In March 2022, the Chinese government released its first ever medium- and long-term development plan for hydrogen (2021-2035), setting out policy priorities for the accelerated development and deployment of hydrogen. Hydrogen plays an important role in the global race to net zero, as it can be used in a wide range of scenarios to decarbonise sectors such as transportation, oil, petrochemecial and steel. However, there is still a long way to go before a hydrogen economy becomes a reality.
In this article, Shengke Zhi, Director of Strategy and Development for Wood outlines challenges China currently faces in accelerating the use of hydrogen, and highlights the importance of ‘establishing hydrogen-based industrial decarbonisation demonstration programmes’.
氢能经济
氢能产业挑战
- 制氢环节：平衡蓝氢与绿氢的共同发展，一方面开展技术创新，一方面扩大产能满足氢能的大规模使用；
- 输氢环节：建立输氢基础设施，有效的改造并利用天然气网络实现氢能的大规模传输，建立多元化氢能运输体系，包括船运和陆运等；
- 用氢环节：扩大终端市场使用，尤其是工业脱碳，零碳交通和零碳基建等领域；
在直面挑战的过程中，中国企业正在运用在可再生能源领域和动力电池领域积累的丰富经验，调动资源和资本发起前所未有的氢能产业变革，尤其是在高能耗行业，比如煤炭、石油、化工、钢铁、冶金、交通运输等，因为产业界已经达成了广泛的共识，那就是氢能的大规模应用将在未来的5-10年全面展开，谁都不希望被落下，谁都不希望失去碳中和时代的竞争力。
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