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(1,296 posts) Fri Apr 17, 2026, 01:44 AM 2 hrs ago

China fast-tracks hydrogen strategy to 'scale-up' phase in high-stakes energy transition

A bus is refuelled with hydrogen in China’s Shandong province. Photo: Getty

China fast-tracks hydrogen strategy to ‘scale-up’ phase in high-stakes energy transition

China targets ‘bold innovation’ as falling renewable-energy costs allow it to leverage 50 per cent share of global green hydrogen production capacity

SCMP | Carol Yangin in Beijing | 16 Apr 2026

Amid heightening global anxieties over energy security fuelled by the escalating conflict in the Middle East, China’s top energy regulator has pledged to accelerate the development of its hydrogen industry, hailing the fuel as a “strategic lever” to fortify national energy resilience.

The National Energy Administration (NEA) called for “bold innovation” in the sector during a recent meeting reviewing the progress of hydrogen pilots and outlining future tasks, according to an official readout released on Wednesday.

Highlighting hydrogen’s role in the global energy revolution, the regulator described the fuel as a “key track” in building a modern industrial system.

Last week’s meeting served to emphasise that hydrogen development must be tailored to local conditions, while urging a push for institutional reforms and specifically calling for innovations in hydrogen-trading mechanisms and green certifications...more
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3350313/china-fast-tracks-hydrogen-strategy-scale-phase-high-stakes-energy-transition

"We're not gonna have Hydrogen" -- Donald J. Dump

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China fast-tracks hydrogen strategy to 'scale-up' phase in high-stakes energy transition (Original Post) Caribbeans 2 hrs ago OP

The bullshit never stops. As always, in China, as is the case everywhere on the planet, hydrogen is made... NNadir 1 hr ago #1

NNadir

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1. The bullshit never stops. As always, in China, as is the case everywhere on the planet, hydrogen is made...

Reply to Caribbeans (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2026, 03:33 AM

1 hr ago

....from fossil fuels.

This has always been the case, and always will be the case, no matter how many stupid slick videos are produced.

One feature of antinukes is that they are indifferent to, and are in fact pushing for in this and other cases for fossil fuels.

This is why their so called "renewable energy will save us" bullshit is a horrible scam that has left the planet in flames with millions, many in China, dying from air pollution each year, while they insipidly cry "radioactivity" in contempt for science and humanity.

A Giant Climate Lie: When they're selling hydrogen, what they're really selling is fossil fuels.

Subsidizing Grid-Based Electrolytic Hydrogen Will Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Coal Dominated Power Systems Liqun Peng, Yang Guo, Shangwei Liu, Gang He, and Denise L. Mauzerall Environmental Science & Technology 2024 58 (12), 5187-5195

The text is clear enough.

From the introductory text:

... Currently, nearly all hydrogen in China is either produced directly from fossil fuels (55% from coal gasification and 14% from steam methane reforming (SMR)) or as a byproduct of petroleum refining (28%), with only 1% coming from water electrolysis. (2) Producing 1 kg of coal- or SMR-based hydrogen emits roughly 19 and 10 kg of CO2, respectively. (3) In 2020, hydrogen production from fossil fuels in China emitted approximately 322Tg of CO2, equivalent to 25% of total CO2 emissions from industrial processes, a number expected to rise with increasing hydrogen demand. (4) Industrial processes include production of nonmetallic mineral products, chemical, and metal products, as well as production and consumption of halocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride. (4)

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The bold, italics and underlining is mine.

EST: Chinese Hydrogen Production Is Making Climate Change Worse.

There are people - I'd like to be recorded among them - who can see through shallow lies.

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