On March 23, 2022, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and National Energy Administration (NEA) jointly issued Hydrogen Energy Industry Medium and Long-term Development Plan (2021-35) (hereinafter referred to as “the Plan”).
The development objectives that specified in the Plan include:
· by 2025
- establishing a hydrogen energy supply system with hydrogen produced by: industrial by-products; nearby utilization of hydrogen produced from renewable energy sources
- the number of fuel cell vehicles to reach about 50,000
- building a number of hydrogenation stations
- hydrogen production from renewable energy to reach 100,000-200,000 tons per year: becoming an important part of the increase in hydrogen energy consumption
- achieving CO2 emission reduction of 1-2 million tons per year
· by 2030
- building a relatively complete technological innovation system for the hydrogen industry
- building a clean energy hydrogen production and supply system
· by 2035
- building a hydrogen energy industrial system
- building a diversified hydrogen energy application ecosystem covering: transport, energy storage, industry, other fields
· establishing an innovation system to support the high-quality development of the hydrogen energy industry
- advancing proton exchange membrane fuel cell tech innovation
- improving the reliability of fuel cells and conversion efficiency of hydrogen production from renewable energy
· advancing hydrogen infrastructure construction
- launching demonstrations of hydrogen production from renewable energy in areas rich in following resources: wind, solar. hydropower
- supporting the exploration and practice of various storage and transport methods
- improving the efficiency of high-pressure gas storage and transport: speeding up the reduction of storage and transport costs
· promoting diversified demo applications of hydrogen energy
- focusing on the application of hydrogen fuel cells in medium and heavy vehicles
- gradually expanding the application space of hydrogen fuel cells in other new energy passenger and cargo vehicles
· improving hydrogen development policy and guarantee mechanism
- standardizing the construction and management procedures for: hydrogen energy preparation, storage, transport, refueling
- implementing safety supervision responsibilities
- strengthening research on safety management systems and standards for hydrogen energy
- establishing and improving safety standards and norms for the whole hydrogen energy industry
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