BYD to build solar power battery plant in China

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The plant will have capacity to produce a total of 5,000MW of batteries

Chinese car and battery maker BYD, 10 per cent owned by US billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, will invest 22.5 billion yuan ($3.3bn, £2bn)) over five years to build China's largest solar...

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