The Energy Bureau of China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has greenlighted a demonstration project to produce green hydrogen, which will be the largest in the country. The project, with construction expected to start in October, will include a network of wind- and solar-powered plants to transform the coal-producing region into a renewable energy hub.
Five wind/solar hydrogen demonstration projects will be set up in Ordos City, and two similar projects will be built in Baotou City. They will use a combined 369,500 MW of wind and 1.85 GW of solar to produce 66,900 tons/year of green hydrogen. This is estimated to displace nearly 180 million gallons/year of gasoline if used by electric vehicles.
China’s hydrogen demand is forecast to hit 60 million tons/year by 2050, which could cut carbon emissions by 700 million tons, according to Sinopec. However, China’s hydrogen industry also needs to debottleneck parts of its supply chain in the next five years to achieve such a target.
