Recently, the steel-coke integrated clean energy project of CIMC Enric in Liupanshui City, Guizhou Province, officially went into operation. Relying on local steel industry resources, the project has achieved efficient and resource-based utilization of coke oven gas, producing fuel cell-grade high-purity hydrogen and clean energy LNG on a large scale, injecting new momentum into the expansion of the hydrogen energy industry and the development of comprehensive clean energy utilization in south-west China.
The project, controlled by CIMC Enric and solely invested and constructed by its subsidiary CIMC New Energy (Liupanshui) Technology Co., Ltd., relies on the industrial coke oven gas from Shougang Shuicheng Steel (Group) Co., Ltd. as the core production raw material to specially produce blue LNG and 99.999% high-purity blue hydrogen , achieving green and high-value-added conversion of industrial tail gas. The overall project total investment of 808 million yuan , with a construction period of 12 months and a planned site area of 248 mu. After reaching full production, it is expected to achieve an annual output of approximately 140,000 mt of LNG and annual production of 24 million Nm³ of high-purity hydrogen , with considerable capacity scale and outstanding industrial benefits.
It is reported that this project is an important piece in CIMC Enric's integrated steel-coke industry layout. Currently, the enterprise already has two similar projects, at Ansteel Bayuquan and Lingsteel, operating stably. Meanwhile, three new projects are in the early preparation stage. The industry layout covers domestic provinces such as Liaoning, Guizhou, and Sichuan, and extends to overseas markets in Southeast Asia. As of now, the company's total operating integrated steel-coke projects are expected to achieve an annual production capacity of 48 million Nm³ of hydrogen, 420,000 mt of LNG, and 80,000 mt of liquid ammonia, with the advantages of large-scale industrial clusters gradually becoming prominent.
The Liupanshui project was implemented entirely relying on CIMC Enric's proprietary core technologies and complete equipment systems. Throughout the entire process of production, liquefaction, storage and transportation, distribution, and end-use applications, it is equipped with the enterprise's self-developed LNG storage tanks, cryogenic liquefaction equipment, hydrogen compression units, and a plant-wide DCS intelligent control system, achieving digitalized and refined control over the entire production chain. Meanwhile, the project received integrated comprehensive construction services from CIMC Enric Engineering Technology Co., Ltd., fully leveraging the company's technical barrier advantages in core processes and key equipment, to create a high-quality, innovative clean energy comprehensive demonstration project, precisely aligning with Guizhou Province's "Rich Ore Refined Development" policy and helping to upgrade and expand the regional clean energy industry.
The high-purity hydrogen produced by this project fully meets fuel cell-grade application standards , with significant industrial empowerment value. On the one hand, it can steadily provide low-cost, high-quality hydrogen sources for industrial enterprises in the region such as precious metal processing and semiconductor manufacturing, ensuring the hydrogen demand of local high-end manufacturing industries. On the other hand, it will strongly support the construction of Liupanshui as a hydrogen energy demonstration city, helping to deploy new application scenarios such as gas-hydrogen-electricity integrated energy service stations and hydrogen combined heat and power. The project will also become a core hydrogen supply node in the "Yu-Qian-Gui" Hydrogen Corridor , improving China's industrial by-product hydrogen purification and hydrogen source supply system, and laying a solid foundation for building a cross-regional supply and sales framework of "Guizhou Hydrogen, Guangdong Sales" and establishing channels for the entire hydrogen energy industry chain in the future.
Currently, Liupanshui City has built a diversified, multi-scenario hydrogen downstream consumption system, with remarkable results in the commercialization and application of hydrogen energy. Since 2025, 100 49-mt-class hydrogen heavy-duty trucks and 4 8.6-metre hydrogen fuel cell buses have been put into use locally. At the same time, the first hydrogen fuel cell locomotive in south-west China has been deployed and completed trial operation, filling the industrial gap in hydrogen railway freight in south-west China. At this stage, Liupanshui continues to broaden the application boundaries of hydrogen energy, covering heavy-duty truck transport, sanitation operations, cold chain logistics, and railway freight—various livelihood and industrial sectors—while actively exploring cutting-edge application tracks such as hydrogen metallurgy and hydrogen-based chemicals, striving to build a comprehensive and multi-level hydrogen industry ecosystem.
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