China has begun full-scale operation of its first green hydrogen-integrated coal-to-chemicals complex, presenting a replicable model for decarbonizing the coal chemical industry.
China Datang Corporation, one of the world’s largest power generation enterprises, put the project into full-scale commercial operation on Thursday at its 150MW wind and solar power facility in Duolun County, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Coal-to-chemicals processes produce a fuel called syngas, but the initial fuel suffers from a hydrogen deficit. Sourcing the necessary hydrogen by traditional methods produces high amounts of carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas. By using green hydrogen production, carbon emissions are cut significantly.
“The project is expected to produce 70.59 million cubic meters of hydrogen annually, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 138,800 tons, an environmental benefit equivalent to the annual carbon absorption of approximately 1,400 hectares (about 1,944 football fields) of mature forest,” said Cao Guo’an, director of the production station. The project achieved sustained and stable operation of large-scale electrolyzers in China’s chemical industry. It has generated 28 invention patents and established three corporate standards. The station was also selected as one of the first pilot projects for hydrogen energy applications by China’s National Energy Administration.
Construction on the project began in November 2023, with a total investment of around 1.3 billion yuan (about 183 million U.S. dollars).
China’s first green hydrogen-integrated coal chemicals plant enters full operation
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Thursday said that Japan is embarking on a path toward accelerated remilitarization.
While answering a question from China Global Television Network (CGTN) during an online press conference, Zakharova urged Japan to learn lessons from history and uphold its pacifist constitution.
“We are closely following Japan’s security moves. At present, all of Japan’s actions clearly indicate that the country has embarked on a path of accelerated remilitarization. We have noticed all the aspects involved in your question, including Japan’s surging military spending, large-scale purchase of U.S.-made weapons, destructive behaviors and radical remarks on the international stage, and refusal to admit historical facts. On historical awareness, Japan has shown no sign of remorse for the actions committed by its predecessors,” said Zakharova.
“Of particular concern recently is Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s decision to establish a National Intelligence Bureau, a comprehensive intelligence body which, according to current assessments, will be tasked with countering foreign espionage. What is striking, however, is that the structure of this new agency fully replicates a similar institution created by Japanese militarism in 1940, when the Second World War had already entered a phase of full escalation, and the consequences of those policies are well known to all. If Japan does not wish to share the fate of its predecessors in 1945, it must draw the lessons of history with utmost seriousness and, first and foremost, uphold the peace clauses in its Constitution, which remain in force to this day,” the spokeswoman said.
Japan’s security moves indicate accelerated re-militarization: Russian FM spokeswoman
