The municipalities directly under the People’s Government of Henan Province, the Administration Committee of Jiyuan City-Industry Integration Demonstration Zone, the Administration Committee of Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone, and the departments of the Provincial People’s Government,：
The Medium- and Long-Term Plan for Development of the Hydrogen Energy Industry in Henan Province (2022-2035) and the Work Plan for Building the Zhengzhou-Kaifeng-Luoyang-Puyang Hydrogen Corridor have been approved by the provincial government and are hereby printed and distributed to you, please carry them out conscientiously.
General Office of the People’s Government of Henan Province
August 26, 2022
Medium- and Long-term Plan for Development of the Hydrogen Energy Industry in Henan Province
（2022—2035）
In the context of the global energy transition, in order to seize opportunities for booming the hydrogen energy industry in a healthy ecosystem and accelerating the high-quality development of the energy and equipment manufacturing industries in Henan Province, the Plan is hereby formulated in accordance with relevant national plans, the Outline of Henan Province for the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and Long-term Range Objectives through the Year 2035, and the 14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Strategic Emerging Industries and Future Industries of Henan Province.
In the context of the global energy transition, in order to seize opportunities for booming the hydrogen energy industry in a healthy ecosystem and accelerating the high-quality development of the energy and equipment manufacturing industries in Henan Province, the Plan is hereby formulated in accordance with relevant national plans, the Outline of Henan Province for the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and Long-term Range Objectives through the Year 2035, and the 14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Strategic Emerging Industries and Future Industries of Henan Province.
I. Development environment
(1) Development trend. In the context of the global energy structural transition towards clean and low-carbon development, hydrogen energy is regarded as one with the most development potential in this century, setting the strategic tone for future energy technology revolution and industrial development. Since the beginning of the 21st century, many countries and regions have conducted in-depth and extensive studies on hydrogen energy. Major developed economies such as the European Union, the United States, Japan, and South Korea consider hydrogen energy a strategic energy for future technological innovation. With steady growth and continuous breakthroughs in key industrial-chain technologies, the hydrogen energy industry is accelerating in an all-round way.
In recent years, China has seen a booming hydrogen energy industry. In 2019, hydrogen energy was included in the report on the work of the government for the first time; in the national outline for the 14th Five-Year Plan, hydrogen energy was defined as one of the cutting-edge technological and industrial fields for future industrial incubation and acceleration. The hydrogen energy industry has become a priority among strategic emerging and future industries. So far, a great number of innovative enterprises in the upstream and downstream of the industry have grown up and mastered main technologies and production processes such as hydrogen preparation, storage and transportation, fueling, fuel cells and system integration. Pilot programs of fuel cell vehicles have been launched in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Delta, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and Henan and Hebei provinces. Currently, the focus is on making breakthroughs in industrial chain technology and achieving application demonstration throughout the industry.
(2) Development basis. Henan province is a significant energy supplier and consumer, dominated by heavy, coal-based industries. The move to develop the hydrogen energy industry is significant to a green-oriented transition of energy and the realization of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality of Henan. With an early start, Henan Province has laid a foundation for hydrogen energy industrial development.
1. The hydrogen resources are abundant. With a strong chemical industry, there are around 550,000 tons of hydrogen (as a by-product) generated annually from the coke, caustic soda, synthetic ammonia, and methanol industries in Henan Province, providing plentiful quality, low-cost energy resources for the early development of the industry. As of the end of 2021, Henan ranked seventh in China regarding the installed capacity of wind and photovoltaic power. As relevant technology matures and the cost further decreases, Henan is capable of hydrogen production from clean energy.
2. The industrial agglomeration effect is strong. Yutong Bus is one of the first domestic vehicle enterprises to explore fuel cell vehicles. It is now developing the fourth-generation fuel cell buses, and the projects of heavy trucks, logistics vehicles and municipal vehicles are underway. So far, a total of 458 Yutong fuel cell vehicles have been in service nationwide, with a total mileage of more than 35 million kilometers. Upstream and downstream enterprises such as Yuqing Power, Jichong Hydrogen Energy, Jieqing Technology, Hyfun Energy Technology, and Zhongqin Taikang have successively settled in. Industrial fields like fuel cell stacks, air supply systems, 70MPa hydrogen cylinders, solid hydrogen storage equipment, hydrogen tube bundle trailers, and hydrogen station construction, operation and maintenance have begun to take shape. Related industries in Zhengzhou, Xinxiang, and Puyang have started to cluster together.
3. innovative platforms have been established. Yutong Bus and Hydrogen Equipment have established a number of national and provincial engineering laboratories for hydrogen energy research, including the National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Bus Safety Control Technology and the Henan Hydrogen Energy Equipment Engineering Center. Yutong Bus has joined hands with universities such as Tsinghua University and Tongji University, as well as leading enterprises such as Censtar H2-Electricity and Relations, to launch the Henan Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cell Vehicle Industry Institute. The Puyang Municipal Government has initiated the establishment of a hydrogen energy industry alliance with well-known domestic hydrogen industry enterprises, with the support of the Sinopec New Energy Industry Research Institute. The Xinxiang Municipal Government and Henan Normal University established the Xinxiang Battery Research Institute. Henan Investment Group has established in-depth cooperation with Shanghai Jiaotong University, Yutong Bus and Tongji University to set up a scientific research team in Henan. In addition, a provincial-level strategic emerging industry investment fund platform has been founded and started operation. The hydrogen energy industrial parks in Xinxiang and Puyang have been basically completed.
4. The transportation applications are domestically leading. In 2015, the first hydrogen station in Henan, the third in China, was built in Zhengzhou. Three years later, the first hydrogen fuel cell bus demonstration line in Henan was opened in the same city. So far, 6 hydrogen stations have been built in the province, with a total designed capacity of 4,210 kilograms per day. In Zhengzhou, 223 fuel cell buses have been put into operation on 20 bus lines, with a cumulative operating mileage of more than 10 million kilometers. “1+N+5” cities led by Zhengzhou have been approved by the state as fuel cell vehicle pilot cities.
5. Relevant policies have been formulated. Policies have been introduced to support the development of the hydrogen energy industry, such as the Action Plan of Henan Province for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Industry Development and Several Policies to Promote the High-quality Development of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Industry in Demonstration Cities in Henan Province. Cities such as Zhengzhou, Xinxiang, Puyang and Luoyang have formulated local supportive policies.
However, there are also difficulties and challenges. First, development entails technological breakthroughs. Compared with internationally leading counterparts, we lag far behind in technology and industrialization of hydrogen energy and hydrogen fuel cells and lack core technologies in key fields such as efficient hydrogen production from renewable energy, hydrogen storage, transportation and refueling, and fuel cells, with dependence on imports of core components and key materials. Second, we need to improve green and low-carbon energy applications. Currently, hydrogen is mainly an industrial by-product or product from fossil energy, and the production process is accompanied by environmental pollution and carbon emission. The technology of generating hydrogen from clean energy (such as wind power and solar photovoltaics) is immature and the cost is high - more than 4 times that of hydrogen production from coal. Third, the terminal applications need to be expanded. Currently, hydrogen-fueled applications are designed mainly for transportation. However, considering the experience in advanced countries, pollution prevention and control, and energy conservation and carbon reduction in China, future applications may be needed in industries, distributed energy, and energy storage. Fourth, management policies and safety norms need to be improved. Industrial development now faces difficulties because there are no established norms for the construction and operation management of hydrogen stations or sound safety standard systems and policies related to hydrogen production, storage, transportation and use.
II. General requirements
(1) Guiding ideology. In strict accordance with Xi Jinping Thoughts on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, we will implement the new strategy for energy security detailed as Four Revolutions and One Cooperation and will spare no effort to reach the peak in carbon dioxide emissions around 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. We will strive for Henan modernization with high quality and at a high level and implement Ten Strategies. We will take hydrogen as a high-efficient, low-carbon, flexible energy for terminals, storage and industrial raw materials, persist in innovation-driven development, pursue industrial upgrading, put safety first and encourage role-model stimulations in the hydrogen energy industry. In addition to giving full play to the leading role of key enterprises, we will deeply implement the innovation-driven strategy, promote research on core technology and equipment, absorb and cultivate enterprises for higher industrial strength, and highlight the fuel cell vehicle demonstration program. Also, we may build infrastructure in advance, actively explore application scenarios, and improve institutions and mechanisms promptly. We will promote the in-depth integration of industrial, innovation, supply, element, and institutional chains, providing new momentum for energy transition and high-quality development of equipment manufacturing in the province.
(2) Development principles.
1. Market-oriented and government-regulated. We persist in market-oriented development of the hydrogen energy industry and will stimulate the vitality of market entities, increase input in research and development, create application scenarios, and explore more business models. The government will play a guiding role in planning, adopt policy incentives, determine priorities, and properly maintain the industrial order. Also, more efforts will be made to optimize the industrial layout and create a good environment for a steady and orderly development of the hydrogen energy industry.
2. Overall planning with clear priorities. Efforts will be made to improve the top-level design and enrich the utilization scenarios of hydrogen energy, for example, as a supplement to the electrified energy system or an effective replacement of fossil energy in the end use. The priority will be fuel cells for transportation applications, and its success will be a booster to other hydrogen-fueled applications.
3. Highlighting innovation and demonstration. We encourage independent research and the use of existing advanced technologies as well. We encourage the joint efforts of leading enterprises and research institutions, because the win-win cooperation can contribute to progress in core technologies and key equipment. Relying on leading and competitive enterprises in the industrial chain, we will carry out pilot programs in suitable places in the aim of bolstering hydrogen energy industrialization.
4. Putting safety first and pursuing coordinated development. We will take safety as an inherent requirement in developing the hydrogen energy industry. We will improve the safety supervision system and standards and strengthen risk prevention and control of the entire industry chain. We will enhance departmental coordination, introduce matching policies, and gradually establish industrial ecology and standards for scientific research, application promotion, construction and operation at different development stages accordingly.
(3) Development goals. By 2025, groundbreaking results will be made in key technologies and equipment manufacturing, the industrial chain will be basically complete with more than 100 related enterprises, and the annual output value will exceed 100 billion yuan. A batch of hydrogen stations will be built a little bit in advance. The hydrogen energy application continues to expand, and hydrogen will substitute for traditional fuels to some extent. The proportion of green energy continues to increase: more than 5,000 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles of various types will be in service, the annual supply of hydrogen fuel will reach 30,000 tons, and the retail price of hydrogen will drop below 30 yuan/kg. Three to five green hydrogen demonstration projects will be built. In addition, the Zhengzhou-Kaifeng-Luoyang-Puyang Hydrogen Corridor will be basically completed, and the demonstration city cluster (led by Zhengzhou) for fuel cell vehicle application will achieve remarkable results and grow into a national-level advanced manufacturing cluster for hydrogen energy.
By 2035, advantages in the hydrogen energy industry chain will be further highlighted: the industry size will expand, with comprehensively improved quality and benefits. Enterprises can independently develop key technologies regarding hydrogen production, storage, transportation, filling and fuel cells, with comprehensive indicators reaching the world’s advanced level. A group of renowned enterprises and brands with independent intellectual property rights will be cultivated. The hydrogen energy supply network will be further optimized, the proportion of low-cost green hydrogen (hydrogen from renewable energy) supply will be further increased, and the liquefied hydrogen storage and pipeline hydrogen transmission will be more economically competitive. A hydrogen energy industry will be basically formed in the field of transportation, and more applications will be seen in such fields as energy storage, distributed energy, and industry. Supportive policies will be in place for the development of hydrogen energy. A world-class fuel cell vehicle industry base and a leading domestic hydrogen energy industry cluster will be formed in the province.
III. Overall planning
Taking the opportunity of implementing ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin and aligning tightly with the forward-looking planning for future industries and the arrangement of strategic sectors in Henan by the provincial party committee and the provincial government, this Plan strengthens the top-level design and optimizes industrial layout according to the status quo of the hydrogen energy industry across Henan and the roles of different cities in the development of the hydrogen energy industry. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, efforts will be doubled to build the Zhengzhou-Kaifeng-Luoyang-Puyang Hydrogen Corridor (with one axis, five nodes, and three bases), forming a hydrogen energy industry cluster that radiates the whole province. The Henan Corridor, the hydrogen energy industrial cluster in Shaanxi, and the Shandong hydrogen economic belt will collectively form the hydrogen energy industrial belt in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. In the long term, the industrial chain, also a sustainable and virtuous industrial chain, ecological chain, and value chain, will form and extend along the existing Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway and the Lianyungang-Horgos Expressway, playing a more prominent role in interconnecting the east and the west and the north and the south in the hydrogen energy development in China.
1. Zhengzhou-Kaifeng-Luoyang-Puyang Axis for Hydrogen Demonstration Application. Hydrogen energy is first applied to the transportation field. Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang and Puyang, which vary in the industrial foundation and functional positioning, shall give full play to their respective advantages in innovation and research, high-end equipment manufacturing, green hydrogen supply, and demonstrative application to run hydrogen energy demonstration programs. These cities shall launch hydrogen-fueled vehicle lines, such as the Zhengzhou-Kaifeng-Luoyang cultural tourism line, the Zhengzhou-Kaifeng-Puyang land-port combined line for logistics distribution, and the Zhengzhou-Kaifeng-Luoyang-Puyang green energy municipal transportation line, which are mainly along the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway, the Daqing-Guangzhou Expressway, the Lianyungang-Horgos Expressway, and national highways 107 and 310. These cities shall actively explore the integrated application of hydrogen in fields of distributed energy and industry, so as to form a hydrogen fuel cell application demonstration axis.
2. Zhengzhou, Xinxiang, Luoyang, Kaifeng, and Puyang as node cities of the hydrogen energy equipment manufacturing industry. It is agreed that Zhengzhou, Xinxiang, Luoyang, Kaifeng, and Puyang shall vigorously engage in equipment manufacturing of the whole hydrogen energy industry and explore an integrated development. These cities shall give full play to their respective advantages and cooperate with leading enterprises, research institutes, universities, and foreign enterprises to accelerate the formation of a domestic leading hydrogen energy equipment industrial cluster. Relying on Henan Investment Group, Yutong Bus, SAIC Motor, and Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou City will build a leading domestic demonstration base for the fuel cell commercial vehicle industry and a demonstration zone for key hydrogen energy technology research, development and innovation. Puyang and Xinxiang will strengthen cooperation with Sinopec, Shanghai Jiaotong University, and key enterprises to build a hydrogen energy industrial park, respectively. The two cities will make concerted efforts to develop hydrogen energy in northern Henan. Relying on enterprises such as Chery Automobile, YAPP Automotive, and Luoyang Shuangrui, Kaifeng and Luoyang will build centers for R&D and manufacturing of key components for the hydrogen energy industry.
3. Hydrogen energy supply bases in northern, northern, and central and southern Henan. Considering the status quo of renewable energy resources such as industrial hydrogen (by-product), wind energy and solar energy in different cities, supports will be given to Puyang, Anyang, Jiaozuo, Jiyuan, Sanmenxia, Xuchang, and Pingdingshan to integrate traditional hydrogen sources, develop hydrogen (as by-product) purification technology, and expand green hydrogen supply channels. Specifically, three hydrogen supply bases will be built in northern Henan, northwest Henan, and central and southern Henan, respectively to serve the Zhengzhou-Kaifeng-Luoyang-Puyang Hydrogen Corridor and surrounding regions.
IV. Key tasks
(1) Achieve technological breakthroughs through innovation-driven development. Focusing on the key areas and critical links of hydrogen energy, we should combine independent research and development with absorbing external knowledge. We should build a multi-level and diversified innovation platform, deepen industry-academic-research cooperation, introduce and cultivate talents, and enhance our efforts in technological breakthroughs in core technology and critical materials.
1. Accelerate the research and development of key core technologies. We should build an efficient innovation network with leading enterprises and research institutions. By pooling scientific resources, we should organize major joint research projects focusing on clean, low-carbon hydrogen production, precise purification, dense storage and transportation, fuel cell materials, and vehicles. Our forward-looking layout aims to seize the technological high ground in the hydrogen energy industry. Our breakthroughs include megawatt-scale proton exchange membrane electrolysis, high-power and efficient alkaline electrolysis, precise hydrogen gas purification and trace impurity detection, and solid oxide electrolysis hydrogen production. We should also advance the manufacturing technology of 70 MPa (Type IV) high-pressure hydrogen storage systems and develop solid-state and organic liquid hydrogen storage, high-pressure cryogenic liquefaction, and hydrogen blending in natural gas pipelines. We focus on developing long-life, reliable, and efficient fuel cell systems, stacks, membrane electrodes, and bipolar plate mass production technology. We should improve fuel cell vehicle energy-saving control, power system matching, and safety technologies, ensuring vehicle safety, economy, environmental adaptability, and reliability.
2. Enhance research and innovation support capabilities. We should support universities, research institutions, and enterprises to establish key laboratories and cutting-edge cross-disciplinary research platforms and conduct basic and frontier research on hydrogen applications and technologies. By leveraging the strengths of top enterprises to integrate high-quality, innovative resources in the industry, we should aim to establish provincial-level technology innovation centers, engineering research centers, pilot bases, and other innovation platforms. Our ultimate goal is to create national-level innovation platforms and support the hydrogen industry's development and engineering applications of critical technologies. We should establish a comprehensive hydrogen entrepreneurship support system, including integrated technology incubation platforms for intellectual property rights, technology trading, and other related services. Also, we should accelerate the construction of a public service platform for hydrogen product inspection, testing, and certification and promote the construction of a quality certification system for hydrogen products. Relying on core enterprises, we should accelerate the construction of hydrogen, fuel cell, key components, whole vehicle testing bases and experimental platforms.
3. Strengthen team building. With a focus on innovation in hydrogen energy technology, we aim to attract, train, utilize and retain talents to develop the hydrogen energy industry. We should actively implement international talent policies, establish connections with high-level and specialized domestic and foreign teams in hydrogen energy, and attract innovative teams to join the field. We should strengthen partnerships with renowned domestic and foreign universities and research institutions such as Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Tongji University, and the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. We should advance research and development of crucial hydrogen energy industry technologies through collaborative efforts, providing academic support for the sector's growth. To cultivate local technical talents, we should rely on major industry support projects, train innovative leaders and technical experts in hydrogen energy technology, support local universities in hydrogen energy disciplines, strengthen school-enterprise cooperation, establish talent training bases, and expand the number of specialized technical talents.
(2) Foster and develop a competitive edge in the hydrogen industry chain. To industrialize future technologies, we should plan strategically across cycles, optimize resource allocation within and outside the province, attract external firms and funds, and accelerate hydrogen industry development by building, extending, complementing and strengthening specific fields. We should also construct several industrial support projects and hydrogen industry parks to concentrate on the spatial layout, functional aggregation and complementary positioning of the hydrogen energy industry. We aim to create a vital hydrogen equipment manufacturing cluster in the central region.
1. Boost the manufacturing capabilities across the hydrogen energy production, storage, transportation, and refueling chain. We should increase the production capacity of high-power and efficient equipment for alkaline electrolysis, proton exchange membrane electrolysis, hydrogen purification, and distributed catalytic hydrogen production from natural gas, ammonia, and methanol, to enhance the hydrogen production supply level. We should improve the independent manufacturing capabilities of high-pressure gaseous pipe bundle vehicles or bundles with a pressure rating above 30 Mpa to improve the efficiency, economy, and hydrogen transport capacity per vehicle. We should overcome the bottleneck in producing critical materials and equipment for 70 MPa (Type IV) vehicle-carried high-pressure hydrogen storage cylinders. This will increase the hydrogen storage density and pressure cycle times per unit mass of carbon fiber-wrapped hydrogen gas bottles. We should develop critical equipment such as integrated equipment for water electrolysis production, storage, and refueling, skid-mounted refueling, mobile high-pressure refueling, hydrogen compressors, and dispensers. Also, we should develop control integrated systems for the hydrogen refueling stations and promote the localization of critical components such as compressors, hydrogen storage cylinders, dispensers, key valve bodies, and high-pressure components. This will reduce the construction and operation costs of the hydrogen refueling stations.
2. Develop the core industry of hydrogen fuel cells and fuel cell vehicles. We should pursue independent research and development while learning from and adopting advanced technologies. Centered around the Zhengzhou automotive industry base and building on the existing industrial foundation, we should fully leverage the advantages of Yutong Bus, a leading enterprise in the fuel cell vehicle industry, and collaborate with Dongfeng, SAIC, and other vehicle companies to build a complete industrial chain for fuel cell vehicles. We should foster innovation and development of key core technologies for fuel cell vehicles, enhance the supportive services for related enterprises in hydrogen dispensers and fuel cell vehicle electronic control systems, and build a domestically advanced demonstration cluster for the fuel cell vehicle industry. We should aim to create a hydrogen fuel-specific vehicle production cluster with companies like Xinxiang Xinfei Special Purpose Vehicle Co., Ltd., Puyang Zyzj Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd., Anyang Derry New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd., and Luoyang CIMC Lingyu to construct large-scale production bases for fuel cells and power systems. We should boost the industrialization of core fuel cell materials, key components, and power systems and enhance the production technology of core components such as bipolar plates, fuel cell stacks, air compressors, and hydrogen circulation pumps. We should support related enterprises to strengthen their advantages. Also, we should speed up the introduction of enterprises with benefits in fields such as membrane electrodes, proton exchange membranes, catalysts, and carbon paper into Henan. This will fill the gaps in the industry chain and create a complete industrial chain covering the eight core components of fuel cells.
3. Cultivate excellence from existing strengths to develop a platform for industrial development. We should leverage internal and external resources, utilize industrial and special government funds, rely on leading local enterprises, and create a joint venture and cooperation platform. We should fill the gaps in the industry chain through strategic collaboration, mergers and acquisitions, and technology introduction. We should deepen cooperation with upstream and downstream enterprises in the industry chain. We should also strive to attract leading enterprises in the province to set up related equipment R&D, product design and manufacturing bases in Henan to achieve large-scale local production. We should accelerate the development of hydrogen energy industrial parks in Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang, Puyang, and Xinxiang. We should create a hydrogen-powered vehicle operation platform, focus on the demand side, and provide integrated solutions for vehicle production, operation and maintenance, and finance. We should promote new models such as hydrogen fuel cell-powered bus operations and heavy-duty truck rental packages to lower the purchase and operating costs of hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles.
(3) Moderately advance the construction of the supply system. We should align the hydrogen energy industry and demonstration layout as a whole, adjust the development pace reasonably, increase the share of hydrogen fuel cells gradually, build storage and transportation networks steadily, construct hydrogen dispensing infrastructure and create hydrogen energy innovative supply platforms orderly to form a compatible and coordinated hydrogen energy supply system for industry development and promotion and application.
1. Promote clean and low-carbon hydrogen energy. We should develop a stable hydrogen supply through diversified development and tap into the potential of industrial by-product hydrogen resources within the province to provide a low-cost and steady hydrogen supply for the short-term growth of the hydrogen energy industry. We should encourage enterprises in chloralkali, synthetic ammonia, coal chemical, and petrochemical industries to optimize by-product hydrogen purification technology, build purification devices to improve hydrogen gas quality, and lower hydrogen usage costs. We should also explore the integration of fossil fuel hydrogen production and carbon dioxide capture and storage technology. Based on the long-term, we should explore hydrogen fuel cell supply methods actively, integrate extra wind power and photovoltaic power effectively, carry out renewable energy electrolysis hydrogen production demonstrations and expand the scale gradually, research and develop biomass hydrogen production and photocatalytic hydrogen production technologies, and expand the supply channels of green hydrogen. Moreover, we should promote the large-scale development of hydrogen fuel cell sources continuously, increase the share of hydrogen fuel cell terminal consumption supply, and form a low-carbon, low-cost, stable and reliable hydrogen supply structure gradually to ensure the safety of hydrogen supply.
2. Build a hydrogen storage and transportation network. We should follow the "one axis, five nodes, three bases" strategy and the "nearby consumption" principle to build a hydrogen storage and transportation network to improve efficiency and reduce costs. We should develop high-pressure gaseous hydrogen storage and long-tube trailer transportation and gradually move to higher-pressure long-tube trailer transportation and liquid hydrogen transportation demonstrations. In good time, we should also add hydrogen into natural gas transmission pipelines, explore regional hydrogen transportation networks, and build a high-density, lightweight, low-cost, and diversified hydrogen storage and transportation system.
3. Accelerate the construction of hydrogen refueling stations. We should follow the "demand-oriented" principle and meet the hydrogen demand of the Zhengzhou-Kaifeng-Luoyang-Puyang hydrogen corridor and the Zhengzhou fuel cell vehicle demonstration and application urban cluster, in line with the development needs of a comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network in Henan. We should comprehensively plan the hydrogen refueling network and encourage regions with due infrastructure, capabilities, and demand to develop policies and moderately advance the infrastructure layout. We should prioritize backbone highways and national roads for hydrogen refueling station construction. We should encourage land resource efficiency and add hydrogen refueling capabilities to existing service stations to build fuel, gas, electricity, and hydrogen-integrated energy stations. We should also explore integrated hydrogen refueling stations taking methanol, natural gas, and ammonia water as carriers.
4. Build an intelligent hydrogen supply platform. We should use new-generation IT to create a hydrogen-intelligent supply platform. It will forecast and balance hydrogen supply and demand, monitor hydrogen refueling station loads in real-time, and set up a hydrogen transport mechanism that uses idle resources, centralizes scheduling, and matches efficiently. This will allow flexible scheduling among hydrogen sources, transport methods, and refueling stations. We should also build a hydrogen supply network that coordinates hydrogen sources, regulates storage and transport, and links supply and demand effectively.
(4) Expand application scenarios based on demand. Based on the market, we should promote hydrogen energy in transportation, expand its use and integration in energy storage, distributed energy, and industry, explore replicable and diverse demonstration scenarios and business models for hydrogen energy, and gradually make them more common.
1. We should demonstrate hydrogen energy in transportation. We should launch fuel cell vehicle demonstrations in Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang, Xinxiang, Jiaozuo, and Anyang. We should support pilot regions to replace traditional fuel vehicles with fuel cell vehicles and prioritize them in government procurement, especially for city buses and municipal utility vehicles. We should focus on cars such as cold chain logistics vehicles, sanitation vehicles, dump trucks/mixing trucks, and heavy-duty tractors to promote fuel cell vehicles in logistics parks, critical industrial parks, and key enterprise factory areas, as well as in garbage transfer and urban construction. We should also explore the application and demonstration of hydrogen fuel cells in rail transit and unmanned aerial vehicles.
2. We should use hydrogen energy for distributed energy scenarios. We should speed up the use of hydrogen energy for emergency power supply relying on communication base stations, data centers, railway communication sites, and power grid substations to increase the power supply reliability. We should leverage the benefits of hydrogen-electric conversion and design fuel cell co-generation systems based on local conditions using multi-energy complementarity and smart microgrids to demonstrate hydrogen energy as the core of energy comprehensive utilization in places such as industrial parks, mining areas, government offices, schools, hospitals, shopping malls, and provide electricity and high-quality heat sources for users. We should also explore the demonstration application of fuel cell distributed power sources and fixed power stations in relatively remote areas.
3. Promote the integrated development of multiple energy sources with hydrogen energy. We should leverage the benefits of hydrogen energy storage, such as long duration and large capacity, to demonstrate its use in renewable energy consumption and power grid peak-shaving scenarios. We should connect energy sources, such as wind, solar, and biomass, with hydrogen energy as a bridge, promote clean energy production and local consumption, and explore new models of combining wind/solar power generation with hydrogen storage, to achieve coordinated supply and cascaded utilization of multiple energy sources. We should utilize hydrogen energy as an energy storage medium to increase its share in the energy structure and store and shave excess electricity from renewable sources by electrolyzing water to produce hydrogen, which can effectively address the challenge of long-term, large-scale electricity storage and improve the renewable energy consumption capacity and the overall efficiency of the energy system.
4. Explore the integration and development of hydrogen energy with other industries. We should actively explore the integration and development of hydrogen energy with the metallurgical, building materials, and chemical industries. To reduce fossil energy consumption in industrial fields, we should explore to use low-cost clean energy hydrogen as high-quality raw materials for metallurgy, building materials, chemical and other industries and focus on the green transformation of steel, synthetic ammonia, methanol and other industries as hydrogen production technology and economy improve. We should demonstrate the hydrogen-metallurgy coupling utilization to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from traditional metallurgical processes.
(5) Prioritize safety and improve the policy system. We should establish a firm bottom-line mindset and red-line consciousness to enhance safety management throughout the process and life cycle of the hydrogen energy industry. We should focus on critical links and significant issues in developing the hydrogen energy industry, improve industrial policies and standard specifications, and strengthen institutional innovation.
1. Strengthen safety supervision. We should ensure the safe production and supervision of hydrogen energy, identify and control significant risks in its production, storage, transportation, refueling, and utilization chains, develop and improve safety supervision systems and standards, strengthen the prevention and control of significant safety risks, and ensure safe and controllable hydrogen energy utilization. We should promote the integration of key core technologies and safety technologies in the hydrogen energy industry and use advanced technologies such as the Internet, big data, and artificial intelligence to monitor, analyze, and warn the leakage, fatigue, and explosion risks of hydrogen energy production, storage, transportation, refueling, and utilization terminals, and effectively improve accident prevention capabilities. We should enhance emergency response capacity building, formulate emergency response plans, procedures, and regulations for hydrogen energy emergencies, conduct special drills, and respond to hydrogen energy safety risks promptly and effectively.
2. Enhance the policy framework for hydrogen energy. We should establish clear and consistent policies for managing hydrogen energy production, storage, transportation, and refueling throughout the process. We should develop management models for renewable energy hydrogen production that align with chemical park management requirements. We should clarify the construction and operation regulations for hydrogen refueling stations, including the responsible departments, construction standards, approval procedures, and supervision methods. We should innovate institutional mechanisms, research and explore market-oriented tools for renewable energy hydrogen production, improve the pricing mechanism for hydrogen energy storage, and explore ways for hydrogen energy storage to participate directly in electricity market transactions. We should formulate management methods for natural gas pipelines blending with hydrogen and pure hydrogen pipelines, encourage localities to develop policies promoting the hydrogen energy industry, and actively seek effective management methods.
3. Improve standards and regulations. We should enforce national and industry standards and safety regulations for hydrogen energy production, storage, transportation, refueling, and utilization and increase the supply of standards to guide related sectors. We should encourage leading enterprises, universities, and research institutes to participate in standard research and development, support qualified social organizations to formulate and publish relevant standards, lead the development of related industry standards in the domestic hydrogen energy field, and aim to upgrade provincial standards to national and industry standards. We should strictly implement mandatory standards in policy formulation, government procurement, and bidding activities and actively use recommended standards and relevant federal regulations. We should strengthen the implementation and supervision of standards and rules, update relevant standards of time with technological progress and industry development, dynamically improve and update relevant standards, and ensure their compatibility with industry development.
V. Assurance Measures
(1) Enhance organizational leadership. We should create a coordination and promotion mechanism for the hydrogen energy industry development, form a local leadership group led by the provincial government and departments such as Development and Reform Commission, Education Department, Science and Technology Department, Industry and Information Technology Department, Finance Department, Human Resources and Social Security Department, Housing and Urban-Rural Development Department, Transportation Department, Commerce Department, Emergency Management Department, and Market Supervision Bureau to address significant issues, improve supporting policies, and advance application demonstration projects. We should establish a hydrogen energy development expert committee to offer academic support for the hydrogen energy industry development. Relevant localities should develop a mechanism for setting up the hydrogen energy industry.
(2) Provide financial and tax incentives for hydrogen energy. We should allocate central budget investment, special financial funds, and other financial resources to the hydrogen energy industry as a key priority area and favor hydrogen energy projects in the plan. We should apply national support policies for the hydrogen energy industry and offer financial subsidies to eligible R&D of key core technologies, significant project investment, fuel cell vehicle purchases, and infrastructure construction and operation. Prioritize eligible R&D projects of key core technologies for provincial major science and technology special projects and other science and technology plans. We should reward provincial R&D manufacturing units of hydrogen production and refueling equipment, both complete set and single equipment, that meets the requirements of the first major technical equipment and subsidize in premium the insured products that meet the first major technical equipment requirements recognized by the province. We should enforce tax benefits for hydrogen energy technology-based SMEs and high-tech enterprises, such as lower income tax, the pre-tax deduction for R&D expenses, and faster depreciation of fixed assets.
(3) Diversify financing sources. We should leverage state-owned funds to attract strategic investors via provincial investment and financing platforms. We should support emerging industry investment and venture capital funds to set up hydrogen energy sub-funds through market-based operations, following investment areas in the fund plan. We should also partner with professional research institutions, market-oriented investment institutions, and industry-leading enterprises to create an industrial capital cooperation platform and continuously attract social capital and critical enterprises in the industrial chain. We should enhance the linkage between banks, securities, insurance, and other financial institutions and enterprises, encourage financial institutions to offer credit services such as "investment, loan, bond, lease, and certificate" to significant projects and upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain, build a multi-level and comprehensive technological, financial service system, and support the development of the hydrogen energy industry.
(4) Enhance publicity and guidance. We should use various channels and methods to publicize the status, standards, and knowledge of hydrogen energy in different levels and dimensions, respond to social concerns promptly, foster social consensus, and create a favorable environment for development. We should publicize the safety regulations and standards for the whole hydrogen energy industry chain to ensure the safe use of hydrogen energy.
(5) Improve supervision and evaluation. We should establish a working system for dispatching and supervising with clear roles, responsibilities, linkages, and coordination, regularly supervise the task implementation, investigate and affix the responsibilities, and advance the development of the hydrogen energy industry. We should conduct periodic evaluations of the plan implementation, monitor the industry trends, and update the plan content accordingly. Localities should enhance the analysis and dispatching of their local hydrogen energy development and actively promote the execution of the plan.
Work Plan for Building the Zhengzhou-Kaifeng-Luoyang-Puyang Hydrogen Corridor
To speed up the development of the hydrogen energy industry cluster in our province and accelerate the construction of the Zhengzhou-Kaifeng-Luoyang-Puyang Hydrogen Corridor, this plan is prepared according to the Medium-and Long-Term Plan for Development of the Hydrogen Energy Industry in Henan Province (2022-2035).
I. General Requirements
(1) Basic ideas. We shall grasp the development trend of the hydrogen energy industry and give full play to the resources and location advantages of our province. We shall take "application leading, industry supporting, supply ensuring and ecology building" as the path, take the demonstration in the transportation field as the breakthrough, take the construction of major projects as the starting point, and give priority to the establishment of Zhengzhou-Kaifeng-Luoyang-Puyang Hydrogen Energy Demonstration Application Axis. We shall strive to build five major hydrogen energy equipment manufacturing nodes in Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang, Xinxiang, and Puyang respectively, and steadily build three major hydrogen energy supply bases in northern Henan, northwestern Henan, and central and southern Henan to strengthen effective institutional supply and build a good industrial development ecology. As such, we can create the Zhengzhou-Kaifeng-Luoyang-Puyang Hydrogen Corridor with outstanding advantages, obvious characteristics, and perfect functions, and form a hydrogen energy industry development pattern connecting Shaanxi “Hydrogen Energy Industry Cluster” and Shandong “Lu Hydrogen Economic Belt”
(2) Work objectives. By 2025, we will make breakthroughs in the key components and system integration core technologies of the hydrogen energy industry chain, introduce and cultivate more than 100 enterprises related to the industry chain, and build 2-3 leading domestic manufacturers of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and core components. The annual output value of the hydrogen energy industry will exceed 100 billion yuan. A low-carbon and low-cost hydrogen supply system was initially established, 3-5 green hydrogen demonstration projects will be built, several hydrogenation infrastructures were moderately advanced, and the price of hydrogen terminals will be reduced to below 30 yuan/kg. More than 5,000 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles have been popularized and applied, and more than 50 demonstration bus lines and more than 10 demonstration logistics lines will be established, forming an application pattern of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles with freight vehicles as the mainstay and passenger stocks and vehicles commonly used.
II. Key tasks and division of labor
(1) Construction of hydrogen energy demonstration application axis. We shall then demonstrate the application of hydrogen energy in the transportation field as a breakthrough, we will focus on the construction of a hydrogen corridor of high-speed and national highway transportation trunk lines, a hydrogen energy demonstration project of intercity passenger transport of Zhengbianluo cultural tourism, hydrogen energy demonstration project of intermodal logistics distribution freight of Zhengbianpu dry port, and hydrogen energy demonstration project of green and low-carbon municipal transportation of Zhengbianluopu. We shall actively explore the application of hydrogen energy in distributed energy and energy storage, and promote the integration and development of hydrogen energy in metallurgy, building materials, the chemical industry, and other industrial fields.
1. Hydrogen corridors of expressways and national and provincial trunk lines. Relying on the two vertical and one horizontal high-speed networks of "Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao, Daqing-Guangzhou, and Lianhuo", hydrogenation integrated energy stations will be built in Zhengzhou, Luoyang, and Kaifeng Lianhuo Expressway service areas, Fuyang and Kaifeng Daqing-Guangzhou Expressway service areas, Zhengzhou, Xinxiang and Anyang Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway service areas. Hydrogenation comprehensive energy stations will be built in the service areas of national highways 310 and 107 and hub towns along the line, and hydrogen corridors of expressways and national and provincial trunk lines will be built. (Responsible units: Provincial Department of Transportation, Development and Reform Commission, Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Department of Commerce, and relevant provincial municipal governments)
2. Demonstration of hydrogen energy in logistics distribution and freight transportation. In combination with Zhengzhou International Air Cargo Hub and Zhengzhou Land Port, we will promote demonstration applications such as hydrogen fuel cell logistics vehicles, heavy trucks, and forklifts, and build a multi-port intermodal fuel cell vehicle freight line. We will encourage large industrial parks, industrial clusters, logistics parks, and large enterprises to use hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and build fuel cell vehicle logistics demonstration lines relying on expressways and national and provincial trunk hydrogen corridors. (Responsible units: Provincial Department of Transportation, Development and Reform Commission, Department of Commerce, Postal Administration, and relevant provincial municipal governments)
3. Demonstration of hydrogen energy in intercity passenger transport. Around Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, and Luoyang's "Three Cities, Three Hundred Miles and Three Thousand Years" cultural tourism routes, we will build intercity tourism hydrogen energy passenger dedicated lines. We will actively promote the demonstration and application of fuel cell vehicles in tourist attractions and encourage the construction of green ecological scenic spots with hydrogen energy as the theme. We will continue to promote the application of fuel cell vehicles on intercity bus lines, encourage the addition of intercity hydrogen fuel cell bus lines, connect important node cities, and gradually open up hydrogen fuel cell vehicle passenger corridors; Guided by demand, we will build hydrogenation infrastructure moderately ahead of schedule, give priority to adding hydrogenation functions to existing refueling (gas) stations and charging stations, and build several "fuel, gas, electricity, and hydrogen" comprehensive energy demonstration stations. (Responsible units: Provincial Department of Transportation, Department of Culture and Tourism, Department of Commerce, Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, and Luoyang Municipal Governments)
4. Demonstration of hydrogen energy in municipal transportation. Combined with the urbanization development of Zhengzhou-Kaifeng-Luoyang-Puyang and the upgrading of the urban trunk network, all localities are encouraged to formulate reasonable plans and give priority to hydrogen fuel cell vehicles when adding or replacing government official vehicles, municipal sanitation vehicles, and urban distribution vehicles. We shall encourage the promotion of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in logistics distribution centers such as large commercial shopping centers and agricultural wholesale markets. We shall encourage the promotion of hydrogen fuel cell dump trucks and wreckers in the field of municipal engineering to reduce pollutant emissions in the city. We shall encourage the choice of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles when adding or replacing urban bus operating vehicles, and building hydrogen refueling stations in bus stations. (Responsible units: Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang, Fuyang, and Xinxiang municipal governments)
5. Demonstration of hydrogen energy in non-transportation fields. We shall explore the application demonstration of hydrogen fuel cell technology in distributed energy, emergency power supply, industry, and other fields. Encourage the application of fuel cells in the communication industry and build several hydrogen fuel cell 5G base stations. We will encourage the arrangement of fixed hydrogen fuel cell devices in conditional scenic spots, industrial parks, and residential quarters to provide comprehensive energy services such as electricity, heat, cold, and emergency standby for energy users. We will actively promote the interconnection, complementarity, and collaborative optimization of hydrogen, electricity, heat, and other energy sources, and build a distributed cogeneration system with balanced supply and demand. We will support Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport to build the world’s first carbon-neutral airport, increase the proportion of hydrogen energy use, actively promote the application of fuel cells, and build airport hydrogen energy application scenarios. By 2025, we will explore the construction of 50 hydrogen energy demonstration projects in non-transportation fields. (Responsible units: Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Department of Industry and Information Technology, Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Department of Culture and Tourism, Provincial Communications Administration, Provincial Airport Group, and relevant provincial municipal governments)
(2) Construct industrial nodes. Based on the existing industry condition, five major hydrogen energy equipment manufacturing industry nodes will be built in Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang, Xinxiang, and Puyang, in order to connect key links of the hydrogen energy industry chain. The whole hydrogen energy industry chain equipment manufacturing will be developed relying on leading enterprises, scientific research institutes and universities. In addition, strategic cooperation will be carried out between enterprises to accelerate the formation of a leading hydrogen energy equipment industry cluster in China.
1. Zhengzhou. Relying on Yutong Bus, Zhengzhou gives full play to the technological innovation of hydrogen energy and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and the advanced experience of demonstration operations, forming a complete plan and layout. It promotes cooperation between Tsinghua University, Tongji University, Zhengzhou University, research institutes, and industrial chain advantage enterprises like Censtar H2-Electricity, Relations Instruments, and SinoHytec, to cultivate the overall coordinated ecological industry chain for fuel cell commercial vehicles. Zhengzhou will drive the innovative development of key core technology, strengthen the development of product technology like hydrogen equipment, and build Henan institute for hydrogen energy and fuel cell vehicle industry, making it a leading domestic fuel cell commercial vehicle industry demonstration base, and a demonstration zone for hydrogen energy key technology research and technological innovation. (Responsible unit: Zhengzhou Municipal Government)
2. Kaifeng. Kaifeng builds a demonstration base for hydrogen energy application relying on Jinkai Holdings and Dongda Chemical Group. It has formed a supply system for hydrogen production, storage, transportation and use. Relying on Chery Automobile, Yapu Automobile, and Kaifeng Instrument, Kaifeng has started the R&D of related key parts, such as the on-board hydrogen system valves, instrumentation and hydrogen cylinders, to make it a hub for the development and manufacturing of key components of the hydrogen energy industry. In order to support Henan Yuebo Hydrogen Power Research Institute in the development of key core technologies such as fuel cell power drive technology, fuel cell stacks, and power assembly, Kaifeng has gathered forces from different sectors in setting up a joint laboratory, to pursue technological breakthroughs and an improved industrial chain. (Responsible unit: Kaifeng Municipal Government)
3. Luoyan. Relying on Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang Advanced Manufacturing Industry of Tianjin Institute for Advanced Equipment of Tsinghua University, as well as other universities and institutes, Luoyang has built a research and development platform for the key technological innovation of hydrogen energy battery power vehicles, machinery and equipment. With the cooperation of Luoyang Hydrogen Energy Motor Equipment Industrial Park and the Double Carbon Economic Industrial Park, it works to promote the development of industrial chain in bipolar plates and fuel cell stacks, and promote the independent R&D and industrialization of key components of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Relying on Luoyang Shuangrui, it is accelerating the research of on-board hydrogen storage cylinder of fuel cell vehicles, transportation hydrogen storage tube bundle and high-pressure hydrogen storage cylinder for station, so as to promote the construction of supporting facilities of fuel cell vehicles and power battery industries. Relying on YTO Group, Luoyang GREE Altairnano and Linyu Automobile, it accelerates the independent and large-scale production of hydrogen fuel cell heavy trucks, passenger cars, and special vehicles, creating it a highland for research and development of key components in the hydrogen energy industry. (Responsible unit: Luoyang Municipal Government)
4. Puyang. Relying on the Puyang High-tech Zone and industrial clusters, Puyang has formed a hydrogen fuel cell industry cluster under the cooperation with Guangdong Guohong Reshaping Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Zhongqin Taikang Hydrogen Energy Technology Co., Ltd., ZYZJ Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd, Shanghai Shanyao, Shanghai Refire Energy as well as other hydrogen fuel cell and vehicle manufacturing corporates. The cluster is formed to establish production lines for the high-power fuel cell power system, membrane electrode, bipolar plates and other core components, to promote the construction of projects related to hydrogen storage, hydrogen storage equipment, and green hydrogen manufacturing equipment, building it the Henan (Puyang) Hydrogen Energy Equipment Industrial Park. Puyang is strengthening cooperation with Sinopec Dalian Petrochemical Research Institute, the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of CAS and Institute of Coal Chemistry of CAS, to accelerate the in-depth integration of industry, university and research, forming a coordinated development ecosystem of the hydrogen energy industry. (Responsible unit: Puyang Municipal Government)
5. Xinxiang. Relying on the Henan Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Battery Engineering Research Center, the Henan Hydrogen Power Cell Institute, and the Xinxiang Hydrogen Energy Industrial Park in High-tech Zone, Xinxiang is giving full play to the leading role of the Henan Zhanxinxin Hydrogen Energy Fund. By gathering leading industries like Hydrogen Equipment, Nowogen, Xinxiang Jichong, and Henan Qingfeng, it focuses on creating a system for the coordinated development of “hydrogen production - hydrogen storage - hydrogen use - hydrogen fuel cells”. As the hydrogen fuel cell slag cars, refrigerated vehicles, and sanitation vehicles are under demonstration operation, it utilizes the advantages of Henan Xinfei brand to create a new energy vehicle production base, form a plan to build a manufacturing and inspection center for hydrogen energy equipment, and build a collaborative demonstration operation system for the hydrogen energy industry. (Responsible unit: Xinxiang Municipal Government)
(3) Construction of hydrogen supply guarantee bases. With rich industrial hydrogen resources and the advantages of application scenarios, three hydrogen supply bases are established in northern Henan, northwest Henan, and central and southern Henan, to explore the production and supply methods of green hydrogen, and expand the channels for green hydrogen.
1. Industrial hydrogen (by-product). Taking account of the by-product hydrogen of coking and chlor-alkaline enterprises in Puyang, Anyang, Jiaozuo, Jiyuan, Xuchang, and Pingdingshan, three hydrogen supply bases are built in northern Henan, northwest Henan, and Central and South Henan to improve the quality of hydrogen production in the industry while ensuring the hydrogen usage of original industrial enterprises, providing low-cost and stable supply of hydrogen sources for fuel cell applications. Energy-saving and low-carbon technologies are recommended to use to reduce the energy consumption and emissions of by-hydrogen of industries. It is planned to build a clean and low-cost hydrogen project for the construction of the Raw Material Gas Synthesis Public Engineering of Yingde Gases Puyang New Chemical Base, and the Hydrogen Energy Improvement Project of Henan Xinlianxin Shenleng Energy. (Responsible units: the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Henan Province, and relevant provincial and municipal government)
2. Hydrogen production with renewable energy. It is encouraged that the northern Henan, western Henan and other regions with good landscape resources can build renewable energy hydrogen production demonstration project such as hydrogen production from wind power and hydrogen production from photovoltaics, continuously reducing the cost of green electricity and green hydrogen. It is encouraged to explore the research and development of biomass hydrogen production and light-solving hydrogen production, to expand the supply channels of green hydrogen and increase the proportion of green hydrogen supply. We will put more effort into the construction of the wind power hydrogen production demonstration project of Sinopec Zhongyuan Fuelfield incremental power distribution grid, the 16 MPA photovoltaic hydrogen production demonstration project of Henan Pingmei Chemical Co., Ltd., and the roof photovoltaic electronic hydrogen production project of Huajiu Hydrogen Power. (Responsible units: the Development and Reform Commission of Henan Province and relevant provincial and municipal government)
(4) Create a good industrial ecology. Focusing on independent development and introduction of technologies, we put more effort into developing technologies, trying to achieve breakthroughs in core technology and key materials. We have established a policy standard system, built a platform for innovation and development, strengthened talent support, and coordinated the development of the industry.
1. Driven by innovation, we focus on solving the bottleneck problems in development. Focusing on the hydrogen energy industry chain and the field of equipment manufacturing, we accelerate the development of core technologies, working to achieve core technological results, which are safe, controllable and with independent property rights, to play a leading role in technologies of hydrogen energy industry. Relying on the vehicle/dedicated vehicle manufacturer, the upstream and downstream superior enterprises of the industrial chain, as well as universities and institutes, we conduct technical research on high-power fuel cell power systems and high-power electric stacks with high-power density. We work to improve the high-speed on-board air compressors, the high-circulation hydrogen circulation system, and the independent research, development and industrialization capabilities of membrane electrode materials. We try to achieve the long-life and low-cost preparation technology of bipolar plates, and vigorously develop the basic materials of high-performance fuel cell with independent intellectual property rights. Focusing on the hydrogen production, storage, transportation and use, we conduct technical research on the low-cost industrial by-product hydrogen purification, the transportation of natural gas pipeline doping hydrogen, the high-pressure hydrogen transportation, the safety protection of fixed large-capacity hydrogen storage system, the rapid hydrogen filling, and the safety protection of fuel (gas, electricity) hydrogen combined station. (Responsible units: the Department of Science and Technology of Henan Province, the Development and Reform Commission of Henan Province, the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Henan Province, the Department of Commerce of Henan Province, the Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development)
2. Put safety first and improve the policy system constantly. We will enhance safety control, adhere to the responsibility of enterprises in the safe production, and intensify the supervision responsibility of various functional departments in hydrogen production, storage, transportation, filling, and use. We will guide enterprises to formulate hydrogen emergency response plans, disposal techniques, strategies and operating procedures, and carry out special exercises to respond to various hydrogen risks in a timely and effective manner. (Responsible units: Henan Provincial Emergency Management Department, Department of Industry and Information Technology of Henan Province, Henan Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Henan Provincial Department of Transportation, Administration for Market Regulation Henan Province, and relevant government agencies of provincially-administered municipalities)
We will perfect the construction, approval and operation management mechanisms of hydrogen stations, formulate provincial-level hydrogen station construction approval management measures, and clarify the construction, approval, and acceptance processes of hydrogen stations. (Responsible unit: Henan Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development)
We will implement the national standards, industry standards and safe use specifications of the hydrogen energy industry, support the formulation of local standards, encourage relevant social organizations to formulate group standards, and strive to transform provincial standards into national and industry standards. (Responsible unit: Administration for Market Regulation Henan Province)
3. Protect relevant elements to support rapid industrial development. We will coordinate relevant state and local rewards and subsidies, and support the Zhengzhou Fuel Cell Vehicles Demonstration City Cluster to carry out hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicle demonstration and application and business model innovation of hydrogen energy suppliers. Eligible green hydrogen projects shall be granted rewards or subsidies in accordance with relevant policy. (Responsible units: Henan Provincial Finance Department and relevant government agencies of provincially-administered municipalities)
Hydrogen energy projects in line with the provincial planning and layout with a strong driving force shall be included in the provincial key projects preferentially, and the land use and other elements shall be guaranteed in accordance with relevant policies on the provincial key projects. The relevant provincially-administered municipalities should incorporate the land for hydrogen energy projects into the national land space planning, and coordinate the land for hydrogen energy projects. (Responsible units: Henan Provincial Development and Reform Commission and relevant government agencies of provincially-administered municipalities)
We will formulate the supporting hydrogen refueling infrastructure incentive policies, research hydrogen refueling terminal subsidy policies, and reduce the use cost of hydrogen fuel cells. We will encourage provincially-administered municipalities along the Zhengzhou-Kaifeng-Luoyang-Puyang Hydrogen Corridor to introduce hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicle promotion incentive policies and support hydrogen energy-related enterprises to use local supporting products. (Responsible units: Henan Provincial Finance Department, Department of Industry and Information Technology of Henan Province, and relevant government agencies of provincially-administered municipalities)
4. Build platforms to promote the orderly development of the industry. We will build an intelligent hydrogen supply platform relying on the leading enterprises and supply side, use new information technologies to integrate the hydrogen energy production, storage, transportation and processing industry chains, unify the quality standards, form a scale-intensive effect, and reduce the use cost of hydrogen. We will create a hydrogen-powered vehicle operation platform, focus on the demand side, and provide integrated solutions for vehicle production, operation, maintenance, and finance. We will promote new models such as hydrogen-powered bus operation and heavy-duty hydrogen truck rental packages to lower the purchase and use costs of hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles. We will establish an industrial capital cooperation platform, relying on the provincial investment and financing platform, introduce strategic investors, and encourage emerging industry investment guidance funds, venture investment guidance funds and other funds to set up a hydrogen energy industry sub-fund through the market-oriented operation. Following up the policy of "external introduction and internal training", we will actively introduce the core enterprises in the key links of the hydrogen energy industry chain, improve the supporting facilities of the hydrogen energy industry in Henan, and quickly enhance the overall competitiveness of the hydrogen energy industry chain in the province. (Responsible units: Henan Provincial Development and Reform Commission Henan Provincial Finance Department, Department of Industry and Information Technology of Henan Province, and State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Henan Province)
5. Cultivate professional personnel and lay the foundation for hydrogen industrial development. We will innovatively and comprehensively apply the human resource policies, establish flexible talent incentive mechanisms, introduce high-level innovative and entrepreneurial talents and teams in the hydrogen energy field through recruitment events, and strengthen the cultivation of high-end and urgently-needed talents. Taking the hydrogen energy industry as the focus of vocational training, we will deepen the integration of industry and education, and cultivate highly skilled application-oriented talents in hydrogen energy technology research, product development, application and testing. (Responsible units: Department of Science and Technology of Henan Province, Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Henan Province, Education Department of Henan Province, Department of Industry and Information Technology of Henan Province)
III. Safeguard policies
(1) Complete the promotion mechanism. We will give full play to the role of the leading groups in the hydrogen energy industry development in the province, and accelerate the formulation of special policies on the hydrogen energy industry. We will guide the relevant provincially-administered municipalities to improve the industrial planning and policies, forming a layout of provincial overall planning and local coordination. We will perfect the work promotion mechanism, establish a joint conference system for the Zhengzhou-Kaifeng-Luoyang-Puyang Hydrogen Corridor, and solve major problems in the process of implementation timely.
(2) Clarify the responsibilities. Local governments should play their roles in organizing the preparation of implementation plans, refining goals, establishing work ledgers, clarifying time requirements, and ensuring the implementation of plans.
(3) Strengthen assessment and evaluation. All responsible units should implement their responsibilities and establish a work promotion mechanism. Relevant provincial departments should strengthen work assessments, conduct regular guidance, and conduct regular evaluations on task completion.