China goes big on green hydrogen using renewable energy surplus

Production facilities and pipelines being built in country's vast inland regions

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A worker inspects solar panels in China's Gansu province in 2013. Existing renewable energy infrastructure could give China a head start on green hydrogen. © Reuters

KOHEI FUJIMURA and NAOYUKI TOYAMA, Nikkei staff writers

BEIJING/TOKYO -- Infrastructure development for "green" hydrogen is proceeding rapidly in China as the country aims to exploit its extensive generation capacity in renewable energy to get ahead of Western countries in production and transport.

Authorities in the Inner Mongolian city of Ulanqab -- known for its expansive grasslands -- approved this January a 20.5 billion yuan ($2.9 billion) green hydrogen investment project from oil major China Petroleum & Chemical, or Sinopec.

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