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Apr 30, 2024 08:18 PM
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‘Green Hydrogen’ Machine China’s Next Hot Export

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On August 28, 2023, two staff members of the hydrogen production plant of Sinopec Xinxing Green Hydrogen Company check the operation of the hydrogen electrolyzers in Aksu, Xinjiang. Photo: VCG
On August 28, 2023, two staff members of the hydrogen production plant of Sinopec Xinxing Green Hydrogen Company check the operation of the hydrogen electrolyzers in Aksu, Xinjiang. Photo: VCG

With the current level of costs and production capacity achieved by China’s hydrogen-electrolyzer makers, the product, used to create “green hydrogen,” may become the country’s fourth-largest new energy export after solar panels, lithium batteries and electric vehicles, according to an expert.

“Right now, the only way to produce green hydrogen is [through electrolysis] using renewable sources like solar and wind,” said Tsinghua University professor Ouyang Minggao at the Zhongguancun Forum in Beijing on Sunday.

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