{"id":81275,"date":"2023-12-12T10:46:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T09:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunbeam-communications.com\/?p=81275"},"modified":"2024-12-16T13:14:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T12:14:59","slug":"at-eco-dayhithium-emphasizes-sustainability-commitments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunbeam-communications.com\/en\/at-eco-dayhithium-emphasizes-sustainability-commitments\/","title":{"rendered":"At \u201cEco-Day\u201dHithium emphasizes sustainability commitments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;395759&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text text_color=&#8221;color-127401&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;546542&#8243; text_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;]PRESS RELEASE \u2013 <span class=\"primary-color\">Chongqing, China<\/span>, 12.12.2023:[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;175046&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div id=\"c2762\" class=\"frame frame-default frame-type-text frame-layout-0\">\n<ul>\n<li>Hithium reveals first small-scale product focused on creating reliable electricity access for people living in energy poverty<\/li>\n<li>Company opens new plant to customers, industry partners, investors<\/li>\n<li>Event offers preview of manufacturer\u2019s other new technology \/\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;209717&#8243;]<strong>Stationary battery manufacturer Hithium opened its new smart production plant in Chongqing, China, to visitors and employees with a daylong event focused on the company\u2019s sustainability achievements and goals. The key focus was on the ways that Hithium is meeting its commitment to support the UN\u2019s Sustainable Development Goals, in particular Goal 7. By concentrating innovations on affordability and reducing LCOS, the manufacturer aims at increasing access to energy storage and the role storage plays in the broader transition to renewable energies.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_gallery el_id=&#8221;gallery-170145&#8243; medias=&#8221;81537&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; media_items=&#8221;media|lightbox|original,icon,caption&#8221; screen_lg=&#8221;1000&#8243; screen_md=&#8221;600&#8243; screen_sm=&#8221;480&#8243; single_text=&#8221;under&#8221; single_width=&#8221;10&#8243; single_overlay_opacity=&#8221;50&#8243; single_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; single_text_reduced=&#8221;yes&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;130201&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;126399&#8243;]<\/p>\n<section class=\"content-section \">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div id=\"c2757\" class=\"frame frame-default frame-type-text frame-layout-0\">\n<p>In addition to Hithium\u2019s progress toward its broader environmental targets, the event highlighted the efficiency increases and resulting cost decreases of its smart manufacturing developments. These also underscore the company\u2019s sustainability commitment to Goal 7, subsection 3, and its focus on improving energy efficiency. Together with the tour of its facility, Hithium also offered its Eco-Day visitors a preview of the company\u2019s new technology, including the manufacturer\u2019s first small-capacity cell designed specifically to lift people out of energy poverty along with a groundbreaking utility-scale product.<\/p>\n<p>In his Eco-Day presentation of the company\u2019s product roadmap and business strategy, Hithium chairman Jason Wang said: <i>\u201cWe\u2019re focused on making the energy transition affordable, to help accelerate the adoption of clean power. Our new technology and our battery production innovations all serve this goal. When we lower LCOS for partners, we can make energy storage more bankable for asset owners. When we lower the cost for end consumers living in energy poverty, they gain more access to more reliable clean power. For Eco-Day, we\u2019re celebrating this progress on the production and the product fronts.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<h3>Sneak peek: World\u2019s first small-capacity cell designed for affordability for off-grid energy consumers<\/h3>\n<p>Hithium revealed a new universal 1kWh battery cell, the \u201cHero EE,\u201d for use in areas where there is no reliable grid and millions of households or small businesses have only few or low-power appliances. Their basic needs can thus be met through a small-scale, affordable energy storage product. The cell can be charged with an extra low current from solar power or a local microgrid and aims to increase access to electricity for people where energy supply is not yet reliable or affordable.<\/p>\n<p>With the new product, Hithium is targeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals on both the fronts, of access to affordable energy and of upgrading technology for countries where many still live in energy poverty.<\/p>\n<h3>Breaking out of EV-scale with first truly utility-focused battery product<\/h3>\n<p>As part of the company\u2019s Eco-Day celebration, Hithium unveiled the first LFP battery design for long-duration storage of four to eight hours, called \u201cMIC 1130Ah\u201d. The new product, a sample of which will be available in the first quarter of 2024, will represent unprecedented new battery technology for the utility-scale energy storage market, breaking the 1000Ah barrier for the first time.<\/p>\n<h3>Shift to highly automated smart manufacturing delivers 25% cost reduction<\/h3>\n<p>Playing a central role in Hithium\u2019s production expansion plans, the smart facility at Chongqing achieves a ca. 30% increase in efficiency over typical \u201cManufacturing 3.0\u201d standards. The plant features a significantly higher level of automation that enables the company to cut the cost of battery production there by a quarter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<h4>About Hithium<\/h4>\n<p>Founded in 2019, HiTHIUM is a leading manufacturer of top-quality stationary energy storage products for utility-scale as well as commercial and industrial applications. With four distinct R&amp;D centers and multiple \u201cintelligent\u201d production facilities, HiTHIUM\u2019s innovations include groundbreaking safety improvements to its lithium-ion batteries as well as increases in lifecycle. With many decades of cumulative experience in the field among its founders and senior executives, HiTHIUM leverages its specialization in BESS to deliver partners and customers unique advances in energy storage. The company is based in Xiamen, China, with further locations for production, research, or sales in Shenzhen, Munich, Dubai, and California. HiTHIUM has shipped 17GWh of battery capacity so far.<\/p>\n<h4>Press Contact Hithium Europe<\/h4>\n<p>Maggie Bell<br \/>\nSunbeam Communications GmbH<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:hithium@sunbeam-communications.com\">hithium@sunbeam-communications.com<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;395759&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text text_color=&#8221;color-127401&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;546542&#8243; text_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;]PRESS RELEASE \u2013 Chongqing, China, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":81537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[610,6028],"tags":[6026],"yst_prominent_words":[574,599,635,644,1009,1052,280,301,571],"class_list":["post-81275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-storage","category-hithium-en","tag-hithium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunbeam-communications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunbeam-communications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunbeam-communications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunbeam-communications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunbeam-communications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81275"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sunbeam-communications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84407,"href":"https:\/\/sunbeam-communications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81275\/revisions\/84407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunbeam-communications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunbeam-communications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunbeam-communications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunbeam-communications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81275"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunbeam-communications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=81275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}