Future rides on hydrogen energy industry

Sichuan province is going all out to support the hydrogen energy industry's development. This follows a conference held in late April on further promoting the application of the hydrogen industry chain. The Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang Uygur autonomous regions also have abundant traditional and new energy resources.

Constructing a complete industry chain and ecosystem, and addressing the problem of high storage and transportation costs are of great significance for building a nationwide zero-carbon, low-cost and reliable green hydrogen supply system.

China's 10,000-ton-level photovoltaic hydrogen production project in Xinjiang has participated in transactions totaling over 100 million kilowatt-hours of electricity and is steadily moving toward full-capacity production. More companies have seen the optimistic prospects and are actively collaborating to promote industry upgrades.

Buses and heavy trucks are increasingly running on hydrogen, and Jiaxing Port in East China's Zhejiang province is seeing large-scale deployment of hydrogen energy heavy trucks.

To accelerate the establishment of the Yangtze River Delta hydrogen energy innovation and application demonstration area, the local government provides support for the purchase of hydrogen energy buses, and construction and operation of hydrogen refueling stations.

Hydrogen energy also has broad application prospects in fields such as metallurgy and petroleum refining. That requires the strengthening of technological research, and the enhancement of technological innovation. It also calls for mature market mechanisms and substantial policy support.

-ECONOMIC DAILY