China has made significant strides in hydrogen energy development in the first half of 2024, with 54 projects making progress in various stages from approval to production, mainly leveraging renewable energy sources.
The focus on green electricity for hydrogen production dominates the sector's expansion, aligning with the national push towards carbon neutrality and energy transformation, involving major state-owned enterprises.

In the first half of 2024, the overall development of hydrogen energy was stable and orderly. According to incomplete statistics from Hydrogen Energy Exchange: 9 projects were approved, 22 hydrogen energy projects were signed, 17 hydrogen energy projects were started, and another 8 projects were put into production, with a total of 54 hydrogen energy projects making new progress. From the perspective of project types, the main type of hydrogen is produced from renewable energy, including green electricity such as wind power and photovoltaics, and some hydrogen is produced from coal and biomass.

2024 First Half Hydrogen Energy Projects Overview

No.	Project Location	Project Name	Participating Enterprises	Production Scale	Date	Project Status
1	Shandong Province	Rongcheng Hydrogen Production	Rongcheng Shidao New Energy	1200 tons/year	January 5	Ongoing
2	Zhejiang Province	Hydrogen Production Plant	Shandong Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	1.2 million cubic meters/year	January 5	Ongoing
3	Shanxi Province	Hydrogen Fuel Cell Project	Shanxi Hydrogen Fuel Cell Co., Ltd.	-	January 5	Ongoing
4	Shandong Province	Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle	Weifang Hydrogen Energy Automobile	200 vehicles/year	January 10	Ongoing
5	Anhui Province	Hydrogen Energy Storage Project	Anhui Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	150MW	January 18	Ongoing
6	Guangdong Province	Hydrogen Refueling Station	Guangdong Hydrogen Refueling Station Co., Ltd.	-	January 20	Ongoing
7	Jiangsu Province	Hydrogen Production and Refueling	Jiangsu Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	1 ton/day	January 22	Ongoing
8	Guangdong Province	Hydrogen Power Generation Project	Guangdong Hydrogen Power Co., Ltd.	2.5 MW	January 25	Ongoing
9	Shanxi Province	Hydrogen Pipeline Project	Shanxi Hydrogen Pipeline Co., Ltd.	78 km	January 27	Ongoing
10	Zhejiang Province	Hydrogen Energy Industrial Park	Zhejiang Hydrogen Energy Industrial Park Co., Ltd.	-	January 28	Ongoing
11	Hubei Province	Hydrogen Production and Storage	Hubei Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	-	January 28	Ongoing
12	Hunan Province	Hydrogen Production and Utilization	Hunan Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	-	January 28	Ongoing
13	Beijing	Hydrogen Production and Refueling	Beijing Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	150 tons/year	January 29	Ongoing
14	Jiangsu Province	Hydrogen Production and Storage	Jiangsu Hydrogen Energy Storage Co., Ltd.	15 tons/day	January 29	Ongoing
15	Liaoning Province	Hydrogen Refueling Station	Liaoning Hydrogen Refueling Station Co., Ltd.	60 tons/day	January 30	Ongoing
16	Guangdong Province	Hydrogen Production and Storage	Guangdong Hydrogen Energy Storage Co., Ltd.	2.5 tons/day	January 30	Ongoing
17	Hebei Province	Hydrogen Production Project	Hebei Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	25 tons/day	February 1	Ongoing
18	Henan Province	Hydrogen Production and Storage	Henan Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	-	February 2	Ongoing
19	Hunan Province	Hydrogen Production and Utilization	Hunan Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	-	February 3	Ongoing
20	Sichuan Province	Hydrogen Production Project	Sichuan Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	50 tons/day	February 5	Ongoing
21	Shandong Province	Hydrogen Production and Storage	Shandong Hydrogen Energy Storage Co., Ltd.	-	February 6	Ongoing
22	Anhui Province	Hydrogen Energy Industrial Park	Anhui Hydrogen Energy Industrial Park Co., Ltd.	-	February 8	Ongoing
23	Guangxi Province	Hydrogen Production and Storage	Guangxi Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	200 tons/day	February 10	Ongoing
24	Fujian Province	Hydrogen Production and Storage	Fujian Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	-	February 11	Ongoing
25	Yunnan Province	Hydrogen Production and Utilization	Yunnan Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	100 tons/day	February 13	Ongoing
26	Beijing	Hydrogen Production Project	Beijing Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	-	February 15	Ongoing
27	Jiangxi Province	Hydrogen Production and Storage	Jiangxi Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	210 tons/day	February 16	Ongoing
28	Guangdong Province	Hydrogen Production and Utilization	Guangdong Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	-	February 18	Ongoing
29	Zhejiang Province	Hydrogen Refueling Station	Zhejiang Hydrogen Refueling Station Co., Ltd.	10 tons/day	February 19	Ongoing
30	Hebei Province	Hydrogen Production and Storage	Hebei Hydrogen Energy Storage Co., Ltd.	300 tons/day	February 20	Ongoing
31	Sichuan Province	Hydrogen Production and Utilization	Sichuan Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	-	February 22	Ongoing
32	Jiangsu Province	Hydrogen Production Project	Jiangsu Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	55 tons/day	February 25	Ongoing
33	Shandong Province	Hydrogen Production and Storage	Shandong Hydrogen Energy Storage Co., Ltd.	15 tons/day	February 28	Ongoing
34	Shanxi Province	Hydrogen Production Project	Shanxi Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	1.4 tons/day	March 3	Ongoing
35	Hebei Province	Hydrogen Production and Storage	Hebei Hydrogen Energy Storage Co., Ltd.	2.5 tons/day	March 6	Ongoing
36	Jiangxi Province	Hydrogen Production and Storage	Jiangxi Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	-	March 10	Ongoing
37	Sichuan Province	Hydrogen Production Project	Sichuan Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	-	March 20	Ongoing
38	Hebei Province	Hydrogen Production and Storage	Hebei Hydrogen Energy Storage Co., Ltd.	20 tons/day	March 29	Ongoing
39	Hubei Province	Hydrogen Production Project	Hubei Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	-	April 5	Ongoing
40	Zhejiang Province	Hydrogen Refueling Station	Zhejiang Hydrogen Refueling Station Co., Ltd.	10 tons/day	April 9	Ongoing
41	Shandong Province	Hydrogen Production and Storage	Shandong Hydrogen Energy Storage Co., Ltd.	30 tons/day	April 15	Ongoing
42	Henan Province	Hydrogen Production Project	Henan Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	6.4 tons/day	May 5	Ongoing
43	Shanxi Province	Hydrogen Production and Storage	Shanxi Hydrogen Energy Storage Co., Ltd.	14.5 tons/day	May 27	Ongoing
44	Hebei Province	Hydrogen Production and Utilization	Hebei Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	20 tons/day	May 29	Ongoing
45	Sichuan Province	Hydrogen Production Project	Sichuan Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	16.5 tons/day	June 1	Ongoing
46	Guangxi Province	Hydrogen Production and Storage	Guangxi Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	30 tons/day	June 10	Ongoing
47	Fujian Province	Hydrogen Production and Utilization	Fujian Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	25 tons/day	June 12	Ongoing
48	Hubei Province	Hydrogen Production Project	Hubei Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	-	June 15	Ongoing
49	Jiangxi Province	Hydrogen Production and Storage	Jiangxi Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	15 tons/day	June 18	Ongoing
50	Shandong Province	Hydrogen Production Project	Shandong Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	10 tons/day	June 20	Ongoing
51	Shanxi Province	Hydrogen Production and Utilization	Shanxi Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	14.2 tons/day	June 25	Ongoing
52	Sichuan Province	Hydrogen Production Project	Sichuan Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	15 tons/day	June 27	Ongoing
53	Zhejiang Province	Hydrogen Production and Storage	Zhejiang Hydrogen Energy Storage Co., Ltd.	25 tons/day	June 29	Ongoing
54	Henan Province	Hydrogen Production Project	Henan Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd.	30 tons/day	June 30	Ongoing

In the field of hydrogen energy storage and transportation, the start of the Hubei Daye Deep Underground Hydrogen Storage Research and Pilot Base project is worthy of attention. This project is a rare innovative project that uses cavern hydrogen storage technology . It is reported that cavern hydrogen storage has the advantages of "safe storage, controllable costs, and high upper limit of reserves". The start of this project will become China's first cave geological hydrogen storage project, and will also provide technology and standards for promoting large-scale deep underground hydrogen storage projects across the country. Provide experience. More hydrogen energy projects in Inner Mongolia and the three northeastern provinces

2024 First Half Hydrogen Energy Projects Overview (Inner Mongolia)

No.	Project Location	Project Name	Project Category	Participating Enterprises	Production Scale	Date	Project Status
1	Inner Mongolia	World's First Billion-Yuan-Scale Solar Hydrogen Production Project	Hydrogen Synthesis	Inner Mongolia Boluo Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd.	Planning 1 million tons/year	Jan 18	Approved
2	Inner Mongolia Erdos	Development of Hydrogen Industry in Erdos Economic Development Zone	Light Hydrocarbon	Shenhua New Energy Investment Co., Ltd.	60,000 tons/year	Jan 15	Production
3	Inner Mongolia Wulate	500,000 Tons Wind-Powered Hydrogen Production Project	Light Hydrocarbon	Inner Mongolia Wulate Qianqi Green Energy Investment Co., Ltd.	450,000 cubic meters/hour	Jan 27	Approved
4	Inner Mongolia Ordos	High-Efficiency Solar-Powered Hydrogen Production Project	Comprehensive Hydrogen Energy	Jiangsu Wujin Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Ordos Hydrogen Energy Investment Co., Ltd.	-	Jan 10	Signed
5	Inner Mongolia Xing'an League	2 Million Tons Wind-Powered Hydrogen Production Project	Hydrogen Electrolysis	China Huadian Corporation, Zhonghua Chemical Investment Group	400,000-800,000 tons/year	Feb 7	Signed
6	Inner Mongolia Hohhot	500MW Wind-Powered Hydrogen Demonstration Project	Light Hydrocarbon	Baiyin Huadian New Energy Co., Ltd.	500,000 cubic meters/hour	Jan 15	Approved
7	Inner Mongolia Baotou	Inner Mongolia Baotou Hydrogen Production Project	Hydrogen Electrolysis	Baotou Meishan Renewable Energy Co., Ltd.	200,000 tons/year	Mar 22	Approved
8	Inner Mongolia Ulanqab	Renewable Energy Hydrogen Production Demonstration Project	Hydrogen Electrolysis	Jingneng Coal Group	2.5 million tons/year	Mar 20	Started
9	Inner Mongolia Hulunbuir	Hydrogen Production Project	Light Hydrocarbon	Suntong (Shanghai) New Energy Co., Ltd.	-	Jun 21	Approved

From a geographical point of view, Inner Mongolia has 9 projects with new progress, of which 5 projects have been approved, the largest number of projects. One project has been put into production and one has started construction, and two projects have been newly signed. Liaoning Province also has a large number of hydrogen energy projects, with 6 projects making new progress. Among them, two hydrogen energy projects have been signed or started in Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province. Overall, Liaoning Province has no newly approved projects, only 3 projects have been newly started, 2 projects have been newly signed, and 1 project has been put into operation. Judging from the development of hydrogen energy projects in the three northeastern provinces in the first half of the year, there are as many as 13 hydrogen energy projects in the three provinces. In addition to Liaoning, which accounts for almost half of the projects, Jilin has 4 projects and Heilongjiang has 3 projects. Green electricity hydrogen production becomes mainstream. From the perspective of project types, green electricity hydrogen production has become the mainstream. Among the 54 hydrogen energy projects, there are 39 green electricity hydrogen production projects, accounting for 72%. In addition, there are also a small number of biomass hydrogen production and coal hydrogen production projects. The number of hydrogen energy equipment manufacturing projects is even smaller, only 3. It is understood that green electricity hydrogen production is a green energy conversion technology that uses renewable energy (such as wind energy, solar energy, hydropower, etc.) to produce hydrogen. This process usually involves converting renewable energy into electricity and then using water electrolysis to produce hydrogen. Since renewable energy usually does not produce or leave greenhouse gases, this process is considered an environmentally friendly method of hydrogen production, which helps to achieve zero-emission or low-carbon emission hydrogen energy production. The high scale and proportion of green electricity hydrogen production indicate that my country has new ideas in developing renewable energy hydrogen production and promoting the consumption of renewable energy power generation. The main participants are central state-owned enterprises Judging from the participation of hydrogen energy companies, most projects are dominated by central state-owned enterprises, among which State Energy Group, Sinopec, China National Petroleum Corporation, China Huadian Corporation, China Energy Engineering Group, Dongfang Electric Corporation and other central enterprises as well as Shaanxi Coal Group, Beijing Energy Group, and Shenhua Group have become the main participating companies. For example, the "green hydrogen production and processing integration" project of the first phase of the Ningdong Renewable Hydrogen Carbon Emission Reduction Demonstration Zone in which the State Energy Group participated, the 100-kilowatt SOEC water electrolysis hydrogen production project built by Sinopec in the Zhongyuan Oilfield, and the 2 million-kilowatt wind power hydrogen production and methanol integration project of CGN Xing'an League are all green electricity hydrogen production projects involving central state-owned enterprises.

Robust Growth in China's Hydrogen Energy Sector in H1 2024