China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) has completed the construction of the ‘largest’ photovoltaic green hydrogen production project in China, capable of producing 20,000 tonnes of hydrogen a year.
The Sinopec Xinjiang Kuqa Green Hydrogen Pilot Project will produce hydrogen to supply Sinopec Tahe Petrochemical and replace the natural gas and fossil fuel energy used in hydrogen production.
The project will utilise Xinjiang’s abundant solar resources, implementing an electrolysed 20,000 tonne water hydrogen plant, a spherical hydrogen storage tank with a storage capacity of 210,000 cubic metres, and a hydrogen transmission pipeline with a capacity of 28,000 cubic metre per hour.
Sinopec is aiming to accelerate its hydrogen development, establishing more than 100 hydrogen refuelling station, with this project expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 485,000 tonnes a year.
In February (2023), Sinopec’s integrated methanol-to-hydrogen and hydrogen refuelling station entered into operation in Dalian, China, capable of producing 1,000kg of hydrogen per day.
