Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu: Establishing a sound industrial chain to enable hydrogen energy applications to enter reality faster
2024-06-20
On the Shanghai Nanjing Yangtze River high-speed railway line, the Fuxing train roars through the urban and rural areas of Zhangjiagang, one of the top 100 counties in China, at a speed of over 300 kilometers per hour. A hydrogen refueling station located less than 1 kilometer away from the Shanghai Nanjing Yangtze River high-speed railway reveals the rapid development of the hydrogen energy industry in this top 100 county, just like the high-speed railway. Jiahua Hydrogen Port City Hydrogen refueling station is located in the High tech Zone of Zhangjiagang City. It is the first commercial hydrogen refueling station in the Suzhou area that can meet daily hydrogen refueling needs. Its capacity is usually more than 10 tons per day, and it can supply small and medium-sized hydrogen vehicles such as buses, taxis, and transportation vehicles. Jiahua Hydrogen Port City Hydrogen Refueling Station located in Zhangjiagang City, Suzhou City. In Zhangjiagang, about 70 buses go to the Gangcheng hydrogen refueling station every day for refueling. At the same time, commercial hydrogen refueling services are also provided here for fuel cell logistics vehicles, buses, buses, and other vehicles in Zhangjiagang and Changshu areas. Only with demand and market can there be industry. In the early stage, many cities in China encountered setbacks in developing the hydrogen energy industry. Apart from factors such as immature technology, the most core constraint was the lack of market demand. And from the slightly busy hydrogen refueling station in Zhangjiagang, the reporter vaguely saw the continuous improvement of a hydrogen energy industry chain. A set of liquid hydrogen factory solutions and a demonstration model of storage and transportation containers were exhibited in the exhibition hall of Jiangsu Guofu Hydrogen Energy Technology Equipment Co., Ltd. Jiangsu Guofu Hydrogen Energy Technology Equipment Co., Ltd., located just across the wall from the hydrogen refueling station, is a manufacturer of core equipment for the refueling station and a leading enterprise in the Zhangjiagang hydrogen energy industry chain. Wang Kai, General Manager of Guofu Hydrogen Energy, said that the company has made product layout and technical reserves in the high-end equipment link of the entire hydrogen energy industry chain, and has connected the entire hydrogen energy industry chain from water electrolysis hydrogen production, hydrogen liquefaction, storage and transportation distribution to terminal utilization. The key to industrial chain formation is a significant breakthrough in core equipment. In April 2023, the first 10 ton hydrogen liquefaction unit in China was launched by Guofu Hydrogen Energy, and it has now been applied in the hydrogen integration project between Guofu Hydrogen Energy and Qilu Hydrogen Energy (Shandong). The successful development and application of this product has broken through the bottleneck of core process components such as efficient hydrogen cycle expansion refrigeration and automation control systems, breaking the long-term foreign monopoly of large-scale hydrogen liquefaction products, and effectively promoting independent innovation in the industry, according to the director of Guofu Hydrogen Energy Research Institute, Dynasty. Taking advantage of the situation, Guofu Hydrogen Energy quickly expanded nationwide. At present, it has become a leading supplier of overall solutions for the entire hydrogen energy equipment industry chain in China, with its hydrogenation equipment and hydrogen supply system ranking first in the domestic market share, filling the gap in high-pressure refueling, large volume on-board hydrogen supply systems, and large-scale liquid hydrogen storage and transportation equipment. A staff member is working in the hydrogen storage tank production workshop of Jiangsu Guofu Hydrogen Energy Technology Equipment Co., Ltd. During the research, the reporter visited Guofu Hydrogen Energy's intelligent chemical plant. In the intelligent workshop of the vehicle mounted hydrogen storage system, from aluminum pipes to aluminum bottles, from bottle painting to winding, intelligent machinery precisely controls the production of hydrogen storage bottles, achieving a precise balance between quality, safety, and cost-effectiveness. When a reporter expressed doubts about the safety of hydrogen energy in society on site, Wang Kai smiled and said that using technologies such as carbon fiber winding and strict testing, if the hydrogen storage bottles produced by the company encounter unexpected severe collisions, even if an accident occurs, it is controllable, will not explode, and will not bring destructive effects to the surrounding environment. In the intelligent workshop of the electrolysis water hydrogen production plant, a 380 meter long production line only requires 15 workers, and 90% of the processes are completed by machine operation, saving 40% of manpower. However, the production capacity is three times that of traditional production lines. Intelligent manufacturing has rapidly expanded the production capacity of Guofu Hydrogen Energy. Currently, the annual production capacity of Guofu Hydrogen Energy's hydrogen storage bottles can reach 90000 units, and its water electrolysis capacity can reach 2.5GW per year. Not only building and supplementing chains, but also strengthening and extending chains. Wei Wei, Strategic Director of Guofu Hydrogen Energy, introduced that the electrolytic water hydrogen production unit produced by Guofu Hydrogen Energy has obtained EU CE certification, becoming an internationally first-class product. Guofu Hydrogen Energy is actively going global and providing hydrogen production, storage, transportation, and full industry chain solutions, including electrolytic water hydrogen production and hydrogen liquefaction, to countries such as Singapore. Taking Zhangjiagang as an example, the local implementation of the "Three Year Action Plan for High Quality Development of Hydrogen Energy Industry Cluster" guides and helps enterprises accelerate technological breakthroughs and equipment research and development, and enriches hydrogen energy application scenarios around local traditional advantageous manufacturing industries such as transportation, shipbuilding, and metallurgy. "Relying on the complete industrial foundation of the Yangtze River Delta, Suzhou is striving to form a comprehensive and multi scenario coordinated hydrogen energy industry development layout, create a relatively complete hydrogen energy industry chain, and fully seize the development opportunities of the hydrogen energy industry and seize the industrial high ground." said Wu Xibi, Director of the Energy and Power Engineering Department of the School of Energy at Suzhou University. At present, there are more than 40 hydrogen related enterprises in Zhangjiagang, with a relatively complete industrial chain of hydrogen production, storage, transportation, and refueling equipment, as well as hydrogen fuel cells. The annual output value of hydrogen related enterprises exceeds 10 billion yuan. (Lai Xin She)
Edit:Xiong Dafei Responsible editor:Li Xiang
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