[Haichuan Hydrogen Energy] Commencement of 40-billion-yuan international hydrogen energy metallurgy and chemical industry demonstration project
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! The International Hydrogen-based Metallurgy and Chemical Industry Demonstration Project has commenced construction. Recently, the groundbreaking ceremony for the integrated demonstration project focused on hydrogen production using new energy sources, along with the generation of carbon-free fuels and the use of wind and solar power, was held at the Steel and Rare Earth Raw Materials Processing Park within the Damao Barun Industrial Park. The project is funded and constructed by Shuimu Mingtuo Hydrogen Energy Technology Co., Ltd. It will be the world’s first comprehensive demonstration project for hydrogen-based metallurgy and chemical industry that achieves carbon neutrality, as well as a demonstration project for the **Hydrogen Energy Industry Innovation Center. The total investment in the project is 40 billion yuan, intended for the construction of facilities capable of producing 300,000 tons per year of hydrogen from renewable energy sources, 1.2 million tons per year of green ammonia, and 1.1 million tons per year of iron produced through direct hydrogen reduction. Additionally, a green metallurgy and chemical industry demonstration zone with a wind power capacity of 5 million kilowatts will be established as part of this project.
The Bayun Industrial Park was established in 2004, was promoted to an autonomous region-level industrial park in 2012, and joined the ranks of the autonomous region’s \"10-billion-yuan industrial parks\" in 2013. The total planned area of the park’s “one zone and three parks” (Bayun Iron and Rare Earth Raw Materials Processing Park, Bayin Aobao New Chemicals and Building Materials Park, Bayin Hua Coal and Power Industry Park) is 60 square kilometers. Key industry: The Bayun Iron and Steel Raw Materials Processing Trade Park has established a mining capacity of 15 million tons per year and a mineral processing capacity for iron ore concentrate of 4.5 million tons per year. The Bayin Aobao New Chemical and Building Materials Circular Economy Park focuses on the development of industries such as cement, vinyl acetate, calcium carbide, metallurgical lime, light calcium carbonate, fluorine chemicals, phosphate ammonium compounds, and perlite-based inorganic insulation and refractory materials ； The Baiyanhua Coal, Electricity, and Chemicals Circular Economy Park takes advantage of the 5.6 billion tons of coal resources available in the Baiyanhua coal field, combining on-site conversion with conversion in other locations (such as the coal conversion project in Tuyou Banner) to establish a large-scale integrated energy development base for coal, electricity, and chemicals in Baotou City. Enterprises in the park: There are 38 enterprises operating in the park, of which 10 are enterprises above a certain scale. The total number of employees is 3,339, and the cumulative amount of fixed asset investment amounts to 9.25 billion yuan. Development prospects: Plans include the extraction of 12 million tons of raw coal, the construction of 2×1 million kilowatt power plants located at the mining sites, the modification and upgrading of 5 million tons of lignite, as well as projects for the conversion of coal into methanol, oil, natural gas, and dimethyl ether. Additionally, biocarbon technology will be used to extract coalbed methane, with the aim of creating a new driving force for the industrial development of Damao Banner.
The significance of this project lies in the fact that it will become the world’s first comprehensive demonstration project for hydrogen-based metallurgy and chemical industry that achieves carbon neutrality; it is also a demonstration project for the **Hydrogen Industry Innovation Center. Its construction will drive the development of the entire hydrogen energy industry, accelerate the transformation and upgrading of green and low-carbon energy in our country, and promote the advancement of environmental protection efforts. Furthermore, the investment in building this project will also create numerous job opportunities locally, contributing to economic and social development. .