Six Chinese Optical Storage Enterprises Are on the Global New Unicorn List, Anhui and Zhejiang Win Ma

Recently, Forbes released the list of new unicorns in the first half of 2023. There are 23 Chinese enterprises on the list, covering clean technology and new energy, medical health, artificial intelligence and other fields. Four photovoltaic enterprises and one energy storage enterprise were selected

in this list, namely , Yunnan Yuze Semiconductor Co., Ltd., Zhengtai New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Hunan Zhongwei New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Maitian Energy Co., Ltd., Huasheng New Energy Co., Ltd., and Qingdian Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd .

can be divided into three categories: Anhui and Zhejiang have two enterprises on the list respectively.

Yuze Semiconductor

Yunnan Yuze Semiconductor Co., Ltd., founded in May 2019 and located in Chuxiong, Yunnan Province, is a state-level high-tech enterprise focusing on N-type solar monocrystalline silicon rods and wafers . The products have covered the three mainstream technical routes of N-type battery HJT, TOPCon and IBC.

At present, the company has set up four manufacturing bases in Chuxiong, Wenshan, Kunming and Yichun. The production capacity of N-type silicon wafers is about 15GW, and the production capacity under construction is 20GW. It is planned to break through 55GW by the end of 2024.

Up to the time of publication, the company was valued at about $1.19 billion. About 86.

In 2022, the company's annual module shipments 13.

In terms of production capacity, the company currently has 50GW module production capacity and 34GW battery production capacity. The company's TOPCon production capacity has reached 38 GW, ranking second in the world.

On August 1, Zhengtai Xinneng announced that it would invest 12 billion yuan to expand production in Yibin, Sichuan. This project will be constructed in two phases: the first phase is to build a production base with an annual output of 10GW high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells and 3GW photovoltaic modules, and the second phase is to build a production base with an annual output of 10GW high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells and 2G W photovoltaic modules.

On July 24, Zhengtai Xinneng Technology Co., Ltd. (Hereinafter referred to as "Zhengtai Xinneng") completed the C round of financing, which totaled 2 billion yuan, with a post-investment valuation of about 13 billion yuan.

have evolved over the years, The company has become the world's number one supplier of cathode material precursors for lithium batteries. Its main products include cobaltosic oxide, ternary precursor materials, etc. Ningde Times, BYD, Samsung and other six major global power battery manufacturers are the company's customers.

In 2021 and 2022, the operating income of Zhongwei New Energy was 10.725 billion yuan and 11.448 billion yuan respectively, and the corresponding net profit was 330 million yuan.

By the end of 2022, the company completed the strategic financing of RMB 1.5 billion yuan and introduced three shareholders, namely, Bank of Communications Investment, Agricultural Bank of China Investment and Bank of China Assets. After the completion of the capital increase, the valuation of Zhongwei New Energy has reached 10.5 billion yuan.

At the beginning of its establishment, the company obtained 500 million yuan of bank financing." With this financing, the company has entered the fast lane of development.

From 2020 to 2022, the energy revenue of wheat fields maintained a high-speed growth mode, exceeding 2 billion yuan by 2022.

By 2022, Maitian Energy has built 26 intelligent and digital production lines with an annual production capacity of 12 GW, with an annual production capacity of 1 million sets of grid-connected inverters, energy storage inverters and 600000 sets of energy storage batteries.

On May 26, Maitian Energy formally completed the Pre-IPO round of financing, with a financing amount of over 1 billion yuan and a post-investment valuation of over 10 billion yuan, led by Chaoxi Capital and participated by many institutions.

On July 21, the company's listing guidance filing was accepted by the SFC, and the guidance institution was CITIC Securities.

currently, Huasheng New Energy Up to now, Huasheng New Energy has been completed and put into operation. By the end of 2023, the company will achieve full production of about 10GW projects." At the same time, the capacity of 14GW is under construction or capacity climbing.

year, Qingdian Photovoltaic Technology started the construction of photovoltaic silicon-based demonstration industrial park in Hami, with an overall plan of 400,000 tons of industrial silicon, 200,000 tons of polycrystalline silicon materials and 60 GW monocrystalline silicon rods, which is expected to be completed in three phases within five years. The first phase of the 10GW monocrystalline silicon rod drawing project has been completed in April this year and is expected to be put into operation in July this year; the 50,000-ton polysilicon project has been fully started and is expected to be put into operation in the first quarter of 2024. In February

this year, Qingdian Photovoltaic announced that it would invest 16 billion yuan to build a 30GW monocrystalline silicon wafer production base in Hefei. The first phase of the project has a capacity of 10GW, mainly producing 210 and 182 mm large-size ultra-thin silicon wafers below 130 microns. It is expected to be put into operation in August.

In May, Qingdian Photovoltaic completed a round of financing of 1.5 billion yuan, led by Hefei Production and Investment Group and Jingneng Group, followed by Sany Heavy Energy and Borun Capital. It is estimated that the post-investment valuation will reach 7.5 billion .