Sinopec’s Grand Hydrogen Vision | Energy Intelligence

China’s largest oil products and petrochemicals supplier Sinopec has bigger hydrogen ambitions than just being the country’s top supplier of the clean burning fuel. Apart from scale, it is also aiming for a leadership role in creating an “innovative and high-quality” localized production chain based on indigenous technologies, said the state-owned oil and gas giant, which recently unveiled a medium- to long-term hydrogen implementation plan. Sinopec on Sep. 2 declared its intention to “make greater contributions” toward helping China realize “autonomy and self-control” along the entire hydrogen production chain. Despite being the world’s top hydrogen producer at some 33 million tons in 2021 — mainly through fossil fuel-based carbon-intensive methods — China currently lags its Western counterparts in key technologies and equipment…

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