China has found the source of energy it has been missing: now the world has a serious problem

Planning to produce 20,000 tons of hydrogen from the environment annually, the project uses solar energy for electrolysis, which significantly reduces carbon emissions.

Company China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation unveiled its Green Hydrogen pilot project for solar-powered hydrogen production in China. The facility combines solar power plants and advanced systems for hydrogen production, storage and transportation, writes ecoticias.com.

Planning to annually produce 20,000 tons of hydrogen from the environment, the project uses solar energy for electrolysis, which significantly reduces carbon emissions. The initiative will supply hydrogen to the Sinopec Tahe Refining & Chemical, reducing the use of fossil fuels as well as reducing carbon emissions by 485,000 tons per year.

The Sinopec Kuqa plant, regardless of its goals, faces significant operational challenges. Currently, the electrolyzers at the 260 MW facility are operating at only 20% of their rated capacity due to technical problems with the alkaline electrolyzers provided by manufacturers such as Cockerill Jingli, Longi and Peric.

These problems prevent the electrolyzers from being safely generate hydrogen when outputs fall below 50% capacity. Reliance on 361 MW of solar combined with wind power further reduced generation levels, falling short of the anticipated 20,000 t of hydrogen per year.

In response to the inspection, the company indicated on social networks that the initiative operated for more than 4,200 hours, transferring more than 22 million cubic meters. m of conservative hydrogen Tahe Refining and Chemical, which was slightly more than 2000 t in 6 months, about 20% of the expected production.

The initiative will be a demonstration of Sinopec's capabilities in the field of hydrogen production and subsequent storage. This could lead to significant developments in both technology and infrastructure, ultimately contributing to the country's carbon reduction targets. The government intends to fund hydrogen production, paving the way for a green energy future that will give China an edge over the US and other Western countries trying to reduce their carbon footprint. The publication writes that bypassing the PRC in the field of clean energy may be problematic in the long term. China has already created problems for Western countries by flooding the market with its solar panels and overtaking the West in solar energy production.