Hydrogen energy industry in Xinjiang is growing thick and thin
The rich endowment of renewable energy provides unique resource conditions for the development of hydrogen energy industry in Xinjiang. However, as a whole, the development of hydrogen energy in Xinjiang is still in its infancy and has not formed a complete industrial chain. So, how should the hydrogen industry in Xinjiang realize a high starting point to cut and high-quality development?
"In the past, when people mentioned Xinjiang, they would always associate it with melons and fruits, cows and sheep, oil, and Hotan jade, etc.; nowadays, Xinjiang should also create a new business card - wind power and photovoltaic as the representative of the new energy industry." In the recent green energy and industrial future conference held in Xinjiang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Li Can, an academician, pointed out the development of new energy in Xinjiang's advantages and potential.
As an important energy base in China, Xinjiang has abundant solar and wind energy resources. According to statistics, Xinjiang's solar energy resources technology can be developed amount ranked first in the country, wind energy resources technology can be developed amount ranked second in the country. The rich endowment of renewable energy also provides unique resource conditions for the development of hydrogen energy industry in Xinjiang. Xinjiang is an important gateway for China's opening to the west and the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt, and this unique geographic location is also conducive to the production of green hydrogen, radiation to the east and west, access to a broad market.
In response to the situation, Xinjiang has also set up the ambitious goal of "building a national large-scale green hydrogen supply and export base". However, as a whole, the development of hydrogen energy in Xinjiang is still in its infancy and has not formed a complete industrial chain. So, how should the hydrogen industry in Xinjiang realize the high starting point and high-quality development? China Energy News reporter interviewed on this.
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"Xinjiang solar, wind and other renewable energy is unique, coal and other mineral resources are also very rich, very suitable for the development of hydrogen energy and green methanol." Li Can said. In his view, the development of green hydrogen can solve the problem of carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources and terminals. "Green methanol helps to solve the cost and safety problems of hydrogen energy in the production, storage and transportation links, and green methanol is now widely used in the transportation field and heating field."
What is the potential for hydrogen production from green power in Xinjiang? Public data show that Xinjiang has high-quality photovoltaic and wind power resources, the cumulative new energy installed capacity of 50.89 million kilowatts, new energy installed capacity of 41% of the total installed capacity of the entire network. Xinjiang as the national planning and construction of large-scale clean energy base, renewable energy development scale continues to expand, wind power base, photovoltaic parks and other projects in an orderly manner, to achieve scale, intensification, parks and rapid development. Hydrogen energy as a clean and efficient, renewable and recyclable energy, with a variety of sources, wide range of uses, energy density and other advantages, the development of hydrogen energy industry is an important way to improve energy security, lead industrial transformation and upgrading, and realize green development.
In order to accelerate the high-quality development of the hydrogen energy industry, Xinjiang policies have been frequently issued.2023 In 2023, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) issued the "Three-Year Action Program for the Development of Hydrogen Energy Industry in the Autonomous Region (2023-2025)" and the "Several Policies and Measures of the Autonomous Region in Support of the Construction of Hydrogen Industry Demonstration Zones". In September last year, the cities of Urumqi, Karamay, Hami and Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture were listed as the first demonstration zones. In the same year, Xinjiang also initiated the establishment of the Xinjiang Hydrogen Energy Industry Development Alliance, which aims to further promote collaborative innovation in the hydrogen energy industry, promote the transformation of achievements to the ground, accelerate the expansion of hydrogen energy application scenarios, promote the integrated development of the hydrogen energy industry in terms of production, storage, transportation, addition and use, drive the development of the whole industrial chain to the ground, and create a good industrial ecology. In March this year, the Xinjiang multi-departmental issued a "notice on accelerating the development of hydrogen industry", which is clear: allowed in the chemical park outside the construction of solar energy, wind energy and other renewable energy electrolysis water hydrogen projects and hydrogen hydrogen refueling station; solar energy, wind energy and other renewable energy electrolysis water hydrogen projects do not need to obtain a hazardous chemicals safety production license.
In a series of policies "escort", the hydrogen industry in Xinjiang, a large number of hydrogen projects are accelerating. In the recent investment conference held in Hami City, focusing on Hami, "hydrogen high-speed, hydrogen corridor" scenario construction, the scene signed seven projects with a total amount of 1.7 billion yuan. "We strive to build the city of Hami into the largest hydrogen transportation application scene in the country, the western hydrogen energy equipment manufacturing base, Yiyu County to build the first 'hydrogen city' in Xinjiang." The relevant person in charge of the Development and Reform Commission of Hami City said.
