysis in digital pathology and radiology.


Forward-Looking Statements


This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the accuracy of which is necessarily subject to risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, statements regarding future performance, opportunities and investments, and anticipated results in general. From time to time the Company may make other forward-looking statements in relation to other matters, including without limitation, commercialization plans and strategic partnerships. Actual results may differ materially due to a variety of factors, including, among other things, the acceptance of our approach to applying mathematics, computer science and physics into the disciplines of biology, organic chemistry and medicine and our products and technologies associated with those approaches, the ability to develop and commercialize new drugs, therapies or other products based on our approaches, and other factors set forth from time to time in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.


All forward-looking statements and cautionary statements included in this document are made as of the date hereof based on information available to the Company as of the date hereof, and the Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement or cautionary statement.



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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

U.S. car firms plan launched in 2015 production of fuel cell vehicles

U.S. car firms plan launched in 2015 production of fuel cell vehicles


In China, Germany and Japan betting that electric cars, plug-in hybrid vehicles, the U.S. auto industry look to shift the hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, a number of companies announced in 2015 in the United States launched the production model.


Some years ago, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles on the auto industry by the U.S. technology sector and a high degree of attention, even though these vehicles was much involved in the trial run, but other types of new energy models compared to hydrogen fuel cell vehicle technology relatively mature, mainly the lack of supporting infrastructure.


Actively building the infrastructure


U.S. sales of Toyota's advanced technology research director announced, Toyota's fuel cell vehicles will be listed in 2015. It is understood that, in addition to Toyota, the GM, Daimler, Honda, Hyundai and many other car companies will also be hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the U.S. market scheduled for 2015.


Car manufacturers are working to realize the goal of five years after busy. According to the U.S. National Hydrogen Association, U.S. existing hydrogen refueling station 68, located mostly in California. Lack of hydrogen fueling stations, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles become an obstacle to large-scale promotion of the main reasons. Car manufacturers have realized this, started to increase fuel cell vehicles supporting infrastructure efforts. Car prices in hopes that by 2015, hydrogen refueling station in the United States everywhere.


Car manufacturers are actively looking for the hydrogen fuel supply channels. In May, General Motors signed with Hawaii hydrogen gas supply agreement, which will use parts of the United States Oahu 1000 km gas pipeline hydrogen to the hydrogen refueling station. GM expects to build in Oahu 20 25 hydrogen stations, each block of 300,000 hydrogen station will cost 50 million dollars.


Desire for policy support


Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to promote a challenge, but it has reduced dependence on oil, and eliminate the discharge of pollutants two advantages. In addition, the hydrogen source more from existing technology, both the extraction, storage or transport, are not problems. In addition, the European Union, for example, the organization in 2020, sales of new cars in Europe to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20%. And compared to other types of new energy vehicles, zero emissions, zero emission hydrogen fuel cell vehicle to achieve this goal, more advantages.


"The level of environmental protection, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and lithium-ion battery car is no different, but recently shifted to the government will subsidize the lithium-ion battery car, but for general purposes, even the most difficult period in the enterprise, did not give up R & D development of fuel cell technology is still advancing toward the established goals. "GM Executive Director of the global fuel cell project Charles Furui Si said," Now we lack is the policy of continued support. "


Energy consuming countries to go low-carbon development model


International Energy Agency recently declared that China has 2.252 billion tons of oil equivalent, surpassing the U.S. as the world's largest energy consumer. China's energy bureau of the thesis was denied on the grounds that the data unreliable. In response to the new situation of global climate change, energy consumption is a popular topic of concern, needless to evaluate the amount of U.S. per capita energy consumption per capita in China five times, also tentatively explored not only the total energy consumption 10 years ago, half of the United States whether and when to become China's largest energy consumer. In China, two major challenges in 2020 fossil fuels in primary energy consumption to 85% lower than the key, while the intensity of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP than in 2005, down from 40% to 45%. National Energy Board proposed to achieve this path, one of the reasonable control of energy consumption, the second is the development of clean energy.


At present, China is in the heavy and chemical industrialization phase and accelerated phase of urbanization, growth in energy demand is greatest, the most serious stage of environmental pollution. Increasing pressure on the international emission reduction, environmental issues have become increasingly prominent domestic context, China has been difficult for them to continue through the Western developed countries have issued a "high consumption, high pollution" industrial development model of economic development must be vigorously implement energy-saving emission reduction and efficiency, even out of a low-carbon economic development. Low-carbon economy with low power consumption, low emissions, low pollution-based, and its essence is to improve energy efficiency and create clean energy structure, the core is technological innovation, system innovation and development of the concept of change.


China's low carbon economy will have a profound impact on the energy industry. Consumption structure of China's current terminal, coal accounted for the largest, followed by oil and electricity, natural gas accelerated. Although 2020 is still China's main coal energy, but wind power, solar and biomass energy, represented by the new accounting will be greatly improved, including wind power, solar power (including solar photovoltaic and solar thermal power generation), tidal power generation.


After several years of rapid development, China's wind power and solar photovoltaic equipment manufacturing industry has made significant progress, the current production capacity and output have been ranked in the global forefront of industrial supporting capacity gradually increased, the emergence of a number of independent brand and innovation of local enterprises.


At present, domestic enterprises to enter the fan machine manufacturing more than 80, the nominal annual capacity of more than 30 million KW, much higher than the 2008 and 2009, two years of domestic wind power installed capacity, thus sparking a government and industry production capacity of wind power equipment excess worry. But fans from development to mature, to go through product design, prototyping and small volume manufacturing and high-volume manufacturing four steps, according to foreign experience, from prototype to small batch manufacturing at least a year, and for lack of fan machine manufacturing experience in business, this phase may last longer. Plus there are key components of domestic wind turbine supply bottlenecks, the current domestic production capacity of the fan should be much lower than the actual name of productivity, truly competitive market, enterprises, including foreign-funded enterprises in China, including a total of less than 20.


The solar photovoltaic industry chain, including equipment manufacturing and photovoltaic power plant developer and operator of two parts. China's solar photovoltaic cell manufacturing industry is driven to rely on overseas markets and develop. From the second half of 2008, the financial crisis on the impact of overseas PV markets fade, business orders decline, reimbursement period lengthened. Led the parties to the domestic solar industry, especially the polysilicon overcapacity concerns. At present, China's solar industry overcapacity, mainly in low efficiency of cell components and links, and high-purity polysilicon production is still in short supply, still imported from abroad. Cause part of actual production of polysilicon production capacity is far below the name comes from two main reasons, first polysilicon are chemical products, from the production line is completed to reach products generally require 1 to 2 years or more technology integration time, so that in many cases have been completed project's actual output is far below its design capacity; Second, the domestic part of the polysilicon enterprises due to technical reasons, the purity is low, unable to meet the European market for high-quality solar cell demand. The next few years, high-quality, yield and stability of polysilicon is still room for development.


In recent years, the Government has formulated a series of encouraging the development of new energy policies, in addition to all the new energy consumption are fully applicable to the Internet, share price and other policies, in 2005 specifically for wind power also issued a "wind power management requirements , "which clearly defines the wind power equipment localization rate to reach 70%, local production does not meet the requirements of construction allowed the construction of wind farms, according to Chapter imported equipment tax. 2006 also provides wind power concession bidding: Each bidder must have a wind power equipment manufacturers to participate, and wind power equipment manufacturers to ensure supply in line with the tender to provide the localization rate of 75% wind turbine commitment letter.


Although the localization threshold policy in early 2010 was canceled, but the last few years in the localization policy support, domestic and joint venture of the rapid growth of wind turbine manufacturers in 2007, the local wind turbine manufacturing market share of over 50%. That the domestic wind power equipment manufacturing industry is driven by the rapid development of the policy together, the market has not experienced the brutal competition in baptism.


Wind power equipment manufacturing industry is pulling in the domestic market protection policy and the dual role of promoting the rapid development of an industry together, the current local machine manufacturing companies already have some of considerable size and market competitiveness, the policy focus should fall on the follow-up of key technologies R & D, personnel training, and supporting industry support, etc., gradually withdraw the support of firm-specific, so that the market mechanism fully involved, and the whole industry will usher in the first round of market reshuffle, already have the production capacity, quality, stability and a certain technological innovation capability of a larger enterprise development, while some of the whole enterprise will be integrated or face out.


At present, solar photovoltaic cells rely mainly on overseas markets and an industry grew up spontaneously, has experienced a market competition and survival of the fittest, although there is excess capacity, price competition and fluctuations in market demand from overseas and other issues, but if the Government in the light V technology research and development, personnel training, market demand and market competition environment to cultivate other aspects of optimizing the system can give support, equipment manufacturing industry is expected to enter a phase of rapid development.


Maturing product performance


Hydrogen fuel cell vehicle power systems, including storage of hydrogen gas tank, fuel cell to provide power, lithium-ion batteries store electrical energy as well as central nervous system of the vehicle electronic control system. Compared with pure electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the course of an advantage, for example, fully charged electric cars needs 7 to 8 hours, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles hydrogenation time of only 3.5 minutes. In addition, the Honda FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle, for example, hydrogenation of a car driving range of about 386 km. GM production in 2015 the same level of fuel cell vehicles driving range of 483 km. In contrast, the same size of electric cars on a single charge of driving range is only 160 km.


Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to precious metals platinum as a catalyst, the high cost has been encountered in the course of its commercial problems. Prior to 2007, manufacturing a fuel cell car is almost 100 grams of platinum, common through the "driveway plans" a substantial increase in the use of platinum catalyst efficiency, manufacturing a platinum car use to 30 grams. According to GM's plan to make 2015 the average per vehicle use platinum to 26 grams, and strive in the next few years, further reduced to 10 grams.


According to Reinert introduced since 2005, Toyota has been the cost of fuel cell vehicles by an average of 90%. The next five years, Toyota will increase the technical level, the fuel cell performance more reliable, smaller, lower cost. Try the case in the absence of subsidies, control of the vehicle's average selling price of around $ 50,000.


GM has announced it is testing a new hydrogen fuel cell system, the system program installed in 2015 with mass production of fuel cell vehicles. And the Chevrolet Equinox fuel cell vehicles compared to a new generation of models of cell volume reduced by 50% and weight about 100 kilograms, the amount of platinum to reduce the 1 / 3, and the interior layout more reasonable.


Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to eliminate barriers to commercialization, Reinert recommends: "I hope that governments and the auto companies join hands, overcome difficulties."


Ching Group appointed Beth on lithium-ion battery research and development and testing


Ching Group announced that Zhejiang Beth Green Energy commissioned to undertake the "right way" brand electric and hybrid vehicles applies to the different specifications of the lithium-ion battery research, development and testing.


Project Agreement for the development and testing costs 15 million yuan. Was estimated to be 18 months (ie until the end of 2011).


The right way that research and development professional, effective and quality supply of electricity for our manufacturing reliable, customer oriented, more fuel efficient and produce less toxic emissions of hybrid vehicles is an essential. Group is not due to the development of its battery products from scratch, it entered into a technology development agreement will bring cost advantages.


High-purity silicon purification technology patented Excellence Award


Recently, Fujian Refining Co., South Ansan Jing, chairman Zheng Zhixiong silicon product patent for invention - the production of high purity silicon for solar cells, the method was the eleventh China Patent Award Excellence Award.


South An Sanjing refined silicon products Co., Ltd. is a handful of domestic raw materials with silicon purification technology companies. Its production of high purity silicon for solar cells, the method has a simple process, yield, low cost and no pollution, alternative advanced chemical vapor distillation.


In 2008, the company's high-purity solar grade silicon production of 5,000 tons in 2009 to 10,000 tons, respectively, the supply can produce 100MW, 500MW and 1000MW photovoltaic cells, breaking the foreign high-purity silicon for the production of solar technology blockade .


New batteries can be hot: Thin Film Solar Cells


With the increasing popularity of low-carbon concept, the battery can lead to a growing concern.


Used batteries and more pollution


Potential contamination of used batteries has aroused extensive attention. China is the world's number one dry battery producing and consuming countries, our data show that China currently has more than 1,400 battery manufacturers, battery production capacity in 1980 has surpassed the United States ranked first in the world. 1998, China's battery production reached 14 billion, the same year the world's total output of about 300 billion batteries only.


Such a large number of batteries, so exposed a big problem, and that is how much damage the batteries do not pollute our living environment. If the one on the 1st cell in the ground rotting, toxic substances can make it square meters of land lost value; throw a coin cell battery into the water, it contains toxic substances which cause 600,000 liters of water body pollution , the equivalent of a person's life, water; used batteries containing heavy metals cadmium, lead, mercury, nickel, zinc, manganese, etc., in which cadmium, lead, mercury is harmful to human body material.


Therefore, the collection and disposal of used batteries is very important, if disposed of improperly, may be on the ecological environment and human health, cause serious harm. Although advanced technology has given us the right direction, but the contamination still China's battery is not optimistic. Currently most of our garbage is mixed with used batteries together into the ground, over time, after the battery into decay, leaching of heavy metals, both could contaminate groundwater, and may contaminate soil and finally through a variety of ways to enter the human food chain. Biological uptake of heavy metals from the environment through the food chain biomagnification, step by step in the higher organisms, thousands of times more enriched, and then enter the human body through the food chain, resulting in savings of some organs in chronic poisoning, Japan Minamata disease is a typical case of mercury poisoning.


Thin-film solar cells SANDOVAL


When the domestic war battle it of polysilicon, the feast of thin film solar cells already quietly open seats. PV field as the two main "athlete", crystalline silicon cells and thin film batteries seem to pull a Championship.


As the name suggests is a layer of thin-film batteries thin-film solar cells was prepared, the silicon is extremely rare and easier to reduce costs, while it is both an energy-efficient products, but also a new type of building materials, easier and building the perfect combination. Silicon raw materials in the international market against the backdrop of continued tension, thin film solar cells has become the international PV market development of new trends and hot spots.


Although thin-film solar cells have already appeared, but the low photoelectric conversion efficiency, a higher rate of decay and other issues, a few years ago did not attract enough attention from the industry, market share is very low. With the continuous advancement of technology, photoelectric conversion efficiency was rapidly increasing, now more than two years ago about an improvement of 30% -40%, although compared with crystalline silicon cells is still a big gap, but with less material, simple process , low energy consumption, cost has certain advantages and is increasingly being accepted by the industry.


Accordingly, the following components of solar thermal, heat after polysilicon thin-film photovoltaic cells has become the hot new investment areas.


With crystalline silicon cells, thin film cells is much greater potential for cost reduction, mainly due to thin-film battery technology advances. Thin film solar production capacity next may reach 20% of the entire solar industry, while only 7.6% in 2007, showing that among the space.



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5 trillion stimulus to guard against the new energy industry overcapacity

5 trillion stimulus to guard against the new energy industry overcapacity


Industrial development in China's history, "step forward" and "excess capacity" always go hand in hand, will in the next 10 years, the development effort invested 5 trillion yuan of new energy industry has been true. Restructuring of the national economic restructuring, development of low background environment-friendly industry, new energy industry prospects are looking on. However, how to balance "speed" and "quality" between, it has been a problem.


Policy: the emerging energy industry planning has basically taken shape


Economic situation in the first half of the national energy conference, the National Energy Board Planning Division, said Jiang Bing, new energy industry planning has become a mature manuscript, submitted to the State Department is preparing. The plan proposes that, from 2011 to 2020, will increase the total investment of 500 trillion yuan, 1.5 trillion annual output value will increase.


Familiar with the previous "new energy plan" is different from the National Energy Board will be planning the ultimate name as "planning emerging energy industry." Jiang Bing explained that the plan would not only include wind, hydropower and nuclear power, including the upgrade of traditional energy sources.


Planning, not only contains an advanced nuclear power, wind, solar and biomass energy resources in these new development and utilization of traditional energy sources will also be important to upgrade the first change, including clean coal, smart grid, distributed energy, new car energy technology, industrial application of the specific implementation of the path, the scale of development and major policy initiatives. In order to achieve non-fossil energy sources by 2020 target of 15%, the scale of nuclear power should at least reach 75 million kilowatts, and hydropower installed capacity will have reached 380 million kilowatts, of which 330 million planned for conventional hydropower, 050 million plan to build to power plants. The use of other biomass energy should scale more than 2.4 million tons of coal.


River ice, and now has formed a relatively complete and mature planning, preparation is being submitted to the State in accordance with the procedures for approval. According to preliminary estimates, the plan implemented in 2020 will significantly reduce over-reliance on coal demand, then sulfur dioxide emissions can be reduced by about 7.8 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions by the year about 12 million tons. Planning period, the cumulative increase in direct investment of 500 trillion yuan, an annual increase of output value of 1.5 trillion yuan.


Back in September last year, President Hu Jintao at the UN climate change summit proposed 2020 non-fossil energy accounts for a proportion of total energy consumption to 15 percent. In December, Premier Wen Jiabao on climate change conference in Copenhagen announced to the world by 2020, China's carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP decreased 40-45% compared to 2005. Construction of low-carbon society, the development of new energy is the trend, but also a long-term future of China's basic national policy, in order to achieve a solemn commitment to China's foreign, the National Energy Board is organizing the units to carry out "five" energy plan for the work, its Emphasis will focus on the development of the proportion of non-fossil energy and carbon emission reduction targets launched two.


According to preliminary estimates, the planning period the cumulative increase in direct investment of 500 trillion yuan, an annual increase of output value of 1.5 trillion yuan, an increase of 15 million jobs in the community. So the next 10 years the new energy industry will enter a rapid development stage, room to grow quite wide, and is likely to birth a large number of new blue chip, high-growth stocks in the future one of the main areas.


Problem: both the "big step forward" and avoid "excess"


In policy and market the "double-sided optimistic", the new energy industry seems to deviate from the explosive growth of the intended track. Industrial development in China's history, "step forward" and "excess capacity" always go hand in hand, how to balance the relationship between, it has been a problem.


Statistics show that 18 domestic provinces and cities have been put forward to build a new energy base, or as the new energy to the development of pillar industries, this rush to develop not only a waste, it will also affect the orderly development of the entire industry. When the whole world for the layout of the new energy and renewable energy industry around the corner, smug when there is a voice not be ignored: "No rules can not be set blueprints, blind expansion of the momentum must be vigilant."


Now, the rapid development of China's new energy industry, individual industries or even a "blowout" of the momentum. Statistics show that China's PV industry annual growth rate of the past five years nearly 150% growth in wind power is doubled. As of 2008, China is the world's largest producer of solar photovoltaic cells, the fourth wind power country. But this "prosperity" hidden under there: some local governments and enterprises blindly launched a new energy projects, or repeat the construction industry chain, resulting in some of the industry has just started, there had been an imbalance or blindly follow the trend of development of the precursor.


China Investment Advisory Network issued a report, to wind power, for example, as of 2008, China's total installed wind power capacity of 12.2 million kilowatts, and total network capacity compared to 8.94 million kilowatts, which means that nearly 28% of at least Wind power equipment has been built to be idle. This is reminiscent of China in recent years, including steel, cement, coal and other traditional industries and blind expansion of production capacity to adjust the structure of reality.


In fact, a simple high productivity is pretty harmless, but more serious problem is that over the rest of the hidden capacity of some production processes are often not high-tech, simple process duplication and other issues, which means high-speed operation of the machine not only failed to produce more profits, but consumes a lot of production. If a bear new economic growth point of the industry, launched the beginning of the hidden from the low-level redundant construction and overcapacity in the shadows, emerging industry that is set back off the way the great regret.


China's National Energy Board new and renewable energy Shi Lishan, deputy director of the wind power plant in Jiangsu has research pointed out that China's wind power and solar energy and other new production processes developed rapidly in recent years, but still the corresponding grid construction to be improved, from the rational allocation of production and use is still some distance.


In fact, many of the key components of new energy production technologies still rely on imports, and these techniques have been the United States, Germany, Japan and other countries, a few companies a monopoly. For example, the absence of core technologies, domestic enterprises only in the lower reaches of the solar cell, battery components and other aspects of production. In China, the so-called polycrystalline silicon and other new energy industry, but it is still in the low-tech, low-level redundant construction phase, in the downstream industry chain.


Assignment: one-fifth into the automotive industry


Institute of brokerage analysts believe that the huge additional 5 trillion investment in new energy industry is expected to at least 1 trillion will be allocated to the new energy vehicles, and this time in addition to the vehicle, the battery to power the core a very optimistic about the auto parts industry, a segment of industry.


"The battery is new energy automotive industry chain is the most important part of investment value." Hongyuan Securities analyst Wang Jing said. Battery is the core of new energy vehicles, the most critical component, as predicted lithium-ion batteries will soon become a mainstream alternative to nickel-hydrogen batteries power batteries, lithium batteries power the new energy vehicles on the demand-pull focus to become the brightest organizations. Clearly, the lithium-ion battery, motor, electronic control and other electric vehicles, industrial chain related businesses will face even greater opportunities for development.


Zhang Xiaoyu, chairman of Society of Automotive Engineers of China introduced the current China's electric car is the subject of new energy vehicle development, and key technologies, including electric vehicle battery, motor and electronic control of three parts, which is the most central parts of the battery. In these areas are under development in our country, not to the industrial stage. Unfortunately, however, the current core component of our battery positive and battery separator, more than 80% are imported.


He said the battery's high import rate of the core components, to develop new energy vehicles in China has sounded the alarm. China is the world's most resource-rich countries of lithium, the battery power with the development of resources. Happily, our country has begun to attach importance to the development of battery power, especially in the basic and common battery technology investment have increased.


China FAW Technology Center director, said Li Jun, the Chinese government investment in electric vehicles are very large and very seriously. New energy vehicles or electric vehicles can not solve China's pollution problem in the local, even if the electricity is sent to the coal, not low-carbon economy, but after all it is local, it can solve the pollution problem, you can solve the problem of energy transport . But the future is not as great a leap in industrial, automotive industry this also depends on our own level of certainty for the technology.


Interpretation: "5 trillion" and "4000000000000" What is the difference


5 trillion! Is indeed an exciting figure, less than the financial crisis, "2009 economic stimulus package of 4 trillion" even more. Well, this 5 trillion new energy industry planning in the end mean? And 4 trillion industry stimulus plan different?


The industry believes that this "5 trillion," and in 2009, "4000000000000" is quite different. Market analysis, the "5 trillion," focuses on long-term effects of new energy investment, stimulate economic growth in the short-term effect of far less in 2009, "4000000000000", the stock market response is not so strong.


5 trillion from the time of new energy investment planning point of view, across from 2011 to 2020, span the time period of up to 10 years. Equally to the annual capital investment of far less intensity, "4 trillion." Meanwhile, the "5 trillion," a state for the new energy industry and long-term development plan, not the immediate macroeconomic stimulus.


Professor Sun Lijian, vice president of Economics, Fudan University, said that China should seize the new round of global industrial restructuring opportunities, take the initiative to adjust to the new industrial structure, including new energy, low carbon economy, the concept of the industrial environment. In addition, China's foreign trade should be guided, for industrial upgrading. Exports, to encourage high value-added exports.


Point and purpose of policy implementation is different from the 4 trillion in 2009 is the introduction of the international financial crisis, aims to stimulate rapid economic stabilization and recovery, inhibit macro-economic decline. The 5 trillion in new energy investment plan is the economic recovery trend has been set, enter the security macro-economic growth, structural adjustment and development stage, are long-term economic structural adjustment range.


Shanghai this week to report new energy vehicles subsidy program


After a long deliberation, Shanghai is planning to accelerate the pace of commercialization of new energy vehicles. Yesterday, reporter learned that Shanghai has been the development of new energy vehicles, subsidies for implementation of the program, this week reported to the State authorities, such as the successful end of four quarters of the beginning of the third quarter is expected to be granted, and formally executed.


Reporters from the Shanghai office has learned to promote new energy vehicles, Shanghai has many times in conjunction with related businesses, research institutions to discuss, and ultimately determine the private purchase of new energy vehicles subsidy program. And Shenzhen, Changchun difference is highly subsidized, Shanghai added service to protect new energy vehicles, car rental business and financial subsidies battery standards.


To promote new energy vehicles in Shanghai office, said charge to solve the problem of new energy vehicles, Shanghai plans to build 400 during charging stations. Charging stations will be located in residential, public transport depot, and mainly rely on existing national grid distribution of resources.


Reporters learned that Shanghai's support for new energy vehicles will be divided into two aspects, first, to support the Shanghai New energy car battery leasing business development, corporate finance the purchase of new energy-related car battery occurred in loan interest, will be maximum discount of not more than three years of support. Second, the requirement for new energy related businesses and make the appropriate commitment to service vehicles, and those who did not complete the appropriate punishment.


When asked "whether Shanghai will be the introduction of high subsidy policy" to promote new energy vehicles in Shanghai office, said Shanghai will be the proper conduct of local subsidies, but compared with the subsidies, Shanghai also hope to promote the stability of new energy vehicles, sustained, healthy development. Industry is generally expected, the local version of Shanghai between the amount of subsidies may be between Shenzhen and Changchun, the highest amount of subsidy in 40000-60000 yuan between.


Hengdian DMEGC: 873 million yuan to pound heavily in solar market


By the positive news, July 26, Hengdian DMEGC (17.47,0.57,3.37%) (002,056) 18.59 yuan upward in order to limit the opening. The latest announcement, plans to invest 873 million yuan in Hengdian DMEGC 300MW solar park investment and construction of crystalline silicon solar cells and 50MW components of the project. Hengdian DMEGC secretaries WU Xue-ping of the "Securities Times" reporter, said: "Although the market is expected to shrink next year the market, short-term overcapacity, fierce competition in the market to say, but we are optimistic about the prospects for the solar industry, the company began to invest the end of 100MW crystalline silicon solar cell production line, are now relatively well, good benefits. "


Main magnetic materials recovery


Big first-half profit contribution


According to the shopkeeper magnetism July 6 announcement, the company is expected to 2010, a quarterly net profit from January to June 2010, an increase of 100-140%. The estimated results are corrected for the 2010 first half net profit rose 130% -160%. Said, the overall warming of the economic situation this year, plus the company's management advantages, reduce costs, develop new markets, greatly enhance the revenue and net profit.


Deputy General Manager WU Xue-ping said: "The first half is the main business profit made great contributions, but crystalline silicon solar cell production line quick, investment and output have three to four months, as of June 30, the solar cell production line sales revenue of 8800 million, total profit of over 100 million. "


Great Wall Securities Yuexiong Wei introduced shopkeeper domestic ferrite magnetic ferrite materials and leading manufacturers, market share of the first, which the world's first permanent magnet production (in 2008 about 7.4 million tons), Soft production first (in 2008 about 2.6 million tons). 2008's ferrite permanent magnet and soft rice cake products in the country's market share was 16% and 10%. For the shopkeeper main magnetic ferrite magnetic material products, Everbright Securities (16.27, -0.05, -0.31%), Zhao Lei, that from a global perspective, Ferrite Magnets higher degree of homogeneity of the product, with price demand volatility, so the industry is a high flexibility. For style sound shopkeeper magnetism, the business should be to broaden the board of the chess.


Indeed, as Deputy General Manager WU Xue-ping said shopkeeper magnetism, the solar industry should be optimistic about. The Chinese government in the "long-term renewable energy plan" put forward, solar photovoltaic power generation capacity by 2010 will be developed to 450MWp, while the installed capacity of solar power by 2005 only 6.5MWp, which means that the compound growth of China's solar capacity rate will be up to 38%, and "low-carbon economy" is that fossil fuels such as coal, oil use, as much as possible the use of biomass energy, wind energy, solar energy. New solar energy as a renewable energy, is considered to be the 21st century, one of the most important new energy, the development of a larger space.


Solar-oriented


See Europe "face"


Deputy General Manager WU Xue-ping admitted: "We are the risks involved from those we are then, and now the scale is 100MW, 300MW cast into reach 400MW." According to the announcement, 873 million yuan project will be fully operational 300MW per year production of crystalline silicon solar cells film and 50MW solar module production capacity, annual sales revenue of 3.1 billion, 304 million yuan in total profit. Shopkeeper magnetism gradually improved solar photovoltaic industry chain, related to the solar cells into the upstream and downstream products.


Shopkeeper magnetism related parties: "The company put into production lines in March and April, a third production line is expected to put into the third quarter, a total of five production lines." It is understood that the first solar cell production line began production in March, is currently in full load condition, the major suppliers of solar energy manufacturers in Zhejiang province, about 10 million yuan monthly income, as the beginning of their costs and scale advantages, low-margin, mass production after the current industry average net profit margin of 10%.


Great Wall Securities researcher Zhou Tao said: "The solar industry profits and volatile over the past few years, in 2009, also by the financial crisis, a collective quarterly loss, some loss in Q2 because 96% of exports of solar panels, and mainly in Europe, if analysis of domestic solar companies, mainly to see the European market, the euro exchange rate fluctuations, risks to the export-oriented enterprises. "Deutsche Bank chief economist Jun Ma said the central bank Deputy Governor Hu Xiaolian published a report entitled "managed floating exchange rate of three points," the article said that the Chinese government to further promote market-oriented exchange rate formation mechanism reform of the determination and confidence. Because of the impact of exchange rate fluctuations, therefore, domestic production of solar panels will increase the company's future performance creates uncertainty. Can export enterprises, to increase European demand uncertainty.


Donghai Securities forecast electronics industry researcher Yuan Cheng, Hengdian DMEGC 2010, 2011 and 2012 EPS of 0.55 yuan and 0.69 yuan and 0.86 yuan, based on company fundamentals and good future prospects for the development of new energy, give 2012, 30 times PE, target price 25.8 yuan.


However, the Great Wall Securities analyst Yuexiong Wei pointed out that "although, Hengdian DMEGC 873 million yuan investment in building 300MW crystalline silicon solar cells, etc., but with the companies listed in the U.S. Suntech, LDK and other than, or have a gap. "This is just a company secretaries WU Xue-ping said: the company's risk from those who themselves later to intervene.



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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Construction of smart grid

Construction of smart grid


Sodium-sulfur battery energy storage technology and promote industrial development


Smart Grid National Grid is currently the focus of building orientation, energy storage and smart grid technology is one of the core technology. The sodium sulfur battery energy storage because of its large capacity, small size, energy storage and conversion efficiency, long life, without geographical restrictions, etc., are used for power storage.


July 25, the Shanghai Municipal Government in Shanghai with the State Grid Corporation signed a "smart grid strategic cooperation agreement." Shanghai Electric Group, Shanghai Electric Power Company, and Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences signed a "sodium-sulfur battery on promoting industrial cooperation letter of intent." Jia Qinglin, Shanghai Party Secretary Yu attended the ceremony. Shanghai Municipal Committee, Mayor Han Zheng, the State Grid Corporation of party secretary, Liu Zhenya, general manager of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Yin and Chun delivered speeches respectively.


Mr Han said that the development of smart grid and other strategic emerging industries, building a strong intelligence network, accelerate the transformation of economic development is an inevitable choice for the implementation of national energy strategy is an important measure. Shanghai will strive to become functional smart grid demonstration base, the key technology R & D base and major equipment manufacturing base. Shanghai has been the development of smart grid as an important aspect of high-tech industries, for smart grid applications, R & D and industrialization to give full support. Shanghai will fully cooperate with the State Grid Corporation of the construction of a strong intelligence network to carry out the work, fully rely on the role of the Chinese Academy of science and technology support, and promote smart grid in the Shanghai R & D and industrialization of key technologies to achieve a breakthrough.


Yin and Jun said, Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government and the State Grid Corporation has a long history of friendship and cooperation and has signed a strategic cooperation agreement, carried out good cooperation. The face of national energy security, Chinese Academy of Science and Technology team of the advantages of active play, active deployment in many areas. In the smart grid for the field of technology and development involves extensive, required materials, devices, information, communication, control and management features such as multi-disciplinary participation, Chinese Academy of Sciences to play the comprehensive advantages of multi-disciplinary, forward deployed in large-capacity storage battery and systems, electric vehicles, materials and sensor networking, semiconductor lighting and other fields have achieved some significant results. Strengthen the key technologies in the smart grid research and development, to jointly promote our smart grid construction and technology development, for promoting China's industrial restructuring, accelerate the transformation of the mode of economic development and fostering strategic emerging industries is important.


"The use of electric energy storage technologies that can improve the network economy, security and supply reliability, support for new energy development." Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Professor Luo Hongjie, director, told reporters.


"With large-scale energy storage device that can be used to reduce and delay, transmission, transformation and distribution of equipment investment, improve the utilization of existing power equipment and power supply reliability, reduce coal consumption." Shanghai Institute of Silicate The Energy Materials Research Center, Shanghai research and development base of sodium sulfur battery technology engineer researcher Zhao-Yin Wen said.


It is understood, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of positive response to national strategy, with the State Grid Shanghai Municipal Electric Power Company in advance cooperation in the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission and other departments, in the high-capacity sodium-sulfur battery energy storage for important research areas breakthrough, successfully developed with independent intellectual property rights capacity of 650Ah single sodium-sulfur battery energy storage, making China the world after Japan's second largest capacity to master the core technology of sodium sulfur battery countries. It is reported that 2 MW capacity have been built and sodium sulfur battery demonstration pilot production line, 800 kWh of sodium sulfur storage demonstration plants have been successfully run, marking the sodium sulfur battery energy storage has been the basic conditions of industrial. Transfer to the industrial application stage, the Shanghai Electric (Group) Corporation in co-operation, from R & D, production and application, the three unit combination, integrated social quality resources, innovative management, effectively promoting the sodium sulfur battery energy storage to products, practical development.


Yin and Jun said, the CAS Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, technical sources, the State Grid Shanghai Municipal Electric Power Company continues to apply traction to play, Shanghai Electric has a strong manufacturing and production management, believes that "through triangular cooperation, will be able to play an effective technology for the industry The lead and supporting role for the development of our smart grid make an important contribution. "


It is reported that Shanghai will focus on the development of new energy access and control, power storage, power electronics applications and core devices, intelligent systems and intelligent substation equipment, smart grid and smart clients with high-temperature superconductivity, IT communications and software-related information services and other aspects of industry and technology. By 2012, Shanghai will strive to cultivate 3 to 5 smart grid industry leaders to form a competitive smart grid industry clusters, industry scale reached 500 billion yuan.


Xiangfan built new energy production base for automotive batteries


The second line during the national network media Hubei, a luxury bus from the Neoplan conversion into "the mountains of pure electric" 45 buses, carrying the network reporters from Wuhan to Suizhou, eventually arriving in the Motor City in Xiangfan, 400 km of mileage electric car set a manned driving record.


According to the Xiangfan Municipal Committee, Municipal Committee Chairman Wan Tao-yuan told reporters, Xiangfan Hi-tech electric car company, chairman of Castle Peak Castle Cao After 20 years of research, in a pure electric vehicle battery and powertrain (battery, motor, electric control) aspects of a major breakthrough. Its three core technology for vanadium iron phosphate lithium-ion battery, dual-composite rotor the stator magnetic suspension DC motor, control and energy recovery systems. Modification of the electric car company has made good results in three of five: car mileage 500,000 km available, a single charge driving range of 500 km, the economy under the tons of one hundred kilometers per hour energy 5 degrees. Technology among the world leading level.


June 15, 2009, the company will be independently developed and produced with the battery and power system Neoplan luxury bus conversion, testing, dynamic performance and battery performance. It is understood that high-tech batteries and Castle Peak power systems and other products with a single charge driving range r long, low energy consumption, battery, light weight, long battery life, driving safe, reliable and zero-emission and no pollution, with the industrial production the foundation.


Hubei provincial government and the Xiangfan municipal government of the high Castle attach great importance to the cause of electric vehicles and support. 30 million first phase of the project to support start-up capital, Xiangfan Hi-tech Zone in the construction of three high-tech park of electric vehicle powertrain (battery, motor, electric control) production line, annual output of 3000 sets powertrain, up to 2 billion yuan output value RMB, profits and taxes may reach 5 billion yuan; company plans to be completed within three years of 100,000 sets of production scale, built up a large new energy automotive batteries, drive and control system production base.


Integrated into the flight program is facing five major risks lithium


Integrated into the flight (002,190) has issued a notice on private placement fund-raising project to make faces five major risk prompts. Had integrated into the flight had disclosed private placement program, the company intends to fund-raising not more than 1.02 billion capital increase will be used in aircraft construction lithium ion battery project.


Notice that the lithium-ion battery capacity of the project is facing market risk, construction risk, competition risk, technology risk and management risk. Lithium-ion battery are high-tech products, the market is still in the growth stage, application stage.


Meanwhile, the main products used in the battery cathode material lithium iron phosphate process due to technical and other reasons, there is little domestic producers, production capacity is limited. Although this domestic industry continued to invest, but completed the construction of the project and after it reaches its design capacity, lithium iron phosphate cathode material development of the industry may still limit the supply of raw materials in the aircraft lithium, and its management to a certain impact.



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