China's hydrogen energy industry is developing steadily
Currently, China is the world's largest hydrogen producer, with an annual hydrogen production of approximately
33 million tons. The domestic hydrogen energy industry is showing a positive development trend. It has initially
mastered the main technologies and production processes of hydrogen energy preparation, storage and
transportation, hydrogenation, and system integration, and has realized small-scale demonstration applications
of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in some regions.
China has many favorable conditions for developing the hydrogen energy industry: First, China is rich in renewable
energy resources such as wind energy and solar energy, and has huge potential in the supply of clean and
low-carbon hydrogen energy. The preparation of green hydrogen has significant cost advantages. Second, China
has a wide range of industrial categories. The hydrogen energy industry involves multiple industrial chain links
such as "production, storage, transportation, processing, and use" and requires the combined use of multiple
industrial categories such as materials, chemicals, and electromechanical equipment. China has advantages
in related industrial fields. Third, China has huge potential to develop "hydrogen energy +". Hydrogen energy
has a wide range of uses in the field of transportation. China can leverage its advantages in rail transportation,
ships and oceans and other transportation fields to promote the development and application of hydrogen energy.
In addition, China has a vast territory and diverse geographical and climatic characteristics. Since its electrochemic
al performance is not affected by low temperatures, hydrogen fuel cells can operate in low-temperature weather
conditions in the north. They provide a solution other than lithium batteries for new energy vehicles and are
conducive to expansion in the northern region.
China’s hydrogen energy industry is also making rapid progress in international cooperation. In recent years,
foreign companies have continued to “come in” and carry out hydrogen energy cooperation with China. At present,
automobile companies such as Hyundai and Toyota are actively building hydrogen fuel cell projects in China, and
electrolyzers of multinational companies such as Cummins and Siemens have also begun producing hydrogen in
China. At the same time, China is also constantly “going global” to expand green hydrogen cooperation
opportunities. Not long ago, Egypt's Suez Canal Special Economic Zone signed an agreement with China Energy
Construction to jointly develop green ammonia and green hydrogen projects, with the goal of producing 1.2 million
tons of green ammonia and 210,000 tons of green hydrogen per year. The project demonstrates the new progress
made in energy cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative.
Looking forward to the prospects of China's hydrogen energy industry, there are many directions that can become
breakthroughs in the future: First, continue to develop "hydrogen" transportation, build a "hydrogen" transportation
system, continue to reduce hydrogen production and transportation costs, and encourage green hydrogen
transportation consumption. Second, promote the "coupling" of green hydrogen in the coal chemical industry,
promote the green transformation of high-energy-consuming, high-emission, and high-pollution enterprises, and
help achieve the dual-carbon goal. Third, continue to promote the rational layout of hydrogen energy storage, solve
the problem of spatial mismatch of hydrogen production and use, and reduce energy storage costs. Fourth,
continue to strengthen technological innovation, be aware of the gap between China's hydrogen energy industry
and the international advanced level, actively and orderly carry out hydrogen energy technology innovation and
industrial application demonstrations, and strive to improve the level of technical equipment and industrial
innovation capabilities.