It’s A Green Hydrogen Drop In The Bucket, But It Could Still Make A Splash
Sinopec has laid plans to build the largest green hydrogen production facility in the world, but interest in fossil-sourced hydrogen continues apace.Skepticism abounds over the green hydrogen field, and yet leading players on the global energy stage seem willing to give it a whirl. In the latest development, Sinopec has lent its financial muscle to the field.
the well-known Bejing-based energy firm. Though best known for its fossil energy interests, Sinopec has been dabbling in biofuels and it looks likeSinopec has a lot of catching up to do if it wants to transition out of fossil-sourced hydrogen. The company currently states its hydrogen output at a total of 3.5 million tons annually. Meanwhile, its newly launched “Sinopec Xinjiang Kuqa Green Hydrogen Pilot Project” will only produce 20,000 tons annually.
Actually, it could be the very biggest, by far. The firm Air Liquide has a large-scale electrolyzer facility up and running in Canada, but the output barely scrapes 3,300 tons annually . Shell has an electrolyzer project under way in Germany that will produceThe Green Hydrogen Economy Of The Future: The Irony, It Burns
That brings up an interesting point about green hydrogen, which is that refinery operations account for a leading source of demand for hydrogen. So, all things being equal, green hydrogen would be deployed to enable the continued production of petroleum-based fuels and chemicals. The facilities will “serve as proof of concept for the cost-competitive production of hydrogen from advanced solar technology,” Jinko added.
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