@ywtohI am not sure that I fully agree with your statements here.
Yiyang City was the site of China-Israel matchmaking meetings back in mid-2018, prior to the Kaitian Anhui PPP contract win.
It is a bit of chicken and egg, whether Fluence and Kaitian were already in discussions prior to these signings, or whether Yiyang helped to get the relationship over the line with their support and allocation of first trial project sites in Yiyang City. However, as we saw from the
tripartite agreement in June 2018, Yiyang were keen to be a part of proceedings.
With supply, it is more efficient for Huoqiu County in Anhui to be supplied from Changzhou in Jiangsu than from Yiyang in Hunan. It is about a 5 hour drive from Changzhou to Huoqiu, as opposed to an 8.5 hour drive from Yiyang. The assembly factory in Yiyang was initially meant to be complete and operational by the end of this year. I am not sure on the current status, but I thought at the time that the completion schedule seemed a bit tight, since it appears they are building the assembly factory site from scratch. I believe the Yiyang assembly factory just gives Fluence more strategic operational flexibility rather than simply being a site to supply Kaitian contracts. For example, it will be much more efficient to supply Aspiral L4's from Yiyang into Hubei Province for the iTEST contracts, rather than sending those from Changzhou. It will also be more efficient to service Western Provinces like Sichuan or Southern Provinces like Guizhou from this Yiyang site. There should also be plenty of future work from within Hunan Province itself in future.
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Another interesting factor is the emergence of the Yangtze River (Changjiang) Ecological Environmental Protection Group (Three Gorges Group). They have basically been appointed as a peak governance body in the direct protection of the Yangtze River. All three of Fluence, Kaitian and Yiyang City have signed separate agreements with the Yangtze River Ecological Environmental Protection Group for cooperation in different forms. It will be interesting to see in future how Three Gorges/Yangtze River EEPG test MABR, and whether the Kaitian and Yiyang cooperation agreements also highlight MABR as a potential solution.
Yiyang Municipal Government and Yangtze River Ecological Environmental Protection Group Sign Cooperation Framework Agreement2019-11-29
On the afternoon of November 26, the Yiyang Municipal Government and the Yangtze River Ecological Environmental Protection Group Co., Ltd. signed a framework agreement to jointly grasp the protection of the Yangtze River. Deputy Secretary of the Yiyang Municipal Party Committee and Mayor Zhang Qengheng and Assistant General Manager of China Three Gorges Group Wang Jincheng attended the signing ceremony and delivered speeches. Deputy Mayor Hu Anbang and Chen Xianming, Deputy General Manager of Changjiang Ecological Environmental Protection Group, signed the contract on behalf of both parties.
Zhang Zhiheng said in his speech that promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt is a major decision made by the Party Central Committee, a major strategy related to the overall development of the country, and the Chinese dream of achieving the "two hundred years" goal and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Is of great significance. The cooperation between Yiyang City and the Yangtze River Eco-Environmental Protection Group is a powerful measure to fulfill the requirements of General Secretary Xi Jinping's “grasp the big protection and not develop”, and to connect the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, which will greatly promote the ecological environment protection and ecology Civilization construction has injected new impetus into Yiyang's green development. The whole city of Yiyang will always keep in mind the enthusiastic entrustment of General Secretary Xi Jinping's "guarding a river and clear water", taking advantage of the situation, courage to take the initiative, and take the initiative to provide quality services and create an excellent environment for the cooperation between the two parties. Go forward hand in hand for mutual benefit and win-win results.
Wang Jincheng said that Yiyang is rich in water resources and is an important member of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. It is one of the core cities of the Dongting Lake Ecological Economic Zone. In the future cooperation, the Three Gorges Group will make full use of multiple advantages such as capital, technology and management, actively integrate with Yiyang, advance the implementation of the cooperation items one by one, comprehensively improve the ecological environment quality of Yiyang City, and make its due contribution to economic and social development.
According to the cooperation framework agreement signed this time, the two sides will carry out all-round cooperation on top-level planning, promoting project implementation, revitalizing existing assets, and exploring new models of water environment governance.
The Three Gorges Group is one of the most powerful central enterprises in the Yangtze River Basin. The state has given the Three Gorges Group a new mission and new task to play a leading role in the protection of the Yangtze River. As the main body and important player in the implementation of the Yangtze River Grand Protection by the Three Gorges Group, Yangtze River Ecological Environmental Protection Group Co., Ltd. undertakes the task of project implementation related to the Yangtze River Grand Protection. Ecological environment protection in the Yangtze River Economic Belt serves the development strategy of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
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Hunan Aerospace and the Three Gorges Group jointly promote ecological protection and green development of the Yangtze RiverRelease time: 2019-08-20
On July 29 , China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation and China Yangtze River Three Gorges Corporation signed a strategic cooperation agreement. The two sides will further deepen cooperation around the Yangtze River Basin monitoring, new energy industry, environmental protection industry, smart cloud platform, smart water conservancy and other projects, jointly play the role of central enterprises, and promote the development of national economy.
Recently, Jiao Jige, deputy secretary and general manager of Hunan Aerospace Party Committee, and Zhou Boping, executive vice president of Hunan Aerospace Kaitian Environmental Protection, and his party went to the Three Gorges Yangtze River Ecological Environmental Protection Group for talks. Zhao Feng, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Three Gorges Yangtze River Eco-Environmental Protection Group, attended the reception, and the heads of the Production Technology Department, the Planning and Investment Department, the Planning and Operation Department, the Investment Center, and the Operation and Maintenance Center attended the meeting. The two sides conducted in-depth exchanges on comprehensively deepening strategic cooperation and jointly promoting the "Yangtze River Protection" project.
Zhao Feng Jiaojie Ge and his party welcomed the visit and spoke highly of Hunan Aerospace ’s strategic layout in the field of comprehensive environmental management and Hunan Aerospace ’s achievements in environmental protection. He introduced the establishment background, strategic positioning, main business, development planning of the Yangtze River Ecological Environmental Protection Group, and the historical mission and work plan carried out during the promotion of the "Yangtze River Protection" project.
Zhao Feng pointed out that deeply integrating into the Yangtze River Economic Belt and playing a key role in the "protection of the Yangtze River" is a new mission and task given to the Three Gorges Group by the Party Central Committee and the State Council. The Yangtze River Ecology and Environmental Protection Group emerged as the times require, as the Three Gorges Group's ecological and environmental protection business implementation platform, it undertakes the implementation tasks of the "Great Yangtze River Protection" related projects. He said that Changjiang Eco-Environmental Protection Group and Hunan Aerospace are highly unified in implementing national strategic positions and have a very good basis for cooperation. The two sides have many potential cooperation opportunities in ecological governance along the Yangtze River.
Jiaojie praised the Three Gorges Hydropower Project undertaken by the Three Gorges Group and its historical mission under the background of the “Great Yangtze River Protection”. He also introduced the industrial layout and basic situation of Hunan Aerospace, and focused on Hunan Aerospace Kai In recent years, the environmental protection project construction of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, which Tian Environmental Protection has participated in construction. Jiao Jige said that both parties are politically sound, must achieve their missions, and have the same goals in implementing the country's major strategic missions, and have very good prospects for cooperation. Hunan Aerospace is willing to take the initiative to make full use of the accumulated technological advantages, regional operating advantages, and investment and financing advantages, and actively participate in the "Yangtze River Protection" project led by the Yangtze River Ecological Environmental Protection Group to work together to promote the Yangtze River ecological environment construction.
Introduction of Changjiang Ecological Environmental Protection Group:
Changjiang Ecological Environment Protection Group Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Yangtze River Three Gorges Group in the field of ecological environment protection . It was incorporated in Wuhan, Hubei in December 2018 . The company is fully involved in the implementation of urban sewage treatment in 11 provinces and cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt . At present, it has carried out related work on the "Great Yangtze River Protection" project in cities along the Yangtze River, including Yichang, Yueyang, Jiujiang, and Wuhu.
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Fluence and Changjiang Eco-Environmental Protection Group reach preliminary cooperationTime: 2019-11-08
On the morning of November 1st, under the background of the Yangtze River Protection Strategy, Fluence and Yangtze River Ecological Environmental Protection Group Co., Ltd. held a cooperation exchange in Wuhan, Hubei. Both parties conducted in-depth discussions on sewage treatment technology, market development and prospects.
The party's deputy secretary of the Yangtze River Ecology and Environmental Protection Group, Wang Shiping, general manager, and Tony Hargrave, chief operating officer of Flux Group, led the team to attend the meeting. During the meeting, Flush made an in-depth introduction to the independently developed MABR technology and solutions, and the two sides had a detailed and in-depth discussion on MABR technology, especially its advantages in terms of total nitrogen removal and economic operation investment. With the increasing awareness of environmental protection from all walks of life and the emergence of the 14th Five-Year Plan, the demand for total nitrogen removal in the sewage treatment market will continue to increase in the future, and the market prospect of this technology cannot be underestimated.
After several rounds of technical exchanges, the Yangtze River Ecological Environment fully understood the innovative nature of the MABR wastewater treatment process: high total nitrogen removal efficiency, energy saving and high efficiency, stable effluent compliance, and short return on investment. , And plans to introduce MABR as a high-tech, carry out the construction of demonstration projects, verify the MABR technology, and support the strategic planning of the Yangtze River Protection in the future. The two parties will have more in-depth discussions on demonstration projects and future cooperation plans.
Mr. Tony Hargrave, Chief Operating Officer of Franx Group, said that he is very glad that the two parties have maintained frequent and close communication, which can not only strengthen the interaction between the two companies, explore in-depth cooperation opportunities, but also help companies The operation and management team deepened the understanding of the needs of the Yangtze River in the field of environmental protection, and the next cooperation will surely strike a wonderful spark. He is confident that Fusion's MABR technology, as a high-tech, will contribute to the cause of Yangtze River protection.
