[Ocean Hydrogen Energy] China’s water electrolysis hydrogen production equipment shipments are expected to reach 2GW in 2023, a year-on-year increase of more than 180%

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China's shipments of water electrolysis hydrogen production equipment are expected to reach 2GW in 2023, a year-on-year increase of more than 180% in 2023. From May 23 to 26, the 2023 World Hydrogen Energy Technology Conference was held in Nanhai, Foshan. This conference was titled "Hydrogen Energy and Dual Carbon: With the theme of "From Now to the Future", it focuses on the latest products, technologies and equipment in the global hydrogen energy field under the dual-carbon goal, as well as the application of hydrogen energy in transportation, energy, chemical industry, metallurgy and construction. Chairman of China Association for Science and Technology * Wan Gang mentioned in the opening ceremony that under the vision of carbon neutrality, green, low-carbon and sustainable development have become the consensus of global development, and the energy transformation direction and technological change path represented by decarbonization and hydrogenation have become clearer. At present, hydrogen production from renewable energy through water electrolysis ("green hydrogen") has become the focus of the development of the hydrogen energy industry. Green hydrogen has become an important carrier of energy for building a clean, low-carbon, safe, efficient, and sustainable future in the future. Ouyang Minggao, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and chairman of the International Hydrogen Fuel Cell Association, said at the conference: Hydrogen energy is an industrial cluster with a scale potential of 10 trillion. Green hydrogen energy preparation may be a larger-scale industry than fuel cells. Domestic alkaline hydrogen production equipment has cost-effective advantages in the world and is the mainstream technology for realizing large-scale, long-life, and low-cost hydrogen production. Currently, the electrolysis efficiency is around 51% using domestically produced traditional PPS separators. Through improvements in separators and catalysts, the efficiency of hydrogen production from alkaline water electrolysis can be increased to 75%. There is considerable room for improvement in product energy saving and consumption reduction, which will help improve the economics of hydrogen production and downstream applications. According to statistics from the Advanced Industrial Hydrogen Energy Research Institute (GGII), at the hydrogen energy exhibition held at the same time as this conference, more than half of the companies involved in electrolysis of water for hydrogen production accounted for the company's product types covering the upstream, middle and downstream of the alkaline/PEM hydrogen production industry chain, becoming a highlight of this exhibition. Among them, the PEM hydrogen production industry is in the ascendant, and the number of exhibitors is evenly matched with that of alkaline hydrogen production companies. Suppliers of upstream raw materials, components and electrical equipment for alkaline hydrogen production equipment have rushed from behind the scenes to the front, benefiting from the rapid development of the renewable energy hydrogen production industry in the past two years. At present, domestic green hydrogen projects are still in the initial stage of demonstration, and there is great uncertainty in the pattern of the water electrolysis hydrogen production industry. However, the industry development prospects are bright. Many capitals and companies have entered the industry, and the electrolysis water hydrogen production equipment market is promising.