Guangdong Liquid Sunshine, Johnson Matthey & East China Eng'g Ink Deal for Biomass Green Methanol Project

[SMM Hydrogen Energy News Brief: Trina Green Hydrogen and Baoshilai New Materials Reach Strategic Cooperation] On May 7, Jiangsu Trina Green Hydrogen Technology Co., Ltd. and Baoshilai New Materials Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. officially signed a strategic cooperation agreement. Building on the collaborative development of complete electrolysis systems and core parts, the two parties aimed to seize the opportunities presented by the scaling up of the hydrogen energy industry and jointly expand into the green hydrogen market. Trina Green Hydrogen boasts industry-leading capabilities with its Tianqing series alkaline water electrolysis hydrogen production systems, while Baoshilai leverages its core functional coating technology and cell integration solutions to address four major industry pain points, including performance degradation and electrode plate corrosion in hydrogen production electrolyzers. This cooperation brings together complementary strengths, with the two parties set to conduct joint R&D on key technologies such as high-current-density electrodes and long-life anti-corrosion electrode plates, carry out performance evaluation of core parts using their respective professional testing and experimental platforms, and jointly develop product solutions, share market resources, and explore hydrogen energy project markets in and outside China.

[SMM Hydrogen Energy News Brief: Changdu Signs Large-Scale Hydrogen Energy Quad-Generation Comprehensive New Energy Project] Recently, facilitated by the Tibet Chamber of Commerce in Tianjin, a hydrogen, oxygen, heat, and electricity quad-generation system project with a total investment of no less than 1.5 billion yuan was signed and landed in Changdu City, Tibet, injecting new momentum into Tianjin-Tibet industrial collaboration and Tibet's clean energy development. The project was signed between the Changdu Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau and Hangzhou Fenghua Hydrogen Energy Technology Co., Ltd., a core enterprise under the Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University, Zhejiang. The project covers the entire industry chain of green industries, encompassing multiple sectors including PV, water electrolysis for hydrogen and oxygen production, ammonia and methanol synthesis, and hydrogen energy heavy-duty truck operations. The core technology adopts a megawatt-level PEM hydrogen-oxygen-heat-electricity quad-generation system, which relies on PV green electricity to produce green hydrogen and green oxygen, achieving cascaded energy utilization through oxygen supply and sales, hydrogen-to-electricity conversion, and waste heat heating, facilitating efficient energy utilization and livelihood improvement on the plateau.

[SMM Hydrogen Energy Brief: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics' New Air-Cooled Stack Technology Passes Appraisal] On May 10, the high specific power cathode-closed air-cooled stack technology developed by the team of Academician Chen Zhongwei and Associate Researcher Zhang Meng from the National Key Laboratory of Energy Catalytic Conversion at Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics passed the scientific and technological achievement appraisal by China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation. This achievement breaks through three core key technologies, effectively resolving the industry contradiction between water retention and oxygen mass transfer in air-cooled fuel cells, and solving technical challenges such as low humidity performance degradation, carbon corrosion, dry membrane flooding, and high power thermal management. Currently, the team has construction completed a full-chain independent R&D system from materials and components to systems, holds 21 China invention patents, has established an automated production line and possesses large-scale delivery capability. Related products have been applied in fields such as agriculture and forestry operations, power inspection, and emergency rescue. Industrial drones equipped with this technology have achieved a driving range improvement of more than twice that of traditional batteries.