The World's Largest Under-construction Photovoltaic Green Hydrogen Production Project

On November 30, Sinopec held cloud launch ceremonies in Beijing, Urumqi, and Kuqa, Xinjiang, announcing that China’s first 10,000-ton-level photovoltaic green hydrogen demonstration project, Sinopec Xinjiang Kuqa Green Hydrogen Demonstration Project, has officially started construction. This is the world’s largest under-construction photovoltaic green hydrogen production project, with an annual output of 20,000 tons of green hydrogen after it is put into operation. It is also Sinopec’s specific action to help achieve the national carbon peak, carbon neutral goal and practice green and low-carbon development. It is of great significance to promote the development of the green hydrogen industry chain, promote the transformation and upgrading of the energy industry, promote the economic and social development of Xinjiang, and ensure national energy security.

It is reported that the Xinjiang Kuche Green Hydrogen Demonstration Project is the first large-scale use of photovoltaic power generation to directly produce hydrogen in China, with a total investment of nearly 3 billion yuan, mainly including photovoltaic power generation, power transmission and transformation, hydrogen production by electrolysis of water, hydrogen storage, and hydrogen transmission. part. The project will build a new photovoltaic power station with an installed capacity of 300 MW and an average annual power generation of 618 million kilowatt-hours, an electrolyzed water hydrogen plant with an annual capacity of 20,000 tons, a hydrogen storage spherical tank with a hydrogen storage capacity of about 210,000 standard cubic meters, and a hydrogen transmission capacity. Hydrogen pipelines and supporting power transmission and transformation facilities with a capacity of 28,000 cubic meters per hour. The project is expected to be completed and put into production in June 2023. The green hydrogen produced will be supplied to Sinopec Tahe Refining and Chemical, replacing the existing natural gas fossil energy to produce hydrogen. It is estimated that 485,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions can be reduced each year, which will contribute 130 million yuan to the local GDP and create more than 18 million yuan in tax revenue.