[UK businesses plan to invest £13.6bn in electric vehicles by 2022]The poll was conducted with representatives of 200 UK businesses of different sizes and industries responsible for fleets. All companies represented reported a turnover in excess of £1m in the last financial year and operated at least one vehicle. UKPlc's total investment will reach £11.6 billion. That was below the £15.8bn it had been hoping for, as challenges such as the Covid-19 pandemic, chip shortages and rising costs of living created complications. Editor/Xing Wentao
The South Zhuhai (Central) intercity railway will start construction in March 2023, divided into three sections: Guangzhou, Zhongshan, and Zhuhai. At present, 91% of the civil engineering in the Guangzhou section has been completed, and 3 stations have been capped; The main bodies of 6 stations in Zhongshan section have been completed, and 8 tunnels have been connected. The Xiangshan Gongbei section, which is about to start construction, has a total length of about 46 kilometers and a designed speed of 160 kilometers per hour. It will be connected to Guangzhou Metro Line 18 for operation, realizing a public transportation mode and helping the core cities of the Greater Bay Area to reach each other in 60 minutes. Editor/Cheng Liting
Recently, the first phase of the 200MW/400MWh independent shared energy storage power station of Zhonghe Huineng Suixi Hancun started construction in Suixi County, Huaibei. The first phase of the project has a capacity of 100MW/200MWh, using lithium iron phosphate batteries and a 220kV booster station. The total investment is 252 million yuan, and it is the first independent shared energy storage project of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) in Anhui province. After being put into operation, the annual consumption of new energy electricity is about 34 million kilowatt hours, saving 10200 tons of standard coal and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by about 27000 tons. Editor/Cheng Liting