The hydrogen energy development plan "points" these chemical industries!

On March 23, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration jointly issued a medium- and long-term plan for the development of the hydrogen energy industry (2021-2035)
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The "Plan" clarifies the strategic positioning of hydrogen energy, which is an important part of the future national energy system, an important carrier for energy-using terminals to achieve green and low-carbon transformation, and a key development direction for strategic emerging industries and future industries
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At present, China's hydrogen energy industry is still in the early stage of development.
It is the largest hydrogen producer in the world, with an annual hydrogen production output of about 33 million tons, of which about 12 million tons meet the industrial hydrogen quality standard
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There are more than 300 industrial enterprises above designated size in the entire industry chain, concentrated in the Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and other regions
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However, compared with the international advanced level, there are still problems and challenges such as weak industrial innovation capability, low level of technical equipment, lagging behind the basic system supporting industrial development, and further exploration of industrial development patterns and development paths
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The "Planning" proposes that by 2025, the core technology and manufacturing process will be basically mastered, the number of fuel cell vehicles will be about 50,000, a batch of hydrogen refueling stations will be deployed, and the hydrogen production from renewable energy will reach 100,000-200,000 tons per year.
Achieve carbon dioxide emission reduction of 1-2 million tons per year
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By 2030, a relatively complete hydrogen energy industry technology innovation system, clean energy hydrogen production and supply system will be formed
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By 2035, a hydrogen energy industry system will be formed
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The chemical industry is an important source of hydrogen.
The "Planning" proposes that in areas where coking, chlor-alkali, propane dehydrogenation and other industries are concentrated, priority should be given to the use of industrial by-product hydrogen, and nearby consumption is encouraged to reduce the cost of industrial by-product hydrogen supply
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China ranks first in the world in terms of installed renewable energy capacity, and has great potential for clean and low-carbon hydrogen energy supply
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The "Planning" proposes to carry out hydrogen production demonstrations from renewable energy in areas rich in wind-solar and hydropower resources, gradually expand the scale of demonstrations, and explore seasonal energy storage and grid peak shaving
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In addition, the "Planning" requires that the research and development of technologies such as solid oxide electrolytic cell hydrogen production, photo-splitting water hydrogen production, seawater hydrogen production, and nuclear energy high temperature hydrogen production should be promoted
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Explore the establishment of hydrogen production bases in areas with large-scale hydrogen energy applications
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To form an efficient and complete industrial chain, the key is to deploy the innovation chain around the industrial chain
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The "Plan" deploys an innovation system that supports the high-quality development of the hydrogen energy industry, continuously improves the level of key core technologies, strives to build an industrial innovation support platform, continuously improves core technical capabilities, and promotes the construction of professional talent teams
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The hydrogen energy technology chain is long and difficult, and the existing technology and economy cannot fully meet the practical needs
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The "Planning" focuses on key areas and key links: accelerating the technological innovation of proton exchange membrane fuel cells
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Support the development of new fuel cells and other technologies
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Efforts will be made to promote the R&D and manufacturing of core components and key equipment
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Accelerate the improvement of the hydrogen production conversion efficiency of renewable energy and the scale of hydrogen production by a single device, and make breakthroughs in key core technologies in the hydrogen energy infrastructure link
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Increase the development and application of the whole chain safety technology of hydrogen production, storage, transmission and use
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Continue to promote the research and development of key core technologies in the production, storage, transportation and application of green and low-carbon hydrogen energy
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Continue to carry out research on the scientific mechanism of hydrogen energy and the basic laws of hydrogen energy safety
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Continue to promote advanced hydrogen energy technologies, key equipment, demonstration applications and industrialization of major products
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In order to accelerate the construction of a safe, stable and efficient hydrogen energy supply network
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The "Planning" proposes to rationally arrange hydrogen production facilities, select hydrogen production technology routes according to local conditions, and gradually promote the construction of a clean, low-carbon and low-cost multi-hydrogen production system
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Steadily build a storage and transportation system, and support the exploration and practice of various storage and transportation methods
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Plan the hydrogen refueling network as a whole, support the use of existing refueling and refueling station facilities in accordance with laws and regulations to rebuild and expand hydrogen refueling stations, and explore new models such as hydrogen refueling stations that integrate hydrogen production, hydrogen storage and hydrogen refueling in the station
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Steadily promote the diversified demonstration application of hydrogen energy, the "Planning" proposes to promote the demonstration application of hydrogen energy in the transportation field in an orderly manner, expand the application in energy storage, distributed power generation, industry and other fields, promote large-scale development, and accelerate the exploration and formation An effective commercialization path for the development of the hydrogen energy industry
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At present, the application scenarios of hydrogen energy are relatively simple.
The industrial field is an important application scenario of hydrogen energy, and the chemical industry is undoubtedly a very important application field
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The "Plan" makes it clear that the economy of hydrogen energy utilization will be continuously improved, and the application space of clean and low-carbon hydrogen energy to be replaced in the chemical industry will be expanded
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Expand the application scale of hydrogen energy to replace fossil energy in the industrial field, actively guide the transformation of ammonia, methanol, refining, coal-to-gas and other industries from high-carbon processes to low-carbon processes, and promote the green and low-carbon development of high-energy-consuming industries
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The "Plan" clarifies that hydrogen production from renewable energy is the main development direction
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Wang Xiang, deputy director of the high-tech department of the National Development and Reform Commission, said at a press conference on the 23rd that solving the problem of where hydrogen comes from is the basis for the development of the hydrogen energy industry, and not adding carbon emissions is the prerequisite for the development of the hydrogen energy industry
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China's industrial by-product hydrogen technology is mature and the cost is low, and it will still be the main hydrogen source in the near future
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However, from a long-term perspective, renewable energy has greater potential for hydrogen production in scale, is cleaner and more sustainable, and will become an important source of hydrogen as costs drop
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To this end, the "Plan" makes it clear that a clean, low-carbon, and low-cost multi-generation hydrogen production system will be built, focusing on the development of renewable energy hydrogen production, and strictly controlling fossil energy hydrogen production
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At present, there are signs of blindly following the trend, homogeneous competition, and low-level construction in some places
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Wang Xiang emphasized that it is strictly forbidden for all localities to ignore local realities and rush forward to prevent low-level duplication of construction and to avoid wasting infrastructure and resources
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It is strictly forbidden to "stake the horse" in the name of building a hydrogen energy project
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Comparing with each other in the formulation of hydrogen energy industry planning, investment scale, investment attraction, and project construction is strictly prohibited
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