In China, China Daily reported that a project using solar and wind power to produce hydrogen started construction in Ordos, Inner Mongolia autonomous region. According to the report, the project is being built by Sinopec Star Co, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chinese refiner Sinopec. The project is Sinopec’s first green hydrogen demonstration project in Inner Mongolia. The report noted that the operation of the project consists mainly of five areas: wind and solar power generation, power transmissions and transformations, hydrogen production by electrolysis of water, hydrogen storage and hydrogen transmissions. The production capacity of hydrogen through electrolyzed water is 30,000 metric tons per year and the hydrogen storage capacity is 288,000 standard cubic meters, the company said. The project will require a total investment of $848.2 million.
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