The Tashkent Green Hydrogen Project in Uzbekistan, the first green hydrogen EPC project in Central Asia contracted by PowerChina, has recently made a major breakthrough and successfully produced hydrogen with a purity of 99.99%, marking the official entry of the project into the hydrogen production operation stage. This milestone event not only created a precedent for the development of green hydrogen industry in Central Asia, but also became an important model of cooperation between China and Ukraine in the field of new energy.
As the first green hydrogen project in Uzbekistan and the first of its kind undertaken by the China Pipeline Bureau overseas, the project is led by the Saudi International Power and Water Company (ACWA Power) and PowerChina is responsible for the EPC general contracting. The project is listed as the core project of the Uzbek government's "green energy strategy", including wind power and green hydrogen. Among them, the wind power part has achieved 52MW of full-capacity grid-connected power generation in May this year, providing a stable clean energy guarantee for the follow-up hydrogen production link.
The project innovatively builds a zero-carbon closed-loop of the whole industrial chain of "wind and solar power generation, electrolysis hydrogen production, synthetic ammonia and fertilizer production". The core hydrogen production facility is located in the MAXAM chemical plant in Tashkent and uses a 20MW electrolyzer system with an annual capacity of 3,000 tons of green hydrogen. The hydrogen will be used to synthesize 500,000 tons of nitrogen fertilizer, which is expected to replace 33 million tons of natural gas consumption per year and reduce about 30,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
It is worth noting that the project adopts the alkaline water electrolysis hydrogen production technology independently developed by LONGi Hydrogen Energy. With the advantages of high efficiency and low energy consumption, this technology has become a key support for achieving the goal of zero-carbon hydrogen production. The 1000Nm³/h electrolyzer "4-to-1" hydrogen production system put into operation this time is the first time that China's large-scale electrolyzer equipment has been successfully applied overseas, demonstrating the technical strength of domestic hydrogen energy equipment.
The successful implementation of the project has multiple exemplary significance: on the one hand, it provides a practical solution for Uzbekistan's energy transition, and on the other hand, it also sets a benchmark for China's green hydrogen technology to "go global". As the project enters the stage of commercial operation, its innovative model will provide an important reference for the development of renewable energy hydrogen production and the construction of a green industrial system in Central Asia, and help achieve the global carbon neutrality goal.(This article is from the official website of Seetao www.seetao.com. Reprinting without permission is strictly prohibited. Please indicate Seetao.com + original link when reprinting) Seetao.com Strategy Column Editor/Sun Fengjuan
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