China Ramps Up Green Hydrogen With Support From New 5-Year Plan

China is ramping up green hydrogen capacity after Beijing signaled its continued support for a sector that has struggled, despite its central role in decarbonizing emissions-heavy industries.

A unit of China Coal Energy Co. on Friday received approval from Inner Mongolia’s regulator to build a 5.2 billion yuan ($730 million) project to produce about 90,000 tons of green hydrogen a year, according to local media. Last month, officials in Hebei broke ground on a 1,000-kilometer pipeline, costing 13.5 billion yuan, that will send over 1.5 million tons a year of the fuel from the clean energy hub of Zhangjiakou to the steelmaking city of Tangshan.