Country Focus The Guangdong Huizhou power plant receives two 9HA.01 heavy duty gas turbines from the GE and Harbin Electric joint venture
two 9HA.01 heavy duty gas turbines to the Guangdong Huizhou power plant, which is operated by the stateowned Guangdong Energy Group Co, Ltd (GEG). The project showcased the joint venture's first localised 9HA.01 production in mainland China. The joint venture, formed in 2019, focuses on heavy duty gas turbine (HDGT) localisation, with the goal of providing “efficient and dependable” support for China's natural and hydrogen-blended gas power plants. In addition, Harbin Electric will supply the Guangdong Huizhou power plant with a steam turbine, generator, and balanceof-plant equipment. The gas turbines, which are designed to burn up to 10% by volume of hydrogen blended with natural gas when they begin operation, will be the first in China to do so. The project is expected to be completed in 2023, supplying 1.34 GW of power to Guangdong. Hydrogen-blended natural gas-fired generators have the least CO2 emissions of any fossil power generation fuel—a 10% hydrogen-blended natural gas-fired combined cycle plant emits roughly 40% less CO2 than a comparable-sized coal plant, and emits less mercury, NOx, SOx, and particulate matter. GEG has long relied on GE and Harbin Electric as suppliers. The latter chose two GE 9F gas turbines for the Xinhui Power Plant. Furthermore, GE is currently assisting the plant operator with the transition from coal to gas at its Dongguan Ningzhou power plant. GEG also selected three GE 9HA.02 gas turbines and a stream turbine, generator, and other auxiliary equipment from Harbin Electric for the Dongguan Ningzhou combined cycle power plant in Guangdong. Securing green hydrogen supply China plans to make 50,000 hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles (FCEVs) by 2025, with 20% being buses and trucks and 40% being cars. More than 1 million FCEVs are expected to be commercially available by 2030. With such a large demand potential, it is imperative for China to ramp up its hydrogen production, with a focus on strengthening a domestic supply chain. Several global energy industry titans are supporting in unlocking this potential in order to meet the demand for hydrogen fuel cell systems.
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Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS) and Shandong Energy Group Co have formed a technical partnership on a pure hydrogen fuel cell system to fulfil rising demand. Toshiba ESS will facilitate the development of a stationary pure hydrogen fuel cell system for Shandong Energy, a state-owned company engaged in coal, electricity, chemical, industrial equipment and renewable energy. In a related undertaking, the power-to-hydrogen electrolysers project in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province - a joint venture of Shell (China) Limited (47.5%), Zhangjiakou City Transport Construction Investment Holding Group Co Ltd (48.5%), and Zhangjiakou Zhiqing Technology Partnership (Limited Partnership) (4% share) - has started producing green hydrogen in early 2022. Shell's first commercial hydrogen development project in China, which took only 13 months to complete, is one of the world's largest of its kind. The project used onshore wind power to provide green hydrogen to a fleet of over 600 fuel cell vehicles at the Zhangjiakou competition zone during the Winter Olympic Games, which began in February. The hydrogen will then be used for public and commercial transportation in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, aiding in the decarbonisation of the region's mobility sector. FCEVs can be refuelled in a matter of minutes and emit no greenhouse gases from their exhaust. The fuel emits no emissions throughout its life cycle because it is produced using renewable energy sources such as wind. The first phase includes a 20-MW power-to-hydrogen electrolyser and hydrogen refueling stations in Zhangjiakou. In Phase 2, the companies intend to scale up to 60 MW in the next two years. State-owned energy firm China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) is currently producing approximately 3.9 million tonnes/year of hydrogen, and leads China's first 10,000-tonne photovoltaic (PV) green hydrogen pilot project.
Shell's first commercial hydrogen development project in China used onshore wind power to provide green hydrogen to a fleet of over 600 fuel cell vehicles at the Zhangjiakou competition zone during the Winter Olympic Games