Petro China's first large-scale renewable energy hydrogen production project has recently been put into production at the Yumen Oilfield in northwest China's Gansu Province, with the purity of the hydrogen produced reaching 99.99 percent. As of March 20, the volume of hydrogen sold to the public has exceeded 40,000 standard cubic meters.
It is reported that the project was officially started on August 8, 2023. The hydrogen production station consists of 3 sets of alkaline electrolysis tanks with a capacity of 1,000 standard cubic meters per hour, as well as a set of proton exchange membranes. The annual production capacity registers 2,100 tonnes of hydrogen.
(Reported by Chi Hanyu; Edited by Qi Yiling)