CATL Backs New Zealand Firm Turning Wood Waste Into Battery Graphite
China's Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. has invested in a New Zealand company that converts forestry byproducts into graphite for use in lithium batteries, aiming to help commercialize bio-based graphite.
中国宁德时代投资了一家将林业副产品转化为锂电所需石墨的新西兰公司，旨在让生物基石墨实现商业化生产。
The world's largest maker of electric-vehicle batteries and Hong Kong-based investment firm Lochpine Capital have acquired a combined 20% stake in CarbonScape Ltd., the companies said Monday.
7月6日，全球最大的电动汽车电池制造商宁德时代和香港投资公司Lochpine Capital表示将持有新西兰公司CarbonScape共计20%的股份。
CarbonScape's biographite technology will be validated at demonstration scale using CATL's existing facilities in China, with the companies aiming for commercial production before the end of the decade.
CarbonScape的生物石墨技术将利用宁德时代在中国的现有设施进行示范规模测试，两家公司的目标是在本十年末之前实现商业化生产。
CarbonScape produces graphite from forestry byproducts instead of conventional oil-based feedstocks. It says the process requires significantly lower temperatures than traditional production methods, cutting both energy use and raw material costs.
CarbonScape利用林业副产品而不是传统的石油原料生产石墨。该公司表示其技术所需的温度相较于传统生产方法要低得多，从而降低了能源消耗和原材料成本。
Graphite is a key raw material for production of anodes used in batteries. China currently dominates the global graphite supply chain.
石墨是锂电池的关键负极材料。中国目前主导着全球石墨供应链。
CarbonScape expects global demand for battery-grade graphite to increase roughly sixfold between 2025 and 2040. The company said more than three-quarters of graphite currently used in batteries is produced from oil-based feedstocks.
CarbonScape称，2025年至2040年，全球对电池级石墨的需求将增长约六倍。该公司表示，目前电池中使用的石墨超过四分之三是由石油基原料生产的。
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