China’s green-hydrogen push: Unit of solar materials firm Longi wins second big equipment deal in 6 months
- Longi Hydrogen Energy, a unit of the world’s largest solar panel materials maker, wins its second major green hydrogen equipment deal in six months
- A project in Inner Mongolia plans to use solar power to produce enough green hydrogen to eliminate 600,000 tonnes of carbon emissions per year
The world’s largest supplier of solar panel material has won its second major deal in six months to supply hydrogen-production equipment in China, as it diversifies from its mainstay business amid an oversupply to jump on the hydrogen bandwagon in Beijing’s push to build an ecosystem of alternative fuels.
Longi Green Energy Technology’s subsidiary Longi Hydrogen Energy will supply four electrolyser units, each able of producing 1,000 cubic metres of hydrogen per hour, to China Three Gorges Corporation for a project in Ordos City of the Inner Mongolia region in northern China, according to a statement on its official WeChat account. This translates to 10,000 tonnes of hydrogren a year, an amount that can eliminate 600,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year by replacing fossil fuels.
Longi Hydrogen’s electrolysers will be installed in and powered by a giant solar-power generation facility in Narisong, in Ordos City of Inner Mongolia.
“As China Three Gorges’ first solar energy-powered hydrogen production project, the Narisong project is also the first integrated renewable energy and hydrogen production demonstration project of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region,” the company said.