China’s Sinopec builds Xinjiang hydrogen plant

  • Date: 30-Nov-2021
  • Source: Argus Media
  • Sector:Industrial
  • Country:Gulf
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China’s Sinopec builds Xinjiang hydrogen plant

Beijing, 30 November (Argus) — China's largest oil refiner, state-controlled Sinopec, has started building a production facility for hydrogen in Kuqa city in northwest China's Xinjiang region.

The 3bn yuan ($471mn) plant will have a designed capacity of 20,000 t/yr for hydrogen produced by photovoltaic power. The project is scheduled to complete construction and start production in June 2023.

Sinopec will construct a 618mn KWh/yr photovoltaic power station to support the hydrogen plant, which is expected to reduce annual CO2 emissions by 485,000t. The project is the world's largest hydrogen plant using photovoltaic power, according to the firm.