[SMM Hydrogen Energy Policy Express] Baotou, Inner Mongolia: Build a hydrogen energy industry chain, and actively connect with leading enterprises such as SPIC Hydrogen Energy, SinoHytec, and Dongfang Electric Corporation

Recently, the People's Government of Qingshan District issued a public announcement seeking comments on the "Baotou Equipment Manufacturing Industrial Park Industrial Development Plan (2024-2035)".

The document states:

By 2030, it aims to establish an integrated equipment manufacturing base for "wind, solar, hydrogen, and energy storage", with the output value of the wind energy industry reaching 2 billion yuan, the capacity of PV modules reaching 30GW, the output value of hydrogen energy equipment reaching 1.5 billion yuan, and the output value of the energy storage industry reaching 500 million yuan.

By 2035, it aims to form a new energy equipment cluster worth 10 billion yuan and establish an autonomous region-level hydrogen energy equipment testing and certification center. The total output value of the wind energy industry will reach 5.5 billion yuan, the total capacity of PV modules will reach 50GW, the total output value of hydrogen energy equipment will reach 3.5 billion yuan, and the total output value of the energy storage industry will reach 1 billion yuan.

In the hydrogen energy industry, relying on the Baotou Hydrogen Energy Demonstration City Manufacturing and Application Project and the Hydrogen Energy Industry and Renewable Energy Integration Project, and with the goal of developing hydrogen energy industry projects, it will fully leverage the park's resources to focus on the development of hydrogen refueling equipment, hydrogen storage equipment, and hydrogen fuel cells. At the same time, relying on the development of hydrogen energy applications, it will develop downstream industries of new energy such as new energy batteries and NEVs, build a hydrogen energy industry chain, and establish a hydrogen energy equipment industry cluster.

By focusing on green hydrogen manufacturing and pilot demonstrations, it will introduce a group of leading and key enterprises in the hydrogen energy equipment and fuel cell industries with strong driving effects. It will actively engage with leading enterprises such as SPIC Hydrogen Energy, SinoHytec, Himalaya, Meijin Energy, Dongfang Electric, Weichai Power, and Shanghai Re-Fire, striving to attract R&D and manufacturing enterprises for hydrogen fuel cells, drones, hydrogen-powered forklifts, and other products. It will cultivate and introduce producers of key materials and core parts for fuel cells, such as hydrogen recirculation pumps, membrane electrodes, bipolar plates, efficient catalysts, proton exchange membranes, and control systems, to improve the layout of the industry chain. It will focus on the industrialisation of hydrogen fuel cells and core parts to build an industry cluster. It will strengthen its engagement with Shanghai Shenergy Group, Sinoma Science & Technology, and CIMC ENRIC to expand the equipment industry chain for hydrogen "production, storage, transportation, and refueling". Taking the opportunity of vigorously developing renewable energy for "green hydrogen" production, it will cultivate enterprises in electrolysis-based hydrogen production equipment, liquid hydrogen storage and transportation equipment, hydrogen transmission pipelines, and hydrogen refueling equipment. It will develop equipment such as hydrogen refueling machines, control valve groups, hydrogen compressors, and sequence control cabinets centered around hydrogen refueling equipment to improve the layout of the hydrogen energy industry chain.