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July 11, 2023
By
Polly Martin
World's largest? Construction begins at China's biggest
green ammonia plant
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Da'an
project will produce 32,000 tonnes of green hydrogen and 180,000
tonnes of NH3 a year on full commissioning
Chinese utility Jilin Electric Power yesterday
(Monday) started construction on what could be the world’s largest
green ammonia (NH3) plant.
The Da'an
Wind and Solar Green Hydrogen Synthesis Ammonia Integration
Demonstration Project, located in an industrial park in the city of
Da’an, Jilin province, will produce 32,000 tonnes of H2 and 180,000
tonnes of NH3 per year, with the first phase due to start operations
in 2024.
Electrolyser supplier Longi describes the project as the world's
largest, but that would depend on when the plant is fully commissioned
and how large the first phase is.
The Neom green hydrogen and ammonia complex in Saudi Arabia is
expected to produce 1.2 million tonnes per year of NH3 by the end of
2026, while a project by chemicals company Unigel in Brazil aims to
quadruple output to 240,000 tonnes a year by 2025.
And it may not even remain the largest green ammonia project in China
for too long, as a 390,000 tonnes-a-year project is scheduled to start
up its first phase in 2025.
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Construction begins at the Da'an project. Photo:
People's Daily
Jilin Electric Power will install 89
electrolysers from domestic suppliers — 50 proton-exchange membrane (PEM)
and 39 alkaline — capable of producing 46,000 normal cubic metres of
H2 an hour. That suggests an electrolyser capacity of about 230MW —
just 30MW shy of the world's largest completed green hydrogen project,
also in China.
Local reports also indicate that the 39 alkaline
electrolysers are each around 5MW, suggesting that the PEM
electrolysers may be particularly small.
While China has a mature alkaline-electrolyser industry, the PEM
sector is still in its early stages of development.
Confirmed suppliers of the alkaline systems include Longi (which won a
bid for 15 sets) and Sany Hydrogen (8 sets). Reports also link Sungrow,
which makes PEM and alkaline electrolysers, to the project.
The Da’an development in northeast China will be powered by 800MW of
wind and solar and 40MW/80MWh of energy storage, with a hydrogen
storage capacity of 60,000 normal cubic metres (5.4 tonnes).
However, sources conflict on exactly how much the project will cost.
Longi indicated in a press release in April that it would cost around
$920bn, while local reports put the figure closer to 6.332bn yuan
($878m) for the full project, with an initial investment of 5.956bn
yuan ($826m) for the 39 alkaline electrolysers.
Hydrogen Valley
The Da’an green ammonia project has been listed as a key strategic
project by both the provincial government of Jilin and the national
State Power Investment Corporation.
The Jilin government last November released a strategy aimed at
forming a hydrogen valley, targeting 60,000-80,000 tonnes of annual
renewable hydrogen production capacity and 250,000-350,000 tonnes a
year of derivatives such as ammonia and methanol by 2025.
This rises to 300,000-400,000 tonnes per year of green H2 production
capacity by 2030, with derivatives reaching two million tonnes per
annum.
The provincial government anticipates that the “output value” of its
hydrogen industry could be 30bn yuan by 2030, rising to 100bn yuan by
2035.(Copyright)
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