The demand for lithium batteries in the energy storage field is greater

The market size of lithium batteries in new energy vehicles, power grid storage, special vehicles, and communication base stations in 2012 was 3.5 billion yuan, an increase of 34.6 % over 2.6 billion yuan in 2011, according to Zhangna, Minister of Power Core Development of Tianjin Lishen Research Institute. Among them, the application of new energy vehicles accounts for 57 %, which is the largest demand market for power lithium batteries. Industry insiders believe that the demand for lithium batteries in the new energy car market will be very large in the future, but the current development rate is far below expectations. In the energy storage market, we have seen clear and broad development space. Xu Congmin, Director of Product Department of Shenzhen Waterma Battery Co., Ltd. said that the company has conducted a survey on communication energy storage. 

The country's three major operators have about 1.7 million base stations to use batteries, which does not include terminal-powered small equipment. Among them, only China Mobile [micro blogging] has nearly 900,000 base stations. These base stations use lead-acid batteries, and the annual purchase amount is not less than 100 billion yuan. According to the operator's annual replacement of 10% lead-acid battery with lithium iron phosphate battery, the space provided to the lithium battery market every year is tens of billions of yuan. Communication energy storage will bring a broad market to the lithium battery industry. Li Xiaoping, technical director of lithium-electric business in nandu, also said that it is understood that the demand for lithium-ion batteries in the construction of Hong Kong communications base stations has reached several billion yuan. With the rapid development of communications, the Chinese mainland has a large population, and the space in this market is unlimited. He believes that communication energy storage is the most realistic and clear development direction of the lithium battery industry at present. In addition, industry insiders believe that smart grids, micro-grids, and complementary scenery are just beginning, and policies are also supported. These are also potential markets for lithium battery storage. Starting next year, gradually. Lithium batteries currently account for only 10 % of the market share of telecommunications base station backup power, but their growth momentum is rapid, and it is expected to continue high growth after 2013. Lithium-ion batteries are expected to explode next year in the communications energy storage sector, thanks to purchases by three major groups of operators. ` It's a big market, but it's not quite moving, 'says Xu Congmin. 

At present, the three major communication operators are still in the trial stage, and they are still investigating the safety and practicality of lithium batteries. Each operator is piloted in several locations across the country for one year, and one year later, the operator will decide how to purchase. At present, group procurement has not yet begun, but some local procurement has already begun, especially in these two or three months, at least five or six provinces are bidding. In fact, the early trial has led to the rapid development of the lithium battery market in the communications field. According to the data provided by Zhangna, the market size of China's power lithium battery companies applied to domestic and foreign communication base stations in 2012 was 500 million yuan, an increase of 100 % over 2011, of which 10 % were exported to India, South Africa and other countries. China Mobile, China Telecom[micro blogging] The three major operators of China Unicom have purchased iron-lithium batteries as a backup power source for communication base stations, of which China Mobile has the largest procurement volume, only in December 2012, Jiangsu Mobile and Guangdong Mobile[micro blogging] The purchase amount reached or exceeded 30 million yuan. Li said the biggest market for lithium batteries would be the communications backup power market, which is growing fast. Nandu power supply is now a lot of orders can not be done. China Unicom believes that the applications of the three major operators have triggered rapid growth in the lithium power industry. It is expected that lithium batteries will be used in this area in the first half of next year. 

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