China goes big on green hydrogen using renewable energy surplus

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China goes big on green hydrogen using renewable energy surplus

Nikkei Asia | 18 Mar 2024

Production facilities and pipelines are being built in the country’s vast inland regions.

Infrastructure development for “green” hydrogen is proceeding rapidly in China as the country aims to exploit its extensive generation capacity in renewable energy to get ahead of Western countries in production and transport.

Authorities in the Inner Mongolian city of Ulanqab—known for its expansive grasslands—approved this January a RMB 20.5 billion (USD 2.9 billion) green hydrogen investment project from oil major China Petroleum and Chemical, or Sinopec.

Electricity generated onsite using solar and wind power will be used to electrolyze water and produce an annual 100,000 tons of green hydrogen. Plans are to supply companies in Beijing, with an aim of being fully operational in June 2027.

This is not Sinopec’s first investment in green hydrogen. In Ordos, Inner Mongolia, it has been proceeding since 2023 with plans to build a plant that will have an annual output capacity of 30,000 tons and include storage and transportation functions.

That June, Sinopec began operations at a plant with an annual production capacity of 20,000 tons in Xinjiang...more
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