Green hydrogen ammonia synthesis in China under double carbon target：Research on development basis and route

doi:10.19799/j.cnki.2095-4239.2022.0324

Abstract

Abstract:

Improving the green development of the whole society and realizing carbon peak and carbon neutrality are powerful driving forces for enhancing the adjustment of industrial structure and offer major strategic opportunities for the optimization and upgrading of industrial structure. This study combs the relevant data on the global production and sales of hydrogen energy and ammonia and the application fields, summarizes the crucial significance of China's development of renewable energy green hydrogen synthetic ammonia industry, extracts the fundamental conditions for China's development of green hydrogen synthetic ammonia industry from the energy base, crucial technologies, geographical distribution, and other factors, and analyzes technology roadmap, difficult challenges, technical developments and trends, competitiveness of various application scenarios, and the economy of green hydrogen synthetic ammonia. This study investigates the superior planning and development trend of China's green hydrogen synthetic ammonia industry and puts forward necessary suggestions for system guarantees and policies, to offer support for formulating the planning and policies of renewable energy green hydrogen synthetic ammonia industry. The research reveals that China has the fundamental conditions for the development of green hydrogen synthetic ammonia industry, and a detailed road map for the development and implementation of green hydrogen synthetic ammonia industry should be formulated as soon as possible. The study puts forward that China's green hydrogen synthetic ammonia industry is grouped into three steps. The primary task of the first stage (current—2025) is to enhance policy planning and technical level and give priority to the demonstration. The primary tasks of the second stage (2025—2030) are large-scale promotion, multifield support, and diversified application. The primary task of the third stage (2035—2050) is to improve the restructuring of the industrial structure and help attain double carbon target.

Key words: double carbon, renewable energy, green hydrogen, synthetic ammonia

CLC Number:

F 424.3

Yulei LI, Wei LIU, Binqi DONG, Dingguo XIA. Green hydrogen ammonia synthesis in China under double carbon target：Research on development basis and route[J]. Energy Storage Science and Technology, 2022, 11(9): 2891-2899.

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