China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) officially launched the station in Dalian, China.
The company claims it is an upgrade from the previous fuelling station offering oil, gas, hydrogen, electric charging services and then integrated complex can produce 1,000kg of hydrogen per day with a purity of 99.999%.
The new service station is expected to save costs on hydrogen production, storage and transportation by more than 20% compared to traditional hydrogen refuelling stations.
The production plant has the advantages of covering a small area, having a short construction time and a green environmentally friendly production process.
Yang Junze, Executive Director of Sinopec Fuel Oil Sales, said, “The launch of the service station has showed that distributed methanol-to-hydrogen is the right roadmap for the sustainable development of China’s hydrogen fuelling stations.”
The company believes the station will become a pilot model to lead the development of China’s hydrogen energy industry.
The country produces the most methanol in the world, accounting for 60% of the global total.
Sinopec has previously built two integrated fuelling stations in Dalian’s free trade area, with six more now under construction.
In 2021, Sinopec announced it’s planning to establish 1,000 hydrogen stations by 2025 in China to accelerate development of its new energy business.
Read more: Sinopec wants to build 1,000 hydrogen stations by 2025 in China
Last year, the company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Johnson Matthey China to explore hydrogen technologies.
The companies revealed the MoU signalled the start of active dialogues to explore opportunities across green and blue hydrogen, fuel cells, decarbonisation technologies and circular economy business in China.
Read more: Johnson Matthey, Sinopec, sign MoU to explore hydrogen opportunities in China
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