China pushes hydrogen energy to achieve carbon goals

Biggest hurdle to wide adoption is splitting water using only renewable resources

China's commercial hydrogen filling station in the Nanhai district of Foshan, Guangdong Province in June 2020. (Photo by Takashi Kawakami)

BAI YUJIE, LIU YUKUN, WEN SIMIN and DENISE JIA, Caixin

June 15, 2021 21:47 JST

As part of Beijing's carbon reduction goals, China's traditional fossil fuel giants are racing to take the lead in hydrogen energy, cities are making plans to develop it as a clean power source, and automakers are developing hydrogen-driven vehicles.