First, Sinopec held a strategic seminar on "Planning the Future of Hydrogen Energy". Eight academicians and many business people were invited to talk about the development of hydrogen energy. Zhang Yuzhuo, Chairman and Party Secretary of China Petrochemical Company, said that hydrogen energy is entering a period of strategic opportunities for rapid development, and China Petrochemical Company will continue to increase its investment in the field of hydrogen energy. The development prospect of hydrogen energy is very bright, but how to choose the development direction, how to optimize the development path and how to grasp the development opportunity of hydrogen energy industry needs in-depth research and exploration and practice.
Second, Yihuatong, the first share of hydrogen energy in China, will be listed in science and technology innovation board.
Yihuatong was founded on 20 12, and has developed for less than ten years. At present, Yihuatong has developed a hydrogen fuel cell power system with independent core intellectual property rights, and jointly developed new energy vehicles and fixed energy storage devices such as large and medium-sized buses, logistics vehicles and trams with CRRC, Yutong Bus, Foton Motor, Zhongzhi New Energy and Foshan Feichi. In terms of hydrogen refueling station, Yihuatong has built and operated the first hydrogen refueling station in China-Yongfeng hydrogen refueling station. In 20 17, yihuatong signed an agreement with CSIC 7 18 to lay out the network of hydrogen refueling stations in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. At present, Yihuatong has built hydrogen refueling stations in Beijing, Zhangjiakou, Chengdu and other places, and the layout of other areas is also under planning.
The Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee will propose that "Beijing 2022 will all use clean energy vehicles". At present, the governments of Beijing and Zhangjiakou have determined the strategy of using hydrogen-fueled vehicles for large and medium-sized buses and trucks in the competition area. It is estimated that 2,000 hydrogen-fueled vehicles will be put into operation, and 6 hydrogen refueling stations/KLOC-0 are under construction. It is not difficult to judge that at least before 2022, the market's confidence in Yihuatong is still quite sufficient.
Let's take a look at the trend of Sinopec in the layout of hydrogen energy industry.
First of all, the development of hydrogen energy industry conforms to the orientation and development direction of Sinopec, and Sinopec also has absolute advantages in developing hydrogen energy industry. Sinopec has abundant hydrogen energy resources and skilled hydrogen production technology. Sinopec Yanshan Petrochemical Company was put into production in 2020, with a designed hydrogen production capacity of 2,000 nm3/h, using by-products from petrochemical and methanol industries. At present, Sinopec produces more than 3 million tons of hydrogen every year.
In terms of terminal sales, Sinopec has a huge gas station network of more than 30,000 gas stations. Using existing gas stations to jointly build hydrogen refueling stations can not only ease the pressure of construction approval, but also Sinopec has experience in safety production management and is convenient to operate. Therefore, it should be easier for Sinopec to expand the infrastructure of hydrogen refueling stations. At present, Sinopec has built demonstration stations for mixing hydrogen and oil in Shanghai, Guangdong and Zhejiang.
So is the current development of hydrogen energy in China hot or cold? You can judge for yourself according to the following information. By February 2020, the number of hydrogen refueling stations in China will reach 64, and 40 regions have issued relevant hydrogen energy industry development plans. The Blue Book of China Hydrogen Energy Industry Infrastructure Development issued by the National Hydrogen Energy Standards Committee clearly states that by 2030, there will be 1000 hydrogen refueling stations and 100 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in China.
One of the most important policy trends is that China has clearly formulated the national hydrogen energy strategic plan for 2020. It is not difficult to see that the next wave of hydrogen energy development is coming.