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Shanghai Electric accelerates hydrogen energy chain development

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Global Hydrogen Review,


Shanghai Electric has made another significant stride in lowering the overall costs of green hydrogen with its latest Z-series alkaline electrolyser technology.

The solution makes industrial applications of green hydrogen more feasible, accelerating the utilisation of hydrogen in chemical, transportation, metallurgy, and green energy storage sectors.

"Hydrogen production involves multiple segments and a long industrial chain, with cost being the primary challenge. Green hydrogen is more expensive than grey hydrogen, requiring solutions across production, storage, refuelling, and useage. Our goal is to streamline the entire technology chain, driving industry-wide cost reductions," said Wu Liang, Chief Engineer of Shanghai Bright-H Technology Co., Ltd.

Green hydrogen, the cleanest form of hydrogen, is emerging as a crucial solution in the worldwide quest for renewable energy and decarbonisation, but the overall economic feasibility of its production, storage, refuelling, and usage is currently a major development constraint. Shanghai Bright-H Technology Co., Ltd. (Bright-H Technology), a subsidiary of Shanghai Electric, has been focusing on industry pain points and technological challenges, fully addressing the key links in the hydrogen energy development chain.

Through exploring alkaline water electrolysis and proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysis, the Bright-H Technology is dedicated to providing an integrated 'production-storage-refuelling-useage' system solutions for its customers, achieving breakthroughs in green chemistry, metallurgy, transportation, and energy storage.

For hydrogen production, Shanghai Electric has explored two technology routes, leveraging its technological advantages to build an industrial chain. In June 2023, Shanghai Electric independently manufactured and released a 2000 Nm³/h alkaline electrolyser, which was China's largest single hydrogen production unit at the time. In October 2023, the company rolled out a megawatt-level PEM electrolyser with a capacity of 200 Nm³/h.

Shanghai Electric has also developed high-pressure hydrogen storage tanks and offers diaphragm compressors for hydrogen refuelling while exploring hydrogen applications, such as green chemistry and hydrogen-blended gas turbines. In November 2023, the company tested a hydrogen-blended gas turbine at Datang Haikou Power Plant, achieving a hydrogen volume ratio above 7%, the first operational F-class project in China. In addition, Shanghai Electric proprietary DeNox burner is capable of achieving hydrogen blends of up to 30%.

Read the article online at: https://www.globalhydrogenreview.com/hydrogen/01082024/shanghai-electric-accelerates-hydrogen-energy-chain-development/

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