Tracking Green Hydrogen Projects: Guohua Investment and SF Express Jointly Launch Hydrogen Energy Logistics Demonstration Operation

Recently, Guohua Investment (Hydrogen Energy Company)'s Wanquan and Fengning North integrated energy stations simultaneously completed the first hydrogen refueling operations for SF Express's hydrogen-powered logistics vehicles. Among them, the Fengning North Integrated Energy Station achieved a "first-order breakthrough" in external hydrogen refueling, officially commencing commercial operation services. The hydrogen used in this refueling was entirely self-produced green hydrogen from the Chicheng Hydrogen Production Plant—the first hydrogen production plant in the hydrogen energy sector put into operation by China Energy Investment Corporation. In March 2025, it obtained the group's first formal renewable hydrogen evaluation certificate, utilizing green electricity for electrolysis to produce green hydrogen with a purity of 99.999%. This collaboration signifies that the two parties have established a deeply synergistic partnership in the field of green energy application, creating an innovative demonstration model for the logistics industry to explore a "zero-carbon future," and further serving as a key practice for China Energy Investment Corporation in advancing the high-quality development of the hydrogen energy industry.

Located in Fengning Manchu Autonomous County, Chengde City, Hebei Province, the Fengning North Integrated Energy Station is a benchmark project for the iterative upgrade of China Energy Investment Corporation's integrated energy stations. As the region's first smart energy hub integrating oil, hydrogen, and electricity, the station innovatively implements a "one-stop multi-supply" model, capable of meeting the energy supply needs of different car models and vehicles with varying fuel requirements. Its core service radius covers Fengning County and surrounding cities. While ensuring the stable supply of refined oil, hydrogen, and charging services, it also bears the important mission of promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of the energy structure in the Chengde area, providing solid support for the upgrade of the local energy industry.

In terms of hardware configuration, the station's hydrogen refueling area is equipped with a tube trailer with a hydrogen storage capacity of 384 kg and mobile hydrogen refueling equipment with a capacity of 1,000 kg per 12 hours, capable of simultaneously refueling two hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. The project adopts a modular mobile hydrogen refueling station design, allowing flexible response to temporary and seasonal fluctuations in hydrogen refueling demand, providing a replicable solution for the rapid deployment of hydrogen energy infrastructure. To ensure the safety and efficiency of the first refueling operation, the Hebei Branch fully drew on the long-term operational experience of the Wanquan Integrated Energy Station, conducting specialized training covering the entire process, including safety protection, equipment operation, and emergency response. This ensured that the operators mastered the professional technical requirements, establishing a solid line of defense for safe operations.

This collaboration deeply aligns with the development direction of large-scale hydrogen energy application outlined in the national "16th Five-Year Plan," innovatively building a closed-loop ecosystem of "technology-infrastructure-scenario." As core nodes in China Energy Investment Corporation's green hydrogen industry chain, the two integrated energy stations rely on an AI digital intelligent operation and maintenance system to achieve real-time monitoring and intelligent scheduling across the entire process of production, storage, transportation, and refueling. By using equipment health prediction models to identify potential faults in advance and optimizing hydrogen distribution efficiency through supply-demand algorithms, the stability of hydrogen supply has been enhanced to over 99.8%. SF Express leverages its logistics scenario advantages by incorporating hydrogen-powered vehicles into its regular operational network, providing large-scale commercial validation scenarios for green hydrogen applications.

From public transportation to the logistics sector, hydrogen energy is accelerating its integration into the transportation energy structure of Hebei province. This collaboration not only sets a new benchmark for green transportation in the logistics industry but also marks a critical transition for China's hydrogen energy sector from the demonstration phase to commercial operation. With the cost of hydrogen fuel cell systems during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period expected to drop by 50% compared to 2020, and the production cost of green hydrogen gradually approaching the target of 10 yuan/kg, the economic viability of hydrogen energy in the logistics and transportation field will continue to improve, injecting strong green momentum into the achievement of the "dual carbon" goals. In the future, the two parties will further expand their cooperation dimensions, deepening collaboration in areas such as the large-scale deployment of hydrogen-powered vehicles and the coordinated layout of hydrogen refueling networks, jointly writing a new chapter in the commercial application of hydrogen energy.