Chinese renewables technology firm Longi has won a bid to supply 15 electrolysers to the first phase of the 180,000t/yr Da’an green ammonia megaproject in the northeastern province of Jilin.

The full project, estimated to cost $920mn, will include 800MW of wind and solar, 40MW of energy storage, 89 electrolysers capable of producing 46,000m³/h of hydrogen, and 60,000m³ of hydrogen storage capacity.

Longi has 1.5GW of electrolyser production capacity—the highest in the world, according to research firm BloombergNEF—which it plans to scale to 5–10GW by 2025.

1.5GW – Longi electrolyser production capacity

While China has set a relatively modest national target of 100,000–200,000t/yr of green hydrogen production by 2025, some of its provinces are accelerating hydrogen development in an effort to meet the federal target of peak emissions by 2030.

Jilin’s decarbonisation strategy, which was published last summer and aims to peak emissions by 2025, includes the development of a ‘Northern Hydrogen Valley’ and a hydrogen corridor between the cities of Changchun, Songyuan and Baicheng. It also sets a target of increasing non-fossil energy to more than 50pc of installed capacity, with wind and solar expected to reach 60GW and biomass power generation 1.6GW. The province also aims to keep coal consumption controlled to 90mn t/yr by 2025.

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Author: Polly Martin