China’s first Natural Gas(NG)/H2 blended pipeline around the corner

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China National Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Corp (CEE) has successfully won the bid to design the demonstration project of a 7.4km hydrogen transmission pipeline and a blending H2 and natural gas (NG/H2) mid-term facility in Ningxia. CEE will be responsible for preliminary design and construction drawing design projects. The demonstration is expected to start operation by the end of 2021, the …

China’s first FCV application demonstration regions confirmed

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China’s Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Shanghai, and Guangdong provinces were approved as the first batch of the national fuel cell vehicle (FCV) demonstration city alliances, according to the Beijing Municipal Finance Bureau. The approval was jointly green-lighted by five of China’s ministries. The approval is confirmed, so far, mainly by the Beijing local government. The three approved city alliances are: Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei: six districts …

First green hydrogen Power-to-Ammonia has been launched

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Liao Quo, general manager of China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC), announced at the China-Arabic Energy Cooperation Summit Forum that a subsidiary of CMEC will develop the first ammonia production project based on green hydrogen. Products of the project (“Green ammonia”) would be exported to the international market. “Safe and convenient storage and transportation makes ammonia very suitable for the development …

Made in China 2025

China’s KET development; how does it compare to the Netherlands?

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How to deal with China on technologies where Europe has an edge has become an important facet to strategic engagement. This is especially true of key enabling technologies where China has proclaimed in its Made In China 2025 and Strategic Emerging Industry plans that it wants to be more self-sufficient. But how big is the perceived knowledge gap really? Within …

GUANGDONG: Part of the National FCV Demonstration City Alliances

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The Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission last week officially confirmed to be selected among the first batch of the national fuel cell vehicle (FCV) demonstration city alliances. Leading by Foshan, the alliance will collaborate with cities such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Yangjiang, Yunfu, Fuzhou, Zibo, Baotou and Lu’an. Among them, Foshan, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zibo, Lu’an and Baotou …