Shell’s largest green hydrogen project comes online in China

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Shell’s Largest Green Hydrogen Project Goes Online in China Author/Source: Gas Separation Date: 2022-01-29 Clicks: 28 On January 28, 2022, one of the world’s largest hydrogen production facilities via water electrolysis was put into operation at the Green Hydrogen Integration Demonstration Base project in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, starting the production of green hydrogen. During the Winter Olympics, which will open on February 4, 2022, this project will supply about 50% of the green hydrogen needed for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the Zhangjiakou competition area. It is reported that the project is being constructed by a joint venture established between Shell (China) Co., Ltd. and Zhangjiakou Transportation Construction Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd. This joint venture was announced to be established in November 2020; its first-phase project involves investing in the construction of a hydrogen production facility using renewable energy for electrolysis, with a capacity of 20,000 kilowatts, in Zhangjiakou. The goal of the second phase is to increase this capacity to 60,000 kilowatts within the next two years. As Shell’s first commercial hydrogen project in China, it was completed in just 13 months. This project utilizes electricity generated from onshore wind power, and initially it will supply green hydrogen to over 600 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the Zhangjiakou competition area during the Winter Olympics. Going forward, the hydrogen produced by this project will be used to power public and commercial transportation in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, helping to reduce carbon emissions in that area’s transportation sector. Bai Jing, director of the Zhangjiakou Development and Reform Commission, said, “Developing the hydrogen energy industry is of great significance for accelerating the green and low-carbon transformation of Zhangjiakou’s energy sector and achieving the goals of carbon peak and carbon neutrality on schedule.” Recently, with the approval of the Hebei Province Fuel Cell Vehicle Demonstration and Application City Cluster led by Zhangjiakou, the development of the hydrogen energy industry in Zhangjiakou is set to accelerate. The completion and operation of this project will provide strong support for ensuring a stable supply of hydrogen for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and for achieving sustainable hosting of the games, while also making positive contributions to the development of the hydrogen industry across the city and in broader regions. ” *In terms of capacity, the largest project in the world is the 30,000-kilowatt facility owned by Baofeng Energy in China, while the second-largest project is the 20,000-kilowatt facility operated by Air Liquide in Canada. This project is one of only three commercial-scale electrolytic water hydrogen production projects in China at present; the other two are the Baofeng Energy project (30,000 kilowatts) and the Haiper project located in Hebei (10,000 kilowatts). Author/Source: Gas Separation Date: 2022-01-29 Clicks: 28 On January 28, 2022, one of the world’s largest electrolysis plants for hydrogen production was put into operation at the Green Hydrogen Integration Demonstration Base project in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, starting the production of green hydrogen. During the Winter Olympics, which will open on February 4, 2022, this project will supply about 50% of the green hydrogen needed for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the Zhangjiakou competition area. It is reported that the project is being constructed by a joint venture established between Shell (China) Co., Ltd. and Zhangjiakou Transportation Construction Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd. This joint venture was announced to be established in November 2020; its first-phase project involves investing in the construction of a hydrogen production facility using renewable energy for electrolysis, with a capacity of 20,000 kilowatts, in Zhangjiakou. The goal of the second phase is to increase this capacity to 60,000 kilowatts within the next two years. As Shell’s first commercial hydrogen project in China, it was completed in just 13 months. This project utilizes electricity generated from onshore wind power, and initially it will supply green hydrogen to over 600 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the Zhangjiakou competition area during the Winter Olympics. Going forward, the hydrogen produced by this project will be used to power public and commercial transportation in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, helping to reduce carbon emissions in that area’s transportation sector. Bai Jing, director of the Zhangjiakou Development and Reform Commission, said, “Developing the hydrogen energy industry is of great significance for accelerating the green and low-carbon transformation of Zhangjiakou’s energy sector and achieving the goals of carbon peak and carbon neutrality on schedule.” Recently, with the approval of the Hebei Province Fuel Cell Vehicle Demonstration and Application City Cluster led by Zhangjiakou, the development of the hydrogen energy industry in Zhangjiakou is set to accelerate. The completion and operation of this project will provide strong support for ensuring a stable supply of hydrogen for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and for achieving sustainable hosting of the games, while also making positive contributions to the development of the hydrogen industry across the city and in broader regions. ” *In terms of capacity, the largest project in the world is the 30,000-kilowatt facility owned by Baofeng Energy in China, while the second-largest project is the 20,000-kilowatt facility operated by Air Liquide in Canada. This project is one of only three commercial-scale electrolytic water hydrogen production projects in China at present; the other two are the Baofeng Energy project (30,000 kilowatts) and the Haiper project located in Hebei (10,000 kilowatts).