University-Enterprise Collaboration Establishes China's First Full-Chain Green Electricity Hydrogen Production Laboratory, Initiating a New Paradigm of Zero-Carbon Scientific Research

Recently, Hydrogen Energy (Hua De) and Shenzhen MSU-BIT University (SMBU) officially delivered and accepted a fully closed-loop scientific research and teaching demonstration platform for "Off-grid Green Electricity to Green Hydrogen Production - Solid-state Hydrogen Storage - Low-temperature PEM Fuel Cell". This platform innovatively integrates five modules: PV power generation, ESS battery, hydrogen production, hydrogen storage, and fuel cell. It enables the laboratory to operate completely independently from the municipal power grid through a skid-mounted prefabricated container. The daily average hydrogen production meets the energy demands for scientific research and daily use in a 200㎡ space, with an annual carbon reduction equivalent to the carbon sequestration capacity of 300 mu of forest. Leveraging SMBU's strengths in materials science and engineering, combined with Hydrogen Energy (Hua De)'s independently developed HyESS-C off-grid pure hydrogen fuel cell combined heat and power system, the project constructs a zero-carbon cycle system of "PV generates green electricity → electrolysis produces green hydrogen → solid-state hydrogen storage → hydrogen energy powers electricity", providing replicable sustainable energy solutions for university scientific research.

The platform design breaks through the limitations of traditional hydrogen-related laboratories relying on external hydrogen supply. It displays real-time energy conversion data through a "hydrogen energy - teaching linkage system", which has been incorporated into the practical sessions of the "New Energy Materials System Design" course. It also plans to open remote data interfaces to universities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, promoting the large-scale replication of the "zero-carbon laboratory" model19. Both parties will deepen their cooperation in the future, focusing on the "Off-grid/Weak Grid-connected Green Electricity Direct Connection Flexible Hydrogen Production and Hydrogen-Electricity Integrated Energy Smart Interconnection Demonstration Project (Version 2.0)", further exploring cutting-edge fields such as offshore wind power hydrogen production simulation.

Currently, domestic university laboratories consume over 20 billion kWh of electricity annually, with hydrogen-related laboratories having a carbon intensity three times higher than that of ordinary laboratories1. SMBU's exploration proves that universities can achieve a win-win situation in scientific research and carbon reduction through a "self-circulating green electricity system". With the launch of the second phase project, this platform is expected to become a model for China-Russia energy cooperation under the "Belt and Road" initiative, promoting the application of hydrogen energy technology in a wider range of scenarios.