China’s state-owned energy firm Sinopec plans to construct its first green hydrogen project in Ordos in the province of Inner Mongolia as part of the company’s plan to become China’s leading hydrogen producer by 2025. The project will use wind and solar energy to produce 10,000 tons/year of green hydrogen. Sinopec will use the extracted hydrogen to reduce the carbon footprint of its Zhongtian Hechuang coal-to-chemicals project in Ordos.
Sinopec has announced plans to become a carbon-neutral company by 2050, a decade ahead of the national target. It also intends to construct 1,000 hydrogen refuelling stations, including 100 before this year’s end. It will also build 7,000 distributed photovoltaic power stations and 5,000 charging stations by 2025. It has also entered partnerships with Chinese solar manufacturer Longi Green Energy Technology, carmaker Great Wall, and new energy vehicle producer Nio as part of its clean energy strategy.
Around two-thirds of China’s hydrogen output is extracted from coal. Sinopec’s refineries produce 3.5 million tons/year of hydrogen as a by-product. The figure represents 14% of the nation’s total hydrogen output.
