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Construction starts on world’s

largest green hydrogen project

Project to investigate green hydrogen applications in coal industry

CHINA CONSTRUCTiON has begun on the world’s largest The hydrogen and oxygen produced by the
project to generate hydrogen using solar and wind project will be transported through pipelines to the
power. Ordos coal deep processing demonstration project
The project is sited in Ordos, in China’s Inner operated by ZTHC Energy Co. to replace part of
Mongolia autonomous region, reports China the coal-to-hydrogen production.
Daily, a state-owned publication. The project is expected to promote the inte-
It is being developed by Sinopec Star Co., a sub- grated development of the traditional synthetic
sidiary of China Petrochemical Corp., or Sinopec, materials chemical industry and the hydro-
the world’s biggest oil refiner. gen energy industry, as well as promote what is
The project aims to demonstrate Sinopec’s described as the ‘clean’ and efficient use of coal.
commitment to green hydrogen in Inner Mon- In addition, the project seeks to explore the
golia, in five ways: power generation, power trans- potential applications of green hydrogen in the
mission, electrolysis of water to produce hydrogen, coal chemicals industry.
hydrogen storage and transmission. According to Sinopec chairman Ma Yong-
It will have a wind power generation capacity sheng, the project is of great significance for
of 450 MW and a solar power capacity of 270 MW. national energy security and for promoting
Additionally, the hydrogen production capacity is the transformation and upgrading of Inner
30,000 tonnes per year (tpy), with a hydrogen stor- Mongolia’s energy structure and low-carbon
age capacity of 288,000 cubic metres. The total cost development.
of the project is CNY5.7bn ($848.21mn). This initiative is part of Sinopec’s ongoing
The project should reduce CO2 emissions efforts to promote the use of green hydrogen and
by 1.43mn tpy once fully operational. It is also reduce carbon emissions. With this project, Sino-
expected to contribute CNY600mn to the local pec says it is setting a new standard for the use of
GDP and generate tax revenue of CNY30mn clean energy and is paving the way for a greener
annually. future.™

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