Tianmu Lake Institute of Advanced Energy Storage Technologies

Tianmu Lake Advanced Energy Storage Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as TIES) was jointly founded by the People's Government of Liyang City and the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2017. It is located in Liyang, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province. Academician Chen Liquan serves as the honorary president, and researcher Li Hong is the founder and chief engineer. It was introduced into China Green Development Investment Group Co., Ltd. in 2025 to accelerate the development of the company.The total investment for the first phase of the TIES project is 500 million yuan, with a total site area of approximately 51000 square meters, including 46000 square meters of laboratory space and 5000 square meters of office space. Since its official unveiling and operation on April 11, 2019, TIES has been guided by the strategic needs of national and local governments, as well as large domestic and foreign enterprises, to develop advanced energy storage technologies with practical prospects that lead the future. Based on the successful experience of high-end research institutes of enterprise types worldwide, TIES has positioned itself as innovative and market driven development, and has completed comprehensive planning and layout of its business.TIES has four technical service centers and one subsidiary, namely:Test Analysis Center (TAC):Build a specialized analytical and testing instrument platform with international advanced level for physical, chemical, and electrochemical performance testing of batteries and materials, providing high-level universal, customized, systematic, and goal oriented analytical and testing services for research teams and enterprise development; A specialized failure analysis platform that combines multi-scale, high-resolution, non-destructive and lossy analysis, inert atmosphere protection, and sample transfer for the analysis of failure mechanisms in battery and material manufacturing and service processes. It conducts failure analysis, benchmarking analysis, and accident diagnosis of batteries and related materials.Process Engineering Center (TEC):We will conduct small-scale development and standardization verification of innovative battery materials and cell technologies with significant application prospects at our center, research the processes and engineering scaling equipment required for technological breakthroughs before industrialization, evaluate supply chain materials and battery performance in industrial grade batteries, and develop an open incubation platform to promote the transfer and transformation of scientific research achievements and innovation and entrepreneurship of research institutes and domestic and foreign R&D teams;Intelligent Manufacturing Center (IMC):Build an intelligent manufacturing equipment research and development platform for the next generation of energy storage technology, develop new manufacturing processes, high-precision digital equipment, research and develop numerical simulation technology in the manufacturing process, and meet the needs of future large-scale, intelligent, flexible, and low-cost production; Jointly establish the "Industry 4.0 Intelligent Manufacturing Innovation Center (Liyang)" with Siemens.Frontier Technology Center (FRC):Based on the advanced testing characterization, process development, and customized design platform built by the research institute, TIES can provide professional technical services to customers according to their different needs, including commissioned research and development, customized products, customized solution design, and other cutting-edge technology service cooperation methods, cultivating original technologies.DeepWater Technology:A technology information service company that integrates technical consulting, industry consulting, policy consulting, institutional construction, academic conferences, commercial exhibitions, professional training, information release, product promotion, and online publicity in the field of energy storage. Deepwater Technology is committed to providing high-value information services, promoting technology exchange, talent training, product development, industry development, improving the core competitiveness of enterprises, assisting in early identification of disruptive and disruptive technologies, assisting in evaluation of technology progressiveness, assisting in precise investment, and assisting in macro layout.The five types of businesses, including testing and analysis, process engineering, intelligent manufacturing, cutting-edge technology, and information consulting, have all been serving related industries. Our clients cover the entire industry chain of consumer electronics, power, and energy storage batteries, including raw materials, equipment, battery cells, PACK systems, and new energy vehicle enterprises, as well as research institutions and government departments at different levels.The research institute is an independent third-party new R&D institution that gathers high-level R&D personnel from home and abroad to meet the high-level analysis and testing needs of related battery upstream and downstream enterprises and research institutions in the surrounding and Yangtze River Delta regions; Constructing an open incubation base for energy storage technology, attracting research and development teams with innovative solutions to conduct small-scale and pilot trials in various forms such as scientist studios at the research institute, utilizing the comprehensive conditions of the research institute, improving the research level and quality of domestic and foreign researchers in the field of energy storage, overcoming common problems and bottleneck technologies, and significantly accelerating the speed of the transfer of new energy storage technologies from basic research to industrialization.The development of the research institute prioritizes the strategic needs of national and local governments, as well as large domestic and foreign enterprises. It is guided by the development of advanced energy storage technologies with practical prospects that lead the future, and refers to the successful experience of high-end research institutes of various types of enterprises worldwide. It takes into account social benefits, technological benefits, and economic benefits, gradually becoming a dynamic, competitive, high-speed, and influential national level advanced energy storage technology research and development center, innovation center, talent cultivation center, information release and consulting center in the region, China, and the world.TIES has not only comprehensively developed core businesses such as technical services and information consulting, but also completed strategic planning, team building, equipment configuration, capacity building, management organization improvement, and target responsibility determination. It has also obtained multiple qualifications and received support for the "Jiangsu Province New R&D Institution Construction Project".TIES aims to develop into a comprehensive and market-oriented research and development enterprise that integrates testing and analysis, failure analysis, qualification certification, technology development, engineering amplification, intelligent manufacturing, high-value information services, and high-end training, catering to various energy storage business needs.In the future, TIES will work together with China Green Energy Development to promote its transformation from a third-party technology service institution to a central enterprise's role as a new industry incubator, striving to build itself into a world-renowned high-level testing center for energy storage products and the birthplace of key technologies.

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