Dongfeng’s new-generation solid-state battery (oxide-polymer composite) to start mass production in 2H 2026; demo vehicles logged >3.2 million km safely. Dongchi Energy’s semi-solid device shipped to Djibouti (offshore oil platform application). Aviation solid-state battery energy density exceeds 480Wh/kg, boosting eVTOL range by 65%+. Sun Xueliang’s team achieved low-cost Li₂S (cutting sulfide electrolyte cost by >86%) and Li-Te battery with 13,000+ cycles.

One and One Green Technologies is building an in-house laboratory to support the recycling of electronic waste, copper-bearing sludge, nickel sludge and metallurgical residues. The company expects the facility to improve quality control and strengthen its metal recovery operations. The move highlights growing investment in Southeast Asia’s recycling and urban-mining sector.

On June 9, 2026, during the 19th International Solar Photovoltaic, Smart Energy, Energy Storage, and Battery Technology and Equipment Conference and Exhibition (SNEC PV+), new progress was made in hydrogen energy industry innovation and cooperation. Trina Green Hydrogen, a council member of the Hydrogen Energy Branch, joined the Trina Group at this industry event to showcase its self-developed integrated green hydrogen, ammonia, and methanol solution and core hydrogen production equipment , fully demonstrating its capabilities in R&D and delivery of system solutions covering PV, energy storage, and hydrogen integration. During the exhibition, Trina Green Hydrogen formally signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement with the Nanjing Institute of the Fifth Electronics Research Institute of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (Nanjing Saibao Industrial Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd.). Leveraging their respective resource strengths, the two parties will deepen their engagement in the PV-storage-hydrogen industry and support its standardized and high-quality development. Since launching its Tianqing series of alkaline hydrogen production equipment in 2022, Trina Green Hydrogen had continuously advanced the technological iteration and performance optimization of ALK alkaline electrolyzers . Building on the low energy consumption advantages of the first-generation equipment, the second-generation Tianqing series completed comprehensive upgrades across five dimensions: R&D, testing, production, quality inspection, and after-sales service. By improving the internal structure of the cell stack, strictly controlling raw material quality, establishing an intelligent quality inspection system, and refining full-process after-sales service mechanisms, a standardized and normalized product delivery system was built. Through verified commercial project deployments in multiple scenarios, the company’s full-chain service capabilities—covering pre-project consulting, customized product design, production process control, factory performance testing, and on-site construction and delivery—have been widely recognized by clients in and outside China. To address operational pain points in current large-scale green hydrogen projects, the industry has faced technical challenges such as excessive oxygen content in hydrogen when electrolyzers operate at low loads and rising energy consumption caused by equipment performance degradation. At the exhibition, Ba Haitao, Senior Engineer of Trina Green Hydrogen’s solutions team, provided a detailed explanation of the core design philosophy behind the second-generation Tianqing series alkaline electrolyzers. By optimizing the internal flow channel structure, selecting high-performance raw materials, and combining simulation modeling with on-site testing validation, the products tackled the root causes of electrolyzer performance issues, effectively resolving common industry technical weaknesses. Meanwhile, the company’s self-built empirical testing platform not only met factory-standard product inspection requirements but also simulated fluctuating wind and solar power conditions to precisely verify electrolyzer adaptability to renewable energy generation. It also connected upstream and downstream enterprises across the industry chain, design institutes, and research institutions to jointly tackle core R&D topics in the green hydrogen sector. At the signing ceremony for this strategic cooperation, Dr. Bian Tiezheng, Head of Trina Green Hydrogen’s PV-Storage-Hydrogen Solutions, and Lyu Hongqiang, Head of Strategy & Marketing, joined Yan Shitan, Director of the Nanjing Saibao Technology Center, and Sheng Wei, Deputy Director of the Science, Technology and Quality Department, to complete the signing, officially launching in-depth collaborative cooperation between the two parties. It was introduced that Trina Green Hydrogen, as a specialized R&D and manufacturing enterprise for water electrolysis hydrogen production equipment and a PV-storage-hydrogen system solution provider, had built its own integrated PV+ESS+hydrogen empirical testing center , which enabled comprehensive operational testing and technical research on alkaline electrolyzers, complete hydrogen production systems, off-grid PV hydrogen production equipment, and system operation under fluctuating new energy conditions, backed by robust hardware testing infrastructure. Its partner, Nanjing Saibao Industrial Technology Research Institute, leveraging the China Saibao Laboratory platform, possessed deep technical expertise in product reliability assessment, environmental adaptability testing, professional testing and certification, industry standard development, and quality-related technical services, offering full-chain, specialized technical service capabilities. Based on the core needs of high-quality industry development, the two parties identified five key cooperation directions, covering the joint construction of an integrated PV-storage-hydrogen testing platform, collaborative R&D on cutting-edge technologies, product testing and evaluation, industry standard formulation, and full-chain industrial technical services . This cooperation adopted a “leading industry player + authoritative research and testing institution” model, combining complementary strengths to precisely fill the gap in testing and verification for China’s PV-storage-hydrogen equipment, thereby laying a solid foundation for the standardized R&D, large-scale deployment, and international promotion of green hydrogen equipment. The implementation of this strategic cooperation created a new benchmark for industry-university-research-inspection collaboration in China’s PV-storage-hydrogen sector. Going forward, the two parties will take the joint construction of the integrated testing platform as the core focus, continuously delivering standardized testing results and cutting-edge technological outcomes. This will help Trina Green Hydrogen accelerate the iterative upgrading of new products and the efficient delivery of global projects, while empowering technological innovation and quality improvement across the entire industry chain. It will further enhance China’s integrated PV-storage-hydrogen industry standard system, consolidate the technological and quality foundation for standardized and globalized industry development, and continue to inject hydrogen momentum into the implementation of the national dual carbon strategy.

On June 10, news emerged that General Motors has reached a strategic cooperation agreement with US energy storage company Peak Energy to jointly develop sodium-ion battery technology for grid-side energy storage applications. The two parties will combine Peak's passive cooling energy storage technology with General Motors' battery cell research and development expertise, aiming to create the world's most cost-effective and reliable energy storage battery. Under the cooperation, General Motors will use its battery laboratory in Michigan for dedicated research and development of sodium-ion battery cells, while Peak Energy will integrate these sodium-ion cells into its proprietary energy storage systems.

On June 9, GEM disclosed that it has signed a cooperation agreement to jointly establish a joint laboratory for solid-state battery cathode materials and to conduct collaborative research on key technologies for the industrialization of solid-state lithium battery cathode materials. GEM plans to invest a total of 30 million yuan into the joint laboratory over five years. Of this amount, 20 million yuan will be used for the construction and operation of the joint laboratory, while the remaining 10 million yuan will be allocated for the pilot-scale conversion of laboratory technologies once they mature. The funds for the joint laboratory will be managed under a separate account at Ningbo Eastern University of Technology, earmarked exclusively for research and development activities within the joint laboratory.

Scandium Canada has partnered with the University of Waterloo to develop aluminum-scandium alloys for additive manufacturing applications. The collaboration between Scandium+ and Waterloo’s Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing Laboratory (MSAM) will initially focus on establishing manufacturing parameters for Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) metal 3D printing. The project aims to expand the commercial adoption of aluminum-scandium alloys while reducing production costs. Known for their high strength, lightweight properties and resistance to cracking, aluminum-scandium alloys are considered attractive for aerospace and defense applications. The initiative will also support the development of a North American scandium supply chain and generate technical data needed for wider industrial adoption.

2026 marks the opening year of the 15th Five-Year Plan. Against the backdrop of intensifying global macro fluctuations and the deepening of domestic high-quality development, the zinc industry is undergoing profound changes: tightness on the ore side and the release of smelting capacity create structural tensions; divergent domestic and overseas inventories mirror the complex supply-demand rebalancing; and technological innovation is becoming a key driving force for resolving conflicts and reshaping the landscape. New energy, new-type infrastructure and other key areas of the 15th Five-Year Plan are injecting new momentum into traditional zinc consumption, while green, low-carbon and circular economy paradigms are also accelerating the restructuring of industrial logic, driven by technological innovation. With the joint support of upstream and downstream zinc enterprises, industry associations and all relevant parties, SMM 2026 SMM Zinc Industry Conference concurrently held with the 8th Hot-Dip Galvanizing Industry Development and Technology Innovation Forum, the 14th Zinc Salt, Zinc Oxide and Secondary Zinc Resources Development Forum, and the Zinc-Based Materials Development Forum will be held in Qingdao, Shandong from August 6 to 8. Under the theme “Gathering Zinc Momentum, Building the Zinc Industry, Embarking on a New Journey,” the conference will be driven by macro perspectives and fundamental analysis as its dual engines, closely adhere to the main line of high-quality development of the 15th Five-Year Plan, and focus on four dimensions: macro policies, supply-demand patterns, global trade, and technological innovation. It aims to drive cost reduction and efficiency improvement through technological breakthroughs, respond to market fluctuations with collaborative innovation, and jointly draw a new blueprint for the high-quality and sustainable development of the zinc industry. Baoding Aoqisheng New-type Metal Materials Manufacturing Co., Ltd. will grandly attend this event, discussing industry development trends with industry peers and jointly pushing the zinc industry to new heights. Click the to register for the conference immediately, witness and participate in this extraordinary and far-reaching industry event, and create a brilliant new chapter together! Founded in 2012 with a registered capital of 39.8 million yuan, Baoding Aoqisheng New-type Metal Materials Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is located in Baoding, Hebei, a historic city in China. Situated in the heart of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei triangle, the company is rooted in the galvanizing sector of North China and serves the national galvanizing market. The company has a comprehensive management system and a quality and technical service system with full employee participation, and has obtained the ISO 9001 Quality Management System certification, ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System certification, and ISO 14001 Environmental Management System certification. Its “Baoding” and “Aoqisheng” trademarks have been registered with the National Trademark Office. The company holds 7 invention patents and 37 utility model patents. Through deep cultivation of industrial development, it has won multiple heavyweight provincial qualifications and honors, being successively recognized as a Hebei Province Technology-based SME, Hebei Province Innovative SME, Hebei Province Specialized, Distinctive and Novel SME, Hebei Province Specialized, Refined, Distinctive and Novel Demonstration Enterprise, and Provincial Manufacturing Single Champion Enterprise. It has established the Hebei Provincial Enterprise Technology Center and Hebei Provincial Zinc-based Alloy Innovation Center, and has been rated as a Hebei Provincial Green Factory. In 2021, Baoding Aoqisheng New-type Metal Material Manufacturing Co., Ltd. cooperated with the National Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Metal Material Coating of China Iron & Steel Research Institute to build the Baoding Alloy New Material Production and Research Base Project. The company enjoys a high reputation in China's hot-dip galvanizing alloy manufacturing industry. Its main products include: zinc-aluminum alloy, zinc-nickel alloy, multi-element rare earth alloy, zinc-bismuth alloy, zinc-antimony alloy, zinc-aluminum-magnesium alloy, and other zinc-based new-type functional alloys. ◆ Contact ◆ Tel: 0312-8063789 QQ: 767 496 767 Website: www.bdags.com Address: No. 1699 Zhongxin West Road, Qingyuan District, Baoding City Long press to scan and register now 2026 SMM Zinc Conference

After both sodium-ion battery cathodes and hard carbon anodes recorded significant increases YoY and MoM in May, the midstream and downstream segments of the industry chain—electrolytes and battery cells—also delivered impressive results, yet structural issues lurk beneath the growth.

Capacity side, according to incomplete statistics, China's alkaline electrolyzer market remained at 43.77 GW, and the PEM electrolyzer market remained at 2.7 GW. This week, Peric Hydrogen, a subsidiary of CSSC 718 Research Institute, exported customized integrated hydrogen production and refueling station equipment to Indonesia. Suzhou Suqing Hydrogen Production Equipment Co., Ltd. completed the shipment of a 5 MW containerized green electricity hydrogen production system, serving the first "five-in-one" integrated energy station project combining oil, gas, hydrogen, electricity, and storage in Northwest China. Project-related updates: CGN (Wuhai Hainan District) New Energy Co., Ltd. : CGN (Wuhai Hainan District) New Energy's hydrogen-based green fuel grid-connected green electricity direct-connection project (hydrogen production section) was officially registered. The project is located in the High-tech Low-carbon Industrial Park in Hainan District, Wuhai City, with a total investment of 313.6992 million yuan. The project plans to build a 22,000 Nm³/h hydrogen production facility, equipped with 22 alkaline water electrolysis units each with a capacity of 1,000 Nm³/h, along with supporting gas-liquid separation and hydrogen purification facilities, producing hydrogen with a purity of 99.999%. The construction period is scheduled from November 2026 to November 2028. Jiyuan (Siping) Green Energy Co., Ltd. : Jiyuan (Siping) Green Energy selected its affiliated party, State Nuclear Electric Power Planning Design & Research Institute, through public tender to undertake the EPC general contracting project for the hydrogen production facility, with a fixed contract price of 204.96 million yuan. The general contracting scope covers the design of the hydrogen production facility, procurement of equipment and materials excluding Party A-supplied electrolysis water complete sets of equipment and rectifier cabinets, civil construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance, and full-process warranty services, with qualified hydrogen output scheduled before August 30, 2027. Wojiang Clean Energy (Xinjiang Zhundong Economic and Technological Development Zone) Co., Ltd.: The general contracting contract for the Zhundong 2 billion m³/year coal-to-natural gas project was signed in Urumqi. The project is located in Changji Zhundong Economic Development Zone, with a total investment of 15.486 billion yuan. It is expected to commence production by the end of October 2026, with supporting output of multiple types of by-products. The project includes supporting electrolysis hydrogen production integrated with green methanol production, and plans a 650,000 mt/year CCUS carbon capture facility to be implemented in two phases, progressively achieving full green electricity coverage while simultaneously demonstrating large-scale crushed coal pressurized gasifiers to advance the scaling-up of coal-to-gas equipment. Da'an Jidian Green Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd. : The Da'an wind and solar green hydrogen-to-ammonia integrated demonstration project issued a tender for additional equipment, planning to add one set of 1,000 Nm³/h alkaline electrolysis hydrogen production unit. The project broke ground in May 2023 and commenced production in July 2025, supported by 800 MW of wind and solar power capacity. It adopts a dual-route hydrogen production approach of 36,000 Nm³/h alkaline plus 9,600 Nm³/h PEM, with an annual output of 32,000 mt of green hydrogen and 180,000 mt of green ammonia, while simultaneously deploying two types of large-capacity hydrogen storage facilities using solid-state and organic liquid technologies. Longyuan Power Group Co., Ltd.: Longyuan Power announced the winning candidate for the procurement of 500 Nm³/h PEM electrolyzer equipment for the Zhangye Carbon Neutrality Industrial Base Wind-Solar-Hydrogen-Storage Integration Project. Dongfang Electric (Chengdu) Hydrogen Energy ranked first with a bid of 6.3 million yuan. The project is located in the Circular Economy Demonstration Park of Zhangye Economic Development Zone and is SPIC Gansu's first green electricity-to-hydrogen project. It plans to build a 22,000 Nm³/h alkaline hydrogen production main unit with supporting hydrogen storage tanks, and simultaneously construct a 2,000 Nm³/h hydrogen production pilot platform including a 500 Nm³/h PEM unit. Yanchang Petroleum Gas Group Transportation Energy Company: The hydrogen refueling demonstration station at the Fuping Service Area (North Zone) on the Beijing-Kunming Expressway, constructed by the company, successfully achieved mechanical completion and entered the commissioning phase. The station is a standardized Level 3 hydrogen refueling station equipped with an intelligent hydrogen refueling control system capable of automated operations and full-process monitoring and traceability. After commissioning, the station will primarily serve hydrogen-powered heavy trucks and intercity hydrogen buses, filling the gap in hydrogen refueling infrastructure along the Weinan section of the Beijing-Kunming Expressway and improving the hydrogen refueling network for the green freight loop from Hancheng to Fuping and Huangling. Guangdong Yuntao Hydrogen Energy Technology Co., Ltd.: Two major hydrogen energy projects of Yuntao Hydrogen Energy were launched. Its Beitai Road hydrogen refueling station was officially put into operation, becoming a new benchmark hydrogen refueling station in south China. The station is a supporting project for the Minke Park, benchmarked against the Liangtian model hydrogen refueling station. It covers an area of 3,100 m², is equipped with 4 hydrogen dispensers and 8 hydrogen refueling nozzles, with a maximum 24-hour refueling capacity of 4,000 kg, capable of serving 200 hydrogen-powered dump trucks or 400 cold chain logistics vehicles per day, further improving the vehicle hydrogen refueling network in the Greater Bay Area. Huawang (Qingdao) Hydrogen Energy Technology Group Co., Ltd. : The pre-award announcement for the hydrogen refueling station equipment procurement project of Qingdao Hydrogen Energy Industrial Park was released. Shanghai Hydrogen Maple Energy and Jiangsu Guofu Hydrogen Energy were listed as the top two candidates, with bids of 14.18 million yuan and 13.67 million yuan, respectively. The project was jointly tendered by Huawang (Qingdao) Hydrogen Energy and PetroChina Pipeline Bureau Engineering. The total project investment is 70 million yuan, with a construction cost of 14.5 million yuan. The project covers an area of 5,761 m² and plans to build a Level 3 hydrogen refueling station with a building area of 1,302 m², designed for a maximum daily 12-hour hydrogen refueling capacity of 2,500 kg, equipped with 4 units of 35 MPa hydrogen dispensers and 8 hydrogen refueling nozzles. This tender covers the full process including complete hydrogen refueling equipment, valves, automation, electrical supply, and on-site installation and commissioning. Huadian New Energy Group Co., Ltd. Fujian Branch: The Quanzhou Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment approved the environmental impact assessment document for Huadian Fujian's 5 MW flexible off-grid seawater hydrogen production technology research and pilot verification project. The project is constructed by Huadian New Energy Group Co., Ltd. Fujian Branch and is located at the No. 10 wind turbine site of Quanhui Wind Farm in Quanhui Petrochemical Industrial Park. As a seawater-to-hydrogen pilot project, it relies on two on-site wind turbines for power supply to conduct off-grid electrolysis seawater hydrogen production experiments. The project covers a total area of 1,683.80 m², with a total operation duration of 1,000 hours and a total investment of 18.7 million yuan, of which 1.681 million yuan is for environmental protection. The overall system consists of six major functional modules and supporting utilities. Policy Review 1. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and other departments issued a notice on the release of the Guidelines for Non-fossil Energy Electricity Consumption Accounting (Trial). The document states that coordination with energy statistics, carbon emission accounting, and other systems should be strengthened. Factors such as physical connections, electricity energy trading, and green electricity certificate and green electricity trading should be comprehensively considered to classify and clarify the rules for recognizing non-fossil energy electricity consumption and the accounting methods at the provincial (autonomous region, municipality directly under the central government, the same hereinafter) and municipal (prefecture-level) levels, as well as for electricity users. Recognition methods for non-fossil energy electricity consumption: Physical recognition. Self-generated and self-consumed electricity from non-fossil energy sources, and self-consumed electricity from new business models such as green electricity direct connection, are recognized as the non-fossil energy electricity consumption of the electricity user. Production electricity consumed by non-fossil energy power generation projects is recognized as the non-fossil energy electricity consumption of the respective power generation enterprise. Transaction recognition. This includes two recognition methods: electricity energy trading (including conventional non-fossil energy electricity trading, green electricity trading, etc., the same hereinafter) and green electricity certificate trading (including green electricity certificate transfers, etc., the same hereinafter). 2. The Jilin Provincial Energy Bureau and the Jilin Provincial Development and Reform Commission jointly issued a notice on the Implementation Plan for Accelerating the Integrated and Converged Development of New Energy in Jilin Province. Overall objectives: By 2030, integrated and converged development will become an important approach for new energy development across the province. New scenarios featuring integration and convergence will continue to emerge. The province's new energy development models will be more flexible, consumption pathways more diversified, application scenarios more abundant, and the electricity market more dynamic. More than 50 integrated and converged projects and application scenarios will be completed, providing strong support for the comprehensive green transformation of the province's economic and social development. 3. The Guangdong Provincial Administration for Market Regulation issued a public notice soliciting opinions on the Guangdong provincial local standard Operational Specifications for Integrated Hydrogen Production, Storage, and Refueling Devices (Review Draft). The document states that this standard specifies the basic requirements, personnel management, equipment and facility management, hydrogen quality management, hydrogen refueling operation management, safety management, archive management, and data recording for the operation of integrated hydrogen production, storage, and refueling devices. Enterprise Updates Tianji Hydrogen Energy Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. : Tianji Hydrogen Energy successively signed agreements with Jiaqing New Energy and Manst Hydrogen Energy. The three parties will conduct in-depth industry chain cooperation in green hydrogen equipment and project development. According to the agreements, the parties will cooperate in multiple dimensions including electrolyzer and post-processing system procurement, joint project bidding, and agency sales. They will also establish strict intellectual property protection and exclusive collaboration mechanisms to ensure the stability and competitiveness of cooperative projects, and jointly tackle hydrogen energy application challenges across multiple scenarios. SPIC Green Energy Co., Ltd.: Huang Qiang, Secretary of the Jilin Provincial Party Committee, conducted a survey on major project construction in Changchun and Siping. He emphasized the need to fully implement the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping regarding work in Jilin, focus on building a modern industrial system and modern infrastructure system, and accelerate the advancement of major project construction. Jiangsu Trina Green Hydrogen Technology Co., Ltd. : Trina Green Hydrogen signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Nanjing Institute of the Fifth Electronics Research Institute of MIIT. The two parties will focus on the urgent needs for high-quality development of the PV+ESS+hydrogen industry, and conduct in-depth collaboration across five major areas: joint construction of a comprehensive PV+ESS+hydrogen testing platform, joint research on cutting-edge technologies, product detection and evaluation, industry standard development, and full-chain industrial technology services. Through the strong alliance model of "industry leader + authoritative scientific research and detection institution," they aim to address the shortcomings in PV+ESS+hydrogen equipment testing and verification. Enric (Bengbu) Compressor Co., Ltd. : Two large skid-mounted hydrogen pipeline compressors independently designed and with core technologies self-developed by the company successfully completed factory acceptance testing and were officially shipped for delivery. The equipment will support China's first long-distance green hydrogen transmission pipeline project. China Southern Power Grid Power Technology Co., Ltd.: The company completed core technology breakthroughs for long-endurance hydrogen-powered drones and successfully conducted pilot applications in mountain power grid inspection scenarios at the Meizhou Power Supply Bureau of Guangdong Power Grid. Wuhu Shipyard (Wuhu Shipyard Co., Ltd. : The Tongzhouwan site at Wuhu Shipyard's Nantong base completed the semi-submersible float-off launching of the vessel "18515." The vessel is an 18,500-deadweight-tonnage methanol dual-fuel high-end chemical tanker and is the first vessel in the series. It has a total length of 149.8 meters, a design speed of 14 knots, and can use methanol as clean fuel. This launching cleared a key step in standardized construction and will help promote local shipbuilding industry development. Zhangjiagang Port Group Co., Ltd. : The first round of bidding for Zhangjiagang Port's 10 hydrogen fuel cell tractor project had only two valid suppliers, failing to meet the bid opening requirements. The procurement method was changed to negotiated procurement. This procurement involves 10 units of 45 kN hydrogen fuel cell tractors, including 1 unit with intelligent assisted driving, for intra-port transfer operations and required to be compatible with existing flatbed trailers. Taiyuan Public Transport Holdings (Group) Co., Ltd. : The company selected a local gas supply service provider through merit-based evaluation to ensure daily hydrogen supply for 6 hydrogen-powered buses, with unit price settlement based on actual gas consumption. The supplied hydrogen must comply with the GB/T3634.2-2011 high-purity hydrogen standard. The service provider is required to deploy fixed hydrogen refueling stations in Taiyuan, prioritize emergency hydrogen refueling for public buses, implement one-card-per-vehicle hydrogen refueling management, with a project service period of two years. Lanzhou Lanshi Petroleum Equipment Engineering Co., Ltd.: The second-generation 45 MPa ionic liquid hydrogen compressor and 22 MPa hydraulic-driven piston hydrogen compressor, customized for a domestic energy station, successfully completed all testing procedures including boost commissioning and electrical control system joint debugging. Patent Applications 1. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China) published patent CN2025110028, developing a ceramic-based anion exchange membrane with a laboratory-tested lifespan of 80,000 hours. 2. Johnson Matthey (UK) filed patent WO2025109876, disclosing an Fe-Ni-Mo ternary non-precious metal catalyst formulation with activity approaching that of platinum-based materials. Technology Footprint/Technical Specifications 1. The team led by Professor Li Zhipeng from Northwestern Polytechnical University innovatively constructed a three-dimensional multi-physics coupling model for tubular solid oxide fuel cells, systematically revealing the quantitative effects of temperature, electrode thickness, porosity, and oxygen domain geometric parameters on battery output performance. 2. The National Hydrogen Energy Power Quality Inspection and Testing Center of China Automotive Engineering Research Institute completed and commercially opened a 0–400 kW hydrogen-involved loaded tri-axial vibration testing platform, addressing the shortcomings in large power hydrogen-involved multi-physics coupling testing in China. 3. The high specific power cathode-closed air-cooled fuel cell stack technology developed by the team of Academician Chen Zhongwei and Associate Researcher Zhang Meng from the National Key Laboratory of Energy Catalytic Conversion at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics passed the scientific and technological achievement appraisal by the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation. This technology effectively resolves the industry contradiction between water retention and oxygen mass transfer in air-cooled fuel cells, addressing technical challenges such as low-humidity performance degradation, carbon corrosion, membrane drying and flooding, and high-power thermal management. 4. Two group standards on hydrogen production by water electrolysis were officially released and implemented: Technical Specifications for Safety of Hydrogen Production by Water Electrolysis and Accounting Methods for Economic Operation Indicators of Hydrogen Production by Water Electrolysis. 5. Petronor and H2SITE collaborated to advance membrane technology for hydrogen production, improving high-purity hydrogen and low-carbon efficiency in refining. 6. Dalian University of Technology designed an electron pump catalyst with an asymmetric photo-responsive structure, maintaining the asymmetry of electron distribution.

On May 28, 2026, Australian-listed lithium company Galan Lithium Limited (ASX: GLN) announced that the wet plant commissioning of its wholly-owned Hombre Muerto West (HMW) lithium brine project in Catamarca Province, Argentina, had been successfully completed. The first batch of processed lithium chloride (LiCl) had been fed into the final evaporation ponds, officially entering the production optimization phase, with lithium chloride concentrates production and sales expected in H2 2026. First Batch of Processed Brine Delivered. The Phase 1 construction of the HMW project was completed in March 2026, and after mechanical and electrical commissioning, the project smoothly entered wet plant commissioning. The nanofiltration plant first processed raw brine at low pressure, then processed pre-concentrated brine containing approximately 0.5% lithium at high pressure. Independent laboratory detection confirmed that the impurity separation performance fully met design specifications. The processed lithium chloride has now been fed into evaporation ponds, where approximately 3 months of evaporation and concentration will produce lithium chloride concentrates with 6% lithium content for exports under agreement. Stable mass production has not yet been achieved; upon completion of optimization, the project will steadily reach the Phase 1 designed capacity of 4,000 mt LCE per year. Galan Lithium Limited is a lithium exploration and development enterprise listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. Its core assets are the HMW and Candelas world-class lithium brine projects at the Hombre Muerto salar in Argentina. The company also holds an exploration license for Greenbushes South in Western Australia, adjacent to the tier-one Greenbushes lithium mine.