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"Hydrogen" Connects the Globe, "Rui" Drives Win-Win Cooperation: China's First MW-Scale EU-Certified PEM Hydrogen Production Unit Exported Overseas

iconOct 9, 2025 13:19

On October 8, 2025, International Hydrogen Energy Day, Shanghai Qingrui Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Shanghai Qingrui") announced that its EU CE-certified MW-scale PEM hydrogen production equipment had been shipped to a project site under South Africa's national power company, ESKOM, marking the first time that Chinese-made MW-scale PEM hydrogen production equipment has gone global. The product meets the demands of fluctuating operation scenarios for PV hydrogen production, featuring high integration, automation, and low energy consumption. The high-purity hydrogen (Purity: 99.999%, Dew point: -75 °C) is primarily used for the hydrogen-cooled generator systems in thermal power plants, with the remainder supplied via park pipelines to nearby chemical enterprises, signifying an important advancement in the industrial application of domestically produced MW-scale PEM hydrogen production equipment.

Shanghai Qingrui's MW-scale PEM hydrogen production skid-mounted system adopts an "All-in-One" modular and series design. The product has successfully passed EU CE certification, with its safety, reliability, and operational requirements fully complying with the stringent usage conditions of power and chemical enterprises and the risk management standards for the hydrogen production process.

Shanghai Qingrui Deputy General Manager Hu Dalin stated: "We are very pleased to provide tailored solutions for South Africa's national power company, ESKOM. Hydrogen for power plant cooling is a market with clear demand and extremely high requirements. Our RYZER® system not only produces hydrogen that meets high-purity standards (Purity: 99.999%, Dew point: -75°C) but also, with its high degree of automation and safety design, perfectly aligns with the power plant's need for continuous and fluctuating 24/7 operation. The successful cooperation with the South African power plant is of benchmark significance, delivering economic benefits and high reliability to the customer while ensuring safety on-site, laying a solid foundation for continued expansion into overseas markets."

Advantages of Core Parameters of the RYZER® Series PEM Hydrogen Production System:

  • High Hydrogen Purity: Long-term supply of high-purity hydrogen with 99.999% purity and a dew point of -75°C, exceeding the usage standards for generator hydrogen cooling systems, effectively protecting precision power generation equipment.
  • Wide Fluctuation Operation: The system operates within a range of 10% to 120%, providing continuous and fluctuating operation in response to changes in electricity prices and downstream demand, delivering tangible benefits to users.
  • Safety Assurance: Integrated multiple active and passive safety measures, certified by HAZOP and CE, ensuring absolute safety in power plant environments; hydrogen concentration in oxygen is <0.25% under low-load power.
  • Economic Efficiency: Measured DC power consumption of 4.04 kWh/Nm³H₂. Compared to externally purchased hydrogen, the system offers significant cost advantages over its full life cycle.

From successful overseas bidding to design process review, material certification and production supervision, and finally to factory performance and 7-day operational test acceptance, this series of achievements signifies that Shanghai Hydrogen Ruite has gained recognition in the international market for high-end industrial PEM hydrogen production, and also showcases the international image and quality of "Made-in-China".

About Shanghai Hydrogen Ruite Technology Co., Ltd.:

Shanghai Hydrogen Ruite Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 2022. Its core technology and management team are composed of talents from the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and global Fortune 500 companies in the hydrogen energy sector. The company specializes in the R&D, industrialisation, application, and solutions for PEM water electrolysis hydrogen production, meeting the requirements for high reliability, long lifespan, high efficiency, and adaptability to fluctuating power supply input for water electrolysis hydrogen production equipment as proposed by the National Energy Administration. The company possesses production lines for "roll-to-roll membrane electrode, highly uniform titanium felt coating, serialised electrolyser assembly, and modular hydrogen production system integration." It has the capability to supply large-size membrane electrodes and a series of products for 2~500 Nm³H₂/h PEM water electrolysis hydrogen production stacks and systems, with an annual capacity exceeding 200 MW. Its core technical indicators are at the internationally leading level, and multiple products have obtained EU CE certification. The company has applied for/been granted over 20 various patents (including 2 PCT patents), and has received honors such as National High-Tech Enterprise, Shanghai Specialised, Refined, Distinctive, and New Enterprise, and Shanghai Technological Innovation Enterprise.

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