China Release White Paper on Energy Transition, Highlighting Green Hydrogen in Petrochemical and Metallurgical Industries
Beijing, August 29 , 2024- The State Council Information Office of China released a white paper titled "China's Energy Transition" today, accompanied by a press conference to introduce and interpret the main content of the white paper.
Comprising a preface, main body, and conclusion, the approximately 19,000-word white paper systematically expounds on China's policy concepts and practices in promoting energy transition under the new energy security strategy of "four revolutions and one cooperation." It comprehensively introduces China's positive achievements in promoting the formation of a new energy consumption model, building a new energy system, developing new energy productivity, and advancing the modernization of energy governance.
Regarding hydrogen energy, the white paper pointed out:
- Accelerating the development of charging infrastructure networks and improving the layout and services of hydrogen refueling stations and natural gas refueling stations. By the end of 2023, nearly 8.6 million charging infrastructures and over 450 hydrogen refueling stations had been built.
- Promoting the electrification and decarbonization of end-use energy. In the industrial sector, focusing on production heating, drying, and steam supply, the implementation of high-temperature heat pumps, electric heating, and other electricity substitutions will be promoted, and the demonstration application of renewable energy-based hydrogen production in the chemical and metallurgical industries will be pushed forward.
- Promoting the transformation and upgrading of the petrochemical industry and strengthening the research and application of renewable hydrogen production and carbon dioxide hydrogenation to produce chemical products.
- Exploring hydrogen pipeline transportation and building integrated transportation energy service stations with oil, gas, electricity, and hydrogen at traditional gas stations and refueling stations.
- Strengthening energy technology collaborative innovation. Focusing on national major projects such as nuclear power, oil and gas, and key research and development plans such as advanced renewable energy technologies, energy storage and smart grids, hydrogen energy, and clean and efficient utilization of coal, energy technology innovation plans will be formulated and implemented to strengthen top-level design for technological innovation.
- Accelerating the development of new energy storage and hydrogen technologies. Since 2016, China's new energy storage has gradually transitioned from research and demonstration to commercialization. New energy storage technologies have shown diversified development trends. Lithium-ion battery storage currently has the largest installed capacity, and physical storage represented by compressed air energy storage and flywheel energy storage, as well as electrochemical storage represented by flow batteries and sodium-ion batteries, are developing rapidly. Demonstration projects of 300-megawatt compressed air energy storage, 100-megawatt flow battery energy storage, megawatt-level flywheel energy storage, and gravity energy storage have been steadily promoted. The installed capacity of independent energy storage and shared energy storage is continuously increasing, and commercial user energy storage is developing rapidly. Alkaline water electrolysis hydrogen production technology has reached the international leading level, and a single 3000 standard cubic meter per hour alkaline electrolyzer has been successfully developed, and megawatt-level proton exchange membrane water electrolysis equipment is undergoing engineering verification.
Source: Xinhua News