Lead-acid battery industry is not a sunset industry
Was once labeled a “sunset industry” label lead-acid battery industry, is being renewed vitality.
Despite the continued impact of the battery by other materials, and suffer from frequent fluctuations in lead prices, lead-acid battery business of the living space was once compressed, but its inherent technology, price, resource advantages, as well as the rapid development of new energy industries, people have reason to remain confident in its prospects.
Have a bucketful of trouble
Other materials, batteries, especially lithium-ion batteries, since access to the battery industry, “will be at an alarming rate, all the time we do not covet the status of lead-acid battery industry.” Zhejiang days to the battery (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. Deputy General Manager of any fu warned.
Repeatedly over the past decade by the battery will be replaced by other materials, such as the impact of arguments, walking in the prejudices of the lead-acid battery industry, once bleak.
China is the world’s largest producer of lead-acid batteries, consumer and exporter. In 2008 the spread of the global financial crisis, to the abolition of export tax rebate lead-acid battery industry has brought no small impact on corporate profits decline, and many small businesses were forced to stop production or close down.
In addition, the enterprises are small and scattered, low-level redundant construction and overcapacity, disorderly competition in the industry, the status quo, as a result of discrete procurement price fluctuations in the lead repeatedly Ai Zai, have made lead-acid battery industry “bruised and battered.”
But, this does not affect the industry in the development of the industry held by the optimism.
Can not hide the inherent advantages of
Referred to the future development of the industry, he served as Anfu repeatedly emphasized words, “full of confidence.” At the recent Summit Forum of China lead-acid battery industry, he has a stage, we appeal to everybody as a lead-acid battery industry, the development of “Drum applause.”
Anfu very good reasons office.
Lead-acid battery technology is mature and reliable, in many important applications have been successfully used for more than a century, the product durable, well received by various types of user trust, which is driving a fundamental factor in market growth.
“Lead-acid battery is the most price-competitive with battery.” Ren fu said, the price significantly lower than the lithium batteries, nickel-hydrogen batteries, fuel cells and other new battery, “the size of lead-acid battery production makes their prices in a relatively a low level. ”
In addition, its raw material can be recycled. Ren fu said, “lead-acid battery contains 60% to 80% of the recycling of plastic and lead recycling of these materials for both the user and the environment benefit.”
“Although many environmentalists have their bias, but it can be seen everywhere throughout the country have been discarded batteries, really can not find a discarded lead-acid batteries.” Chemistry and Environment South China Normal University, says Dean CHEN Hong-yu .
Lead-acid battery pollution is mainly concentrated in the lead smelting and manufacturing stages of plate current with the technology and equipment upgrading, lead-acid battery industry has undergone tremendous change, with advanced production technology, special equipment, fully capable of with international practice. The industry has long been the mainstream of business has changed in the past high-pollution production status, product technology has been achieved, “low energy consumption,” and manufacturing equipment “energy saving” and embarked on a clean production path.
“Through strong environmental protection facilities and measures for the implementation of the certified industry-standard rate of corporate environmental emissions by 5 percent a decade ago, increased to 99.5%, lead-acid battery as a class of high resource recycling of energy products, are not consume resources the industry. “China Lead-Acid Battery Industry Association, said the Secretary-General in Iraq Xiaobo.
“Especially in today’s emphasis on resource recycling, lead-acid batteries can be described as an unparalleled resource advantage.” Battery, Shenyang Institute of Fan Guang-Yu said that its resources the characteristics and cost-effective advantages, it laid the foundation for a long time.
New market for old signs
In the current race to the era of the development of hybrid electric vehicles, with reliable and the characteristics of raw materials can be recycled, lead-acid batteries may be preferred.
In fact, the lead-acid batteries in electric vehicles, the advantages of industrial development has been concerned about. Public letter to the Department of State has issued a “new energy automobile manufacturing companies and product access management rules,” new energy vehicles will be divided into initial stage where the development period, three stages of maturity. Among them, the use of lead-acid batteries and nickel-metal hydride batteries in hybrids are classified as mature, be the first into the industrial development.
“This grant from the national policy lead-acid batteries as a new energy direction for the positioning of automotive development.” China Electrical Equipment Industry Association vice president of lead-acid storage battery branch, said Zhou Rui.
At the same time, with the energy, the environment is becoming increasingly prominent, solar, wind and other renewable energy sources will enter a new period of development. And renewable energy use, need a lot of energy storage cell to regulate its continuity and stability.
ZHOU Rui-Long said, according to the world’s leading organizations predicted, the 2010 to 2020, the global photovoltaic industry will reach 34% annual growth rate, but thanks to the emerging needs of the rural off-grid PV off-grid system would be far greater than the growth rate grid system, “Therefore, for the photovoltaic industry, the battery market is enormous.”
In this regard, Fan Guang-Yu also said that “industry generally agreed that the next two years, off-grid lighting systems, the demand for lead-acid batteries, electric bicycle battery demand than the more rapidly, while the market capacity will be much larger.”
For example, he said, precisely because of battery and energy sources, Shenzhen Investor battery company with new energy as the starting point a few days ago, successfully landed on the Main Board of the U.S. NASDAQ.
Communications industry to promote the rapid development of data centers and other key areas of standby battery life. In some areas, such as “BRIC”, carried out a large-scale telecommunications expansion, and further extends the battery industry development. In addition, there is a broad-based global transportation market, electric, railway battery market.
Manufacturing technology continues to mature, price competitiveness, the only renewable raw materials, office fu has made a number of advantages makes the following judgments, “the next decade, lead-acid batteries is difficult to be replaced and will be dominant.”
New needs emerging, with other types of batteries together to compete, only the market is unique, and it is the best referee. “Now a series of new energy needs are likely to re-form a new territory under the battery, I believe that this piece of old lead-acid batteries will sign the more light the more rub.” Zhou Rui confidence.