Source: Xinhua News Agency
According to the Energy Bureau of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China’s first interprovincial, long-distance, large-scale green hydrogen pipeline project—the Inner Mongolia Ulanqab to Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Hydrogen Transmission Pipeline Demonstration Project—has recently received official approval for its Inner Mongolia section.
This pipeline is a national-level pilot demonstration project aimed at facilitating large-scale transmission of green hydrogen and exploring an integrated commercial operation model covering production, storage, transmission, and utilization of hydrogen energy. It also serves as a key green hydrogen outbound project in the preliminary implementation of Inner Mongolia’s hydrogen transmission network. The project is invested in and constructed by Sinopec Xinxing (Inner Mongolia) West-to-East Hydrogen Transmission New Energy Co., Ltd. Upon completion, it will significantly reduce the cost of green hydrogen transportation, further promote the consumption of green hydrogen, and support the full industrial chain development of hydrogen production, storage, transmission, and utilization in Inner Mongolia.
At present, Inner Mongolia is actively improving green hydrogen pipeline infrastructure. It has issued the country’s first provincial-level green hydrogen pipeline development plan and is planning to build a green hydrogen pipeline network featuring “one main line, two loops, and four outlets,” fully opening up both local consumption and outbound transmission channels for green hydrogen. Meanwhile, a relatively complete set of policies and management systems for green hydrogen pipeline construction, operation, and management has taken shape, and the construction and operation of green hydrogen pipelines have entered a normalized management phase.
Next, Inner Mongolia will align green hydrogen resources with market demand, strengthen green hydrogen trade cooperation with neighboring provinces and cities, and continue to advance green hydrogen pipeline construction. It aims to build hydrogen transmission infrastructure that serves major surrounding consumer markets and support the establishment of Inner Mongolia as a northern green hydrogen supply center and the country’s largest green hydrogen production and transmission base. (An Lumeng)