We will promote the healthy, orderly and sustainable development of the hydrogen energy industry

On March 23, the Medium and Long Term Plan for the Development of Hydrogen Energy Industry (2021-2035) jointly developed by the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration (hereinafter referred to as the Plan) was released to the public. According to the "Plan", during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China will initially establish a hydrogen energy supply system based on industrial by-production hydrogen and renewable energy hydrogen production nearby utilization; The number of fuel cell vehicles is about 50,000, the deployment and construction of a number of hydrogen refueling stations, renewable energy hydrogen production reaches 100,000 to 200,000 tons/year, and carbon dioxide emissions are reduced by 1 million to 2 million tons/year.

"Hydrogen energy is an important part of the future national energy system, an important carrier to achieve green and low-carbon development with energy terminals, and a key development direction for strategic emerging industries." Wang Xiang, deputy director of the high technology Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that the hydrogen energy industry has intensive technology, wide coverage and strong benefits, which is of great significance to reducing greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide and achieving the goal of carbon neutrality, and will also inject new momentum into the high-quality development of China's economy.

China is the world's largest hydrogen production country, and the development of the whole hydrogen energy industry chain strongly supports the realization of the "dual carbon" goal

Hydrogen energy is a kind of secondary energy which is rich in sources, green and low carbon and widely used. China is the world's largest hydrogen production country, and the domestic hydrogen energy industry has initially mastered the main technologies and production processes of hydrogen energy preparation, storage and transportation, hydrogenation, fuel cells and system integration, and there are more than 300 industrial enterprises above the scale of the whole industrial chain.

At the just concluded Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, hydrogen energy has become an important embodiment of the concept of "green Olympic Games". "Flying" torch uses hydrogen energy as fuel; A total of more than 1,000 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles were put into the Winter Olympics area, and more than 30 supporting hydrogen refueling stations were built to fully realize green energy use in the transportation field.

However, China's hydrogen energy industry is still in the early stage of development, facing many challenges such as weak industrial innovation ability, low level of technical equipment, and lagging basic systems to support industrial development.

"The Plan scientifically analyzes the development status of China's hydrogen energy industry, clarifies the strategic positioning, overall requirements and development goals of hydrogen energy in China's green and low-carbon energy transformation, and puts forward specific plans for hydrogen energy innovation system, infrastructure, multiple applications, policy support, organization and implementation, and paints a grand blueprint for the medium and long-term development of China's hydrogen energy industry." Ouyang Minggao, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a professor at Tsinghua University, said.

According to the Plan, by 2025, China will form a relatively perfect system and policy environment for the development of hydrogen energy industry, significantly improve the industrial innovation capacity, basically master the core technology and manufacturing process, initially establish a relatively complete supply chain and industrial system, and initially establish a hydrogen energy supply system based on industrial by-product hydrogen and renewable energy hydrogen production nearby utilization.

By 2030, a relatively complete hydrogen industry technology innovation system, clean energy hydrogen production and supply system will be formed, the industrial layout will be reasonable and orderly, and renewable energy hydrogen production will be widely used, which will strongly support the realization of the carbon peak goal.

By 2035, a hydrogen energy industrial system will be formed to build a multi-component hydrogen energy application ecology covering transportation, energy storage, industry and other fields. The proportion of hydrogen production from renewable energy sources in terminal energy consumption has increased significantly, which plays an important supporting role in the development of green energy transformation.

According to reports, the "Plan" issued this time is one of the "N" in the carbon peak and carbon neutral "1+N" policy system, and comprehensively benchmarked the major decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee and The State Council, closely linked to the carbon peak and carbon neutral goals.

"Overall planning and overall layout of the whole hydrogen energy industry chain development is not only an important starting point for the green and low-carbon energy transformation, but also provides strong support for the realization of carbon peak and carbon neutrality." Wang Xiang said that in the energy supply side, hydrogen energy will become an important secondary energy in the future clean energy system; At the end of energy consumption, hydrogen energy is an important carrier for achieving green and low-carbon transformation development with energy terminals.