The construction of my country's hydrogen energy production, supply, storage and sales system is accelerated

More and more policies at the national level mention hydrogen energy, which means that the country recognizes the hydrogen energy industry more, or will further support the development of this industry
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At present, the rapid development of China's hydrogen fuel cell vehicle industry has driven the accelerated development of the entire hydrogen energy industry chain to a certain extent.
However, further coordinated development is urgently needed in hydrogen production, storage and transportation, hydrogenation, and application.
The potential for decarbonization remains to be tapped
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The National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration issued the "Opinions on Improving the System, Mechanism and Policy Measures for Energy Green and Low-Carbon Transformation" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions") issued on February 10.
) site layout and service facilities, reduce the cost of clean energy consumption in the transportation field, coordinate the green and low-carbon transformation of energy and the security of energy supply, and explore the establishment of a hydrogen energy production, supply, storage and sales system
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In this regard, a number of industry experts said that the rapid development of China's hydrogen fuel cell vehicle industry has accelerated the development of the entire hydrogen energy industry chain to a certain extent, but further coordinated development is urgently needed in hydrogen production, storage and transportation, hydrogenation, and applications.
At the same time, the potential of hydrogen in energy storage and industrial decarbonization remains to be tapped
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The hazardous properties of hydrogen are one of the important factors restricting the development of the hydrogen energy industry, and the volume of hydrogen production, the scale of hydrogen storage and transportation, and the construction of hydrogen refueling stations are all facing challenges
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Although there is currently no document to formally incorporate hydrogen energy into the national energy system, the industry's calls have never stopped
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Zhou Yuan, Dean of PGO Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cell Industry Research Institute, said that the hydrogen energy industry is currently facing high storage and transportation costs and safety issues.
Big breakthrough space
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Wei Wei, Dean of Zhangjiagang Hydrogen Cloud New Energy Research Institute, believes that the "Opinions" mentions the utilization of hydrogen energy alongside natural gas, electricity, oil and other energy sources, which to a certain extent shows that the management of hydrogen energy at the national level is changing in the direction of energy.
It has gradually entered the scope of consideration of the energy system
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At the same time, it also shows that hydrogen energy has become an indispensable key component in China's clean and low-carbon energy transformation
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"More and more policies at the national level mention hydrogen energy, which means that the country recognizes the hydrogen energy industry more, or will further support the development of this industry
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" Jing Chunmei, director of the Scientific Research Information Department and researcher of the China International Economic Exchange Center, told reporters
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With the accelerated development of the domestic hydrogen energy industry, the application scenarios of hydrogen energy are becoming more and more extensive, and the production of hydrogen is showing a trend of continuous growth
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Industry forecasts show that China's hydrogen demand will reach 35 million tons in 2030, accounting for 5% of the terminal energy system; by 2050, the above proportion will reach at least 10%, and the hydrogen demand will be close to 60 million tons.
The annual output value of the industrial chain is about 12 trillion yuan
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"Under the 'two-carbon' goal, hydrogen energy will be one of the important energy sources
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Although China is a big hydrogen producer, it is still dominated by gray hydrogen
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" Zhou Yuan said that the development of hydrogen energy should be based on the realization of large-scale carbon Emission reduction is the main goal, and green hydrogen is an important development direction for the future hydrogen production
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Mao Zongqiang, a professor at the Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology of Tsinghua University and vice chairman of the International Hydrogen Energy Association, told reporters earlier that hydrogen production from renewable energy power generation has been recognized in China.
Reduce the cost of hydrogen production by electrolysis of water
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In terms of carbon emissions and economy, green hydrogen can be compared with fossil energy hydrogen production in the short term, which to a certain extent forces the scale of fossil energy hydrogen production to shrink
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Public information shows that since the “dual carbon” goal was put forward, China has experienced substantial growth in the scale of green hydrogen deployment and the market for electrolyzed water hydrogen production equipment.
Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Hebei and other provinces and regions have issued renewable energy hydrogen production policies.
And related projects have been implemented, and many companies have also deployed renewable energy hydrogen production business
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"With green hydrogen as the direction, the hydrogen energy production, supply, storage and marketing system is expected to be accelerated with policy support
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However, at present, China's green hydrogen production scale is small, and the storage and transportation efficiency is not high.
We will continue to increase investment in the layout and technical level of hydrogen pipeline network storage and transportation
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" Wei Wei reminded
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In addition to expanding the scale of hydrogen supply, tapping the potential of hydrogen in the fields of energy storage and industrial decarbonization will also increase the market demand for hydrogen energy, expand the application scale of the hydrogen energy industry, and accelerate the improvement of the hydrogen energy production, supply, storage and sales system
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According to the "Carbon Peaking Action Plan before 2030" issued by the State Council in 2021, by 2025, the proportion of non-fossil energy consumption in China will reach about 20%, and by 2030, this proportion will reach about 25%
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Wei Wei believes that from the perspective of the growth momentum of renewable energy in China, it is not enough to rely solely on grid consumption, and a new transmission and consumption system needs to be established
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"Consuming and supplying renewable energy in the form of hydrogen energy storage and green hydrogen preparation is conducive to further increasing the proportion of renewable energy
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Jing Chunmei also believes that the large-scale development of new energy is inseparable from the construction of energy storage.
At present, pumped hydro energy storage and electrochemical energy storage have a short time and small scale, while hydrogen energy is a centralized renewable energy that is cross-seasonal, long-term, and large.
The best way to store energy at scale
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Regarding the role of hydrogen energy in the field of industrial decarbonization, Jing Chunmei said that green hydrogen can be used as a reducing agent in the steelmaking field to replace coke, and green hydrogen can be used as a chemical raw material in the coal chemical industry
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"Hydrogen energy has an irreplaceable and important role in industrial fields that are difficult to decarbonize through electrification
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Regarding the exploration of high-efficiency hydrogen transportation methods such as hydrogen-mixed transportation in gas pipelines, pure hydrogen pipeline transportation, and liquid hydrogen transportation proposed in the "Opinions", the above-mentioned experts said that promoting the construction of hydrogen transportation infrastructure is particularly important for the establishment of a hydrogen energy production, supply, storage and sales system.
The key is to provide important support for hydrogen to play the role of energy storage and decarbonization
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