[Hunan Hengdong 80MW tea photovoltaic complementary project starts construction]On December 23, 2025, the 80MW tea photovoltaic complementary power generation project in Bailian Town, Hengdong, Hunan officially started construction. The project is invested by Hunan Development Xiaochu New Energy Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hunan Development, with a total investment of approximately 340 million yuan. It is located in Liyu Village and Xiaochu Village, Bailian Town, Hengdong County. The project adopts the "tea light complementary" mode, with a planned installed capacity of about 103.47MW on the DC side and about 80MW on the AC side, with full electricity connected to the grid. In April, Xiaochu New Energy had signed an agreement with relevant parties to lease 2506 acres of land for a period of 20 years, with rent regulated by the local government. Editor/Cheng Liting
This factory will start construction in November 2023, setting an industry speed of "two years of completion and production". The initial annual production capacity will reach 16GWh, and it is planned to gradually expand to 50GWh before 2030, which can meet the battery demand of about 300000 electric vehicles per year. In addition to breakthroughs in scale, the project has also built a diversified shareholder ecosystem - jointly initiated by European innovation energy agency EIT InnoEnergy and Schneider Electric, with Renault Group holding 10% of the shares and becoming a core customer, and industrial capital such as Kaijie and Arkema deeply participating, forming a closed-loop system of "technology research and development+whole vehicle support+supply chain guarantee".Editor/Bian Wenjun
The congested sea routes and pressure on Black Sea transportation have brought unprecedented strategic opportunities to a logistics channel spanning the Caspian Sea. Recently, consultations between China and Azerbaijan on the construction of transportation corridors have entered an accelerated stage, and the convergence and resonance of the two strategies are opening up a safe and efficient new trunk line for cross-border trade between Asia and Europe.Editor/Bian Wenjun.Editor/Bian Wenjun