Pingyao advances grapheme project construction

Construction is being stepped up on Shanxi Sirui Graphene New Materials Application Industrial Park in Pingyao Economic and Technological Development Zone in Pingyao county.

The park, which was introduced by the development zone last year, has provided a much-needed boost to Pingyao's graphene industry and laid a solid foundation for building a new materials industry cluster in the county. 

The park, with a total investment of 1 billion yuan ($156.95 million) is being constructed in two phases. The first phase of construction includes a standard factory building of 15,000 square meters, a graphene heating film production line and an electric heating equipment automation production line.

Once the park is completed, it will produce 5 million sq m of graphene heating film and 1 million graphene heaters annually, with an output value of about 1.5 billion yuan.

Zhao Wenqing, executive director of Shanxi Sirui New Energy Technology Co, said that heating products made of graphene can fundamentally solve the heating problems in rural and urban areas not accessible to centralized heating supplies. 

The company will focus on tackling green and low-carbon technologies, conducting product research and development and industrial layout with the goal of reaching peak carbon emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060.

It plans to increase investment in the research and development of heating solutions for greenhouses and factories and realize production as soon as possible, according to Zhao.