Recently, the Qinghai Provincial Development and Reform Commission issued the "Qinghai Province Green Hydrogen Chemical Industry Development Plan 2023-2030)". At the end of the article, there are 43 hydrogen energy project libraries in Qinghai Province, including production, storage, transportation, industrial extension and achievement transformation projects. Qinghai Province The green hydrogen project uses 80% of the power generated by new energy power stations for hydrogen production. Producing 10,000 tons of hydrogen requires approximately 400,000 kilowatts of new energy installed capacity.

Currently, there are alkaline (ALK), proton exchange membrane (PEM), anion exchange membrane (AEM) and solid oxide membrane (SOEC) in the field of electrolytic water hydrogen production. The Technology Readiness Level (TRL) listed in the figure below is the classification of the U.S. Department of Energy in 2020. The EU's 2020 assessment of its SOEC is TRL7, which is higher than the US Department of Energy's TRL5-6.

The document "Qinghai Province Green Hydrogen Chemical Industry Development Plan 2023-2030)" states:

Overall objective

Starting period (2023-2025): A green hydrogen chemical development policy system and institutional mechanism suitable for our province’s characteristics will be basically established. Application demonstrations will gradually be implemented. Green hydrogen chemical equipment manufacturing will achieve zero breakthroughs. The industrial base will take shape. Green hydrogen chemical industry Industrial cultivation has achieved initial results. By 2025, the green hydrogen production capacity will reach about 40,000 tons, and no less than 2 green hydrogen chemical demonstration projects will be constructed. Demonstration applications will be carried out in the fields of green hydrogen chemical industry coupled with salt lakes and green hydrogen chemical industry coupled with new energy. Five green hydrogen chemical companies will be introduced or cultivated, and the output value of the entire green hydrogen chemical industry chain will reach 2 billion yuan. Select some chemical primary products to try first. Focus on building demonstration projects with an annual output of 220 million standard cubic meters of green hydrogen, 50,000 tons of green ammonia, 90,000 tons of green urea, 120,000 tons of nitrate molten salt, and 50,000 tons of green methanol in Delingha Park and Qarhan Base.

Development period (2026-2028): The industrial chain tends to be improved, a green hydrogen chemical industry cluster is initially established, and application scenarios are further expanded. By 2028, the green hydrogen production capacity will reach 150,000 tons, and the demonstration application of green hydrogen chemical industry will achieve practical results. Introduce or cultivate 10 green hydrogen chemical companies, and the output value of the green hydrogen chemical industry chain will reach 8 billion yuan.

Comprehensive layout of 13 types of terminal chemical products. In the three major parks, we will build an annual production capacity of 1.65 billion standard cubic meters of green hydrogen production, 300,000 tons of green methanol and downstream derivatives, 300,000 tons of green ethylene glycol and downstream derivatives, and 300,000 tons of green ammonia and downstream production capacity.

Maturity period (2029-2030): Form a leading domestic integrated development industrial cluster for green hydrogen production, storage and transportation, and chemical application, and build a high-quality development pattern for the green hydrogen chemical industry. By 2030, green hydrogen production capacity will reach 300,000 tons, large-scale application of green hydrogen in the chemical industry will be realized, and substantial progress will be made in the replacement of gray hydrogen. More than 20 green hydrogen chemical companies have been introduced or cultivated, and the output value of the entire green hydrogen chemical industry chain has reached 15 billion yuan.

Promote large-scale mass production. Build annual production capacity of 3.3 billion standard cubic meters of green hydrogen production, 600,000 tons of green methanol and downstream, 600,000 tons of green ethylene glycol and downstream, and 600,000 tons of green ammonia and downstream in three major parks; combined with the new energy development process, in diesel Dan and Utumeiren will build a green hydrogen chemical industrial park, with a production capacity of 1.5 million tons of basic products such as methanol, green ammonia and ethylene glycol, and provide raw materials for downstream fine chemical products.