Green Hydrogen Project Tracking - China Three Gorges Corporation Initiates Tender for Yunnan Green Hydrogen Zero-Carbon Living Circle Project

Recently, a tender announcement has been issued for the research and demonstration application project of a green hydrogen zero-carbon living circle.

According to the tender announcement, this project, based on the Lijiang Jinshan Green Hydrogen Zero-Carbon Smart Factory, aims to expand hydrogen energy application scenarios. By developing a zero-carbon living circle based on green hydrogen, the project will: firstly, develop a zero-carbon digital smart cultural tourism town based on green hydrogen, creating a "hydrogen energy + cultural tourism" park; secondly, conduct research on hydrogen energy cogeneration, pipeline hydrogen blending, the construction model of hydrogen energy zero-carbon parks, and carbon emission accounting models, ultimately achieving the goal of expanding the hydrogen energy market, serving local economic development, and accumulating experience for the Three Gorges Group in developing a "cultural tourism + hydrogen energy" model.

Based on the green hydrogen zero-carbon living demonstration circle, this project intends to procure necessary scientific research equipment and services, specifically including the following contents:

(1) Construction of a scientific research service platform for a hydrogen energy smart town. By introducing cloud services, big data models, and digital twins, a visual interactive platform with data processing capabilities will be established to provide computational support for project research data processing. Data will be connected to the green hydrogen project exhibition hall, and a highly accurate economic hydrogen storage perception and analysis system will be developed.

(2) Intelligent residential hydrogen energy cogeneration system. A cogeneration system coupled with hydrogen fuel cells will be developed to explore the impact of capacity configurations and operational strategies of various subsystems on system energy efficiency and carbon emissions. An electricity and heat load optimization matching technology based on AI algorithms will be developed to form an intelligent residential hydrogen energy cogeneration technology system and demonstration based on green hydrogen.

(3) Research on pipeline natural gas hydrogen blending schemes. The combustion characteristics of natural gas-hydrogen blended gases will be explored, and a natural gas combustion mechanism model under different hydrogen blending ratios will be developed to reveal the impact mechanism of different hydrogen blending ratios on the safety of natural gas pipelines. Hydrogen blending schemes will be explored, and an adaptability study on hydrogen blending in natural gas pipelines will be conducted in Lijiang.

(4) Research on construction schemes for zero-carbon emission demonstration zones. Diversified utilization scenarios for intelligent hydrogen energy will be constructed to explore the carbon reduction potential of the entire chain, including green hydrogen production, storage, transportation, and efficient utilization. Flexible low-carbon operational strategies will be developed for green hydrogen zero-carbon demonstration zones, and a "zero-carbon park" model will be proposed.

(5) Exploration of the temporal characteristics of carbon emissions in hydrogen energy production and application systems, establishment of a life cycle carbon emission accounting model for zero-carbon emission zones based on green hydrogen, and formation of a life cycle carbon-economic environmental assessment technology through full-process economic analysis to achieve the optimization of system benefits.