SHANGHAI: China Petrochemical Corp, also known as Sinopec, the world’s largest refiner by volume, says it will further boost its green hydrogen manufacturing capacity and expand its hydrogen refuelling network nationwide to build itself into China’s largest hydrogen company.
The company plans to take advantage of its nationwide gas refuelling network and actively build its hydrogen refuelling network in China, and aims for a hydrogen refuelling capacity of 120,000 tonnes per year by 2025, the company said in its mid to long-term hydrogen development plan released on Friday.
The company will also step up its refinery using green hydrogen, which is derived from renewable sources, to gain a lead in the high-quality development of the country’s hydrogen sector, and promote the consumption of cleaner energy in the transportation and industrial sectors.
Sinopec will further boost the utilisation scale of renewable energy in hydrogen production to gradually replace fossil fuel in the refinery sector, it said.
According to the International Energy Agency, refineries across the world are starting to apply hydrogen gas to lower the sulphur content of diesel fuel.
Refinery demand for hydrogen has increased due to rising international demand for diesel fuel and as sulphur-content regulations have become more stringent.
Sinopec’s ambition to build a hydrogen economy by seizing chances in the production, storage, transport and delivery of hydrogen is as an important milestone as a leader in the hydrogen economy. — China Daily/ANN
