Renewable ammonia progresses in China

Sungrow Hydrogen selected as electrolysis provider in Jilin

Click to learn more. Sungrow Hydrogen will provide alkaline electrolysis units for a new integrated hydrogen and ammonia project in Jilin province, China. Source: Sungrow Hydrogen.

Sungrow Hydrogen will provide an undisclosed capacity of alkaline electrolysis for the under-development Songyuan Hydrogen Energy Industrial Park project in Jilin province. China Energy Engineering Corporation (CEEC) is leading the project, which will be one of China’s first integrated renewable hydrogen and ammonia facilities. More than $4 billion will be invested in the new project, which will produce 110,000 tons of hydrogen, 600,000 tons of ammonia and 60,000 tons of methanol each year.

CEEC’s project is one of a number being progressed under the national “Green and Low-carbon Advanced Technology Demonstration Projects” program, and one of several large-scale demonstration projects planned for Jilin province. In May 2023, SANY and LONGi were selected as initial electrolysis providers for a project led by Jilin Electric Power Company, which will produce 180,000 tons of ammonia per year. Sungrow indicates that this is now the third Jilin project where it has won an electrolyser supply bid.

Construction begins on new Inner Mongolia project

Jizhong New Energy has begun construction on the Siziwang Banner wind-solar-hydrogen-ammonia integrated demonstration project in Inner Mongolia. As reported in China Daily, 1.25 GW of wind and 1.15 GW of solar generating capacity will power “160 sets of 1200Nm³/h [alkaline] electrolyzers”, ultimately producing 500,000 tons of renewable ammonia per year. The $2.6 billion project will be located at the existing Duerbot Chemical Park, and be built over three phases.