Manufacturing energy use falls more than 10%; closed-loop solvent recovery exceeds 95%
DALIAN, China, Sept. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CBAK Energy Technology Limited (NASDAQ: CBAT) (“CBAK Energy” or the “Company”), a leading China-based lithium-ion battery manufacturer and energy solutions provider, today reported that combined Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions associated with its Dalian manufacturing facility fell 9.6% year over year in 2025. GHG emissions intensity also declined 5.9%, exceeding the facility’s 4% annual reduction target by 1.9 percentage points. The improvements came as the facility expanded on-site solar generation, reduced manufacturing energy use and recovered more production materials for reuse in lithium iron phosphate (“LFP”) cylindrical cell production.
Rooftop Solar Reduces Purchased Electricity Needs
The facility’s 3.9-megawatt-peak rooftop solar system generated approximately 3.5 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity in 2025. Of that total, approximately 3.2 million kWh, or 92.5%, was used on site to power electrode coating, cell formation and grading, reducing the need for purchased electricity in LFP cylindrical cell production. The remaining 263,000 kWh was exported to the local grid.
Solar panels at CBAK Energy’s Dalian manufacturing facility.
Reducing Energy Use and Recovering Production Materials
Beyond renewable power, upgrades to production lines and equipment, together with tighter process controls, reduced overall manufacturing energy use by more than 10%. The facility also upgraded its steam-condensate return system to recover 48 metric tons of water per day for reuse. Improved material utilization reduced raw-material requirements and cut associated GHG emissions by an estimated 883.2 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, based on internal calculations.
Electrode-coating line optimized for greater material utilization in LFP cylindrical cell production.
Resource efficiency also extends to solvent management in the electrode-coating process. An automated closed-loop system combines multistage condensation, purification and off-gas treatment to recover more than 95% of the N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (“NMP”) used in production. NMP is a solvent used to prepare cathode-coating slurry. After being purified to the required quality specifications, 100% of the recovered NMP was returned directly to the coating process without being blended with virgin NMP, reducing solvent losses and waste generation.
Beyond in-process material recovery, the facility collected and managed 978.95 metric tons of hazardous waste, general industrial waste and municipal solid waste through compliant treatment and disposal channels during the year. It received no environmental regulatory penalties in 2025.
Supporting Customer Procurement and Supply-Chain Transparency
For customers sourcing LFP cylindrical cells, facility-level records covering GHG emissions, energy use and waste management provide documented information for supplier audits, procurement reviews and sustainability reporting. This gives customers a clearer basis for evaluating the environmental management of their battery supply. The Company believes this transparency can support customer procurement decisions and strengthen its competitiveness as a battery supplier.
“We believe greater energy and material efficiency can strengthen cost control and support our competitiveness,” said Zhiguang Hu, Chief Executive Officer of CBAK Energy. “Our progress in Dalian pairs lower emissions with more efficient use of production resources. We plan to apply these practices more broadly, improve the consistency and comparability of our environmental data, and make resource efficiency a core part of how CBAK Energy grows and serves customers worldwide.”
About CBAK Energy
CBAK Energy Technology Limited (NASDAQ: CBAT) is a leading China-based high-tech company engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of high-power lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries, as well as materials used in the manufacture of high-power lithium-ion batteries. The Company’s battery cell production, research and development, and sales operations are located in Nanjing, Dalian and Shangqiu. The Company also operates battery cell research and development centers in both Nanjing and Dalian. Its raw materials operations, including production, research and development, and sales, are headquartered in Shaoxing. The Company’s products and solutions serve electric vehicles, light electric vehicles, energy storage systems and other high-power applications. In January 2006, CBAK Energy became the first Chinese lithium battery manufacturer to be listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements in this press release include statements regarding the broader application of the environmental and resource-efficiency practices implemented at the Company’s Dalian manufacturing facility; improvements in the consistency and comparability of the Company’s environmental data; the role of resource efficiency in the Company’s future growth and ability to serve customers worldwide; and the potential benefits of these initiatives for cost control, competitiveness, customer procurement and supply-chain transparency. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “intend,” “plan,” “aim,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “should” and similar expressions.
These forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s current expectations and assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. Such risks include changes in production volumes, product mix and capacity utilization; the performance, availability and maintenance of solar-power, water-recovery, solvent-recovery and other environmental systems; the Company’s ability to implement environmental and process improvements across its operations and realize the anticipated operating and commercial benefits; changes in the availability or cost of energy, water, raw materials, equipment and qualified waste-management services; changes in greenhouse gas accounting standards, reporting boundaries, calculation methodologies or data availability; the accuracy and comparability of internally calculated environmental data; changes in customer requirements, environmental laws, regulations or industry standards; supply chain conditions; competition; macroeconomic and market conditions; and other risks described in the Company’s reports filed with or furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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