Mega photovoltaic green hydrogen project starts production

China's first photovoltaic green hydrogen plant with an annual capacity of over 10,000 metric tons started production in Kuqa City of the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Friday, signaling a major technical breakthrough in green transition in the country's energy sector.

Green hydrogen is called "green" thanks to its origin of renewable energy such as wind and photovoltaic power, and the green hydrogen production was eco-friendly with almost no greenhouse gas emissions.

Taking advantages of the rich photovoltaic resources in Kuqa, the demonstration project is expected to produce of 20,000 tons of green hydrogen each year by using solar power to electrolyze water, with a hydrogen storage capacity of 210,000 cubic meters and a transmission capacity of 28,000 cubic meters per hour.