[SMM Hydrogen Energy Policy Update] Datong, Shanxi: Notice on the Implementation Plan for Carbon Peak in Datong City

Recently, the People's Government of Datong City issued a notice on the implementation plan for achieving peak carbon emissions in Datong City.

The document states that support should be given to coal mines to fully utilize spatial resources and supporting facilities in coal mining subsidence areas and industrial sites, actively developing new energy sources such as wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, and hydrogen energy on a large scale and with cost-effectiveness. It also emphasizes the coordinated development of Energy Storage System (ESS) projects to achieve the integrated development of coal and new energy. The requirement to allocate new wind and solar power generation indicators to coal-fired power plants and coal mining enterprises should be implemented, and joint ventures between coal-fired power and new energy enterprises should be encouraged through methods such as renting regulation capacity, cross-shareholding, and environmental value cooperation.

Planning should be made for future industrial clusters such as hydrogen energy and energy storage, cutting-edge new materials, and future health, aiming to establish a Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei base for incubating and transforming low-carbon, zero-carbon, and negative-carbon industries in the future.

Explore and carry out demonstrations of low-carbon metallurgical technologies such as hydrogen-rich or pure hydrogen sintering and smelting, all-steel scrap electric furnace processes, and carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) in blast furnace gas and hot blast stoves. Promote the equipment manufacturing industry, including general-purpose equipment, special-purpose equipment, and aerospace, to increase the proportion of green electricity application and optimize the energy utilization structure; carry out comprehensive applications of digital technologies to enhance energy utilization efficiency.

Encourage manufacturers of new energy heavy-duty trucks to collaborate with enterprises in related industry chains such as batteries, charging, and battery swapping equipment, fully promoting the coordinated development of the entire industry chain for battery swapping heavy-duty trucks. Actively expand the application of new energy sources such as electricity and hydrogen in the transportation sector, gradually reducing the proportion of fuel vehicles. Accelerate the phase-out of old, high-energy-consuming, and high-emission vehicles, and promote the use of electric vehicles for newly added and updated taxis, sanitation vehicles, postal vehicles, and light urban logistics vehicles. Accelerate the adoption of new energy vehicles for public institution vehicles, and encourage party and government organs, enterprises, and institutions at all levels to take the lead in using new energy vehicles (NEVs).

Accelerate the construction of a high-quality charging and battery swapping infrastructure system in accordance with the principles of "moderate advancement, balanced layout, and intelligent efficiency," increasing support for land use, funding, and other aspects for the construction of charging and battery swapping facilities. New and existing public parking lots should be equipped with charging and battery swapping facilities for electric vehicles (EVs) or reserve installation conditions for such facilities. Orderly promote the construction of infrastructure for other new energy and clean energy sources such as gas stations, hydrogen refueling stations, and methanol refueling stations.