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Recently, the **Development and Reform Commission** and the **Energy Bureau** issued the third list of projects for large-scale wind and solar power bases, and China Coal Pingshu’s 600-megawatt off-grid renewable energy hydrogen production project was included in this list. The main construction components of the project include a 600,000-kilowatt photovoltaic power generation system, a hydrogen production system, and associated power supply and distribution systems. The photovoltaic power generated by this project will be entirely used for off-grid hydrogen production, primarily to meet the green hydrogen needs of the Pingshuo Group’s coal chemical projects, thereby helping to reduce carbon emissions and promote sustainable development in the coal chemical industry. The location of the project’s photovoltaic farm is in the area where coal mining has caused subsidence, and which is now being rehabilitated and filled in by Pingshuo Group; this enables the integration of mine reclamation and greening with the development of new energy sources. The photovoltaic power generated will be entirely used for off-grid hydrogen production, primarily to meet the green hydrogen needs of the Pingshuo Group’s coal chemical projects, thereby helping to reduce carbon emissions and promote sustainable development in the coal chemical industry. Upon completion, the project will be designated as a **large-scale wind and solar power base project**, and it will be China Coal Group’s first **class** large-scale new energy base project. The total investment in the China Coal Pingshu Coal-based Olefins New Materials and Downstream Deep Processing Integrated Project is 29.78 billion yuan. The project is located in the Chaoyang New Materials Industrial Park of the Pinglu Economic and Technological Development Zone in Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province. It uses high-sulfur, high-ashton-point bituminous coal sourced from Pingshu, Shanxi, as raw material after washing and processing; through pressurized gasification of the coal, followed by conversion, purification, and methanol synthesis, the project aims to produce 2.2 million tons of methanol per year. Methanol is processed through methanol-to-olefins units and olefin separation to produce intermediate products such as ethylene and propylene, which are then further processed into polyolefins and new material products. The entire plant consists of large-scale chemical production units such as a 2.2 million tons per year coal-to-methanol facility, a 800,000 tons per year methanol-to-olefins and olefin separation facility, a 400,000 tons per year polyethylene facility, a 200,000 tons per year polypropylene facility, a 200,000 tons per year hydrogen peroxide facility, a 300,000 tons per year HPPO facility, a 300,000 tons per year polyether polyol facility, and a 100,000 tons per year PPC facility, along with supporting utility systems and auxiliary facilities.