On November 4, Forbes released its annual list of mainland China’s richest people. For the 100 people on the Mainland China Rich List, despite the challenges of the past year, they still gained a lot: the total wealth of the people on the list increased to US$1.48 trillion from US$1.33 trillion last year.
In this list, there are two major families shortlisted in the chemical fiber field, namely: the Fan Hongwei family of Hengli Group and the Miao Hangen family of Shenghong Group.
And through the definition of Hengli Group in this mainland China rich list from previous years The chemical industry has turned into new energy. It is understood that under the “double carbon” goal, new energy materials will become an important aspect of the extension of Hengli’s petrochemical industry chain. The semi-annual report of Hengli Petrochemical revealed that the company has deeply explored the demand trend of new energy for new chemical materials, and relied on the strategic support of the chemical platform and years of accumulation in the downstream high-end membrane market to quickly deploy the lithium battery diaphragm membrane field.
At present, the company has substantially started various preparations for the construction of new lithium battery separator product production capacity, including separator equipment procurement negotiations and core talent market recruitment.
Although Shenghong Group, which is also on the list, is still defined in the chemical industry, its development of the new energy market is no less than that of Hengli.
Currently, Shenghong Group has begun rapid implementation in three major directions: new energy, high-performance new materials, and low-carbon green industries:
Focusing on the new energy field, we will lay out hydrogen energy, wind energy, solar energy and supporting new material projects, and build a million-ton world-class EVA photovoltaic material production base, lithium battery separator materials and other major new energy demand projects;
Focusing on the field of high-performance new materials, we will lay out and construct the largest high-end polyolefin material projects such as POE in China, as well as major national strategic demand projects such as nylon 66 special engineering plastics;
Focusing on the low-carbon green industry, we will lay out and construct environmentally friendly new material projects such as million-ton degradable plastics, comprehensive utilization of carbon dioxide, recycling and purification.
Invest in shares or establish a new company
More and more giants are choosing to enter new materials and new energy
In recent years, more and more industry giants are choosing to enter new materials and new energy. Familiar petrochemical companies such as Hualu Hengsheng, Wanhua, and Rongsheng have all crossed over by investing in shares or establishing new companies.
Hualu Hengsheng
According to the announcement in August this year, Hualu Hengsheng Lu Hengsheng’s nylon 66 high-end new material project and 120,000 tons/year PBAT degradable plastic project have been registered. The total investment in the nylon 66 project is 3.078 billion yuan, and the total investment in the 120,000 tons/year PBAT project is 4.428 billion yuan.
In the new energy field, we are entering the lithium battery material DMC, and the company’s 300,000-ton DMC project is under construction.
Baofeng Energy
The announcement in April this year showed that Baofeng Energy has established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Ningxia Baofeng Energy Green Hydrogen Technology Development Co., Ltd. in Ningdong, Ningxia, to produce green hydrogen through solar power generation for chemical production, replacing fossil energy with new energy, and reducing coal consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.
Rongsheng Petrochemical
The company started to lay out the market shortage and dependence on imports The field of new materials with high degree of environmental protection includes high-end polyolefin, polycarbonate, polyether polyol, high-pressure polyethylene and other products. In terms of new energy, it currently has an annual DMC production capacity of 200,000 tons. In addition, the company plans to invest 300,000 tons/year of photovoltaic-grade EVA. The company is expected to continue to promote the growth of product added value through the extension of the industrial chain.
Satellite petrochemicals
Revolving around the rapid development of downstream industries such as new energy batteries and photovoltaics In the developing industry, Satellite Petrochemical plans to build a device in 2022 to produce battery-grade ethylene carbonate EC, DMC, diethyl carbonate DEC, ethyl methyl carbonate EMC and other equipment through the addition reaction of ethylene oxide and carbon dioxide, including lithium battery additive VC , FEC and other product planning, using by-product hydrogen to promote the development and utilization of hydrogen energy business, etc.
Wanhua Chemical
The company actively invests in “carbon neutrality” and clean energy. In the first half of the year, it invested in Huaneng (Haiyang) Photovoltaic New Energy and Huaneng (Laizhou) New Energy: the former has a planned land area of about 16,266 acres, an installed capacity of 600 megawatts, and an estimated construction investment of 2.603 billion yuan; the latter plans to build installed capacity The wind turbine with a capacity of 93MW has a total investment of 700 million yuan. The two projects have very positive significance for improving the energy structure and help the company achieve carbon emission reduction.
“Hot topic”?
Why are large private refining and chemical companies investing in new energy?
Rapid deployment in the fields of new energy and new materials is not only the development trend under the background of “carbon neutrality”, but also the only way for the development of the industrial chain. The large-scale and rapid deployment of leading companies, especially large refining and chemical companies, in hard technology fields such as new energy and semiconductor materials has become a historical necessity. It has nothing to do with “hot spots”, but is the only way to develop the industrial chain. After the refining and chemical projects of leading refining companies are put into operation, their world’s largest clustered aromatics production capacity and the world’s largest clustered olefins production capacity will have the ability to extend downstream to more than 20 kinds of new energy and semiconductor materials that are in short supply. This capability is global. Contains extremely high scarcity. At the same time, the integrated scale advantage of large refining and chemical leaders is inferior to that of a single link.��New energy or semiconductor materials companies will also have obvious cost advantages and comprehensive competitiveness once they conquer the technology.
As large private refining and chemical companies continue to deploy deep processing projects in the downstream industrial chain, end products are expected to gradually shift from bulk chemicals to new products for semiconductors/photovoltaics/new energy and other industries. Material.
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