China gears up for hydrogen's immense potential

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A hydrogen heavy-duty truck attracts visitors at an expo in Beijing. (DU JIANPO/FOR CHINA DAILY)

China gears up for hydrogen's immense potential

China Daily | 2025-05-03

China's green hydrogen sector is on the cusp of rapid development, potentially blossoming into a 12 trillion yuan ($1.64 trillion) emerging industry as the country strategically prioritizes hydrogen as a cornerstone of its future energy system, according to industry experts and company executives.

Driven by ambitious decarbonization goals and strong government backing, hydrogen is projected to become a major component of China's end-use energy mix, complementing electricity and fostering a vast new industrial landscape, they say.

Analysts conservatively estimate hydrogen will account for approximately 10 percent of China's terminal energy system by 2050, rising to around 15 percent by 2060, solidifying its position as a crucial element in the nation's energy strategy.

This integration into the terminal energy system, working in tandem with electricity, is expected to transform hydrogen into a primary energy consumer, propelling the growth of a massive, multi-trillion yuan industry, said Gan Yong, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering, during the China International Hydrogen Congress 2025 held in Beijing in March.

Infrastructure development is already accelerating. By June 2024, China had constructed 426 hydrogen refueling stations. The deployment of fuel cell vehicles is also gaining momentum, with cumulative adoption exceeding 20,000 vehicles by the end of last year and continuing to climb rapidly...more
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