In accordance with the development goal of building “China’s No. 1 hydrogen energy company”, Sinopec has actively promoted the deployment and implementation of hydrogen energy planning, steadily promoted hydrogen energy transportation, made key breakthroughs in green hydrogen refining, continuously improved scientific and technological innovation, and promoted the construction of industry chain, while achieving leapfrog growth in supporting clean power, maintaining the leading position in the geothermal business which continued to develop steadily, and further strengthening the foundation of the overall new energy business. In 2022, the new energy business achieved an annual saving of about 4 million tonnes of standard coal and a carbon reduction of over 10 million tonnes.

Promoting hydrogen energy to become the industry leader

We steadily pushed forward the construction of hydrogen energy transportation.   We completed the construction of hydrogen purification and filling facilities with a total capacity of 16,500 tonnes per year and supplied nearly 1,700 tonnes of high-purity hydrogen for fuel cells in 2022, an increase of 244%. 98 hydrogen refilling stations were built, with an annual hydrogen refilling volume of about 1,750 tonnes, an increase of 100%. During the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympic Games, our green hydrogen lit the main torch at the opening ceremony of the Games. 87 tonnes of hydrogen were refilled for the event vehicles at the four Winter Olympic hydrogen refilling stations, and 8,689 vehicles were refilled, ensuring supply of hydrogen energy for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.

Progress in the integrated project of “source, network, load, storage and hydrogen”.   The construction of the 20,000 tonne/year demonstration project of green power to green hydrogen in Kuqa, Xinjiang accelerated, and the 30,000 tonne/year integrated project of wind/PV to green hydrogen in Erdos was well prepared for full construction in 2023. The 100,000 tonne/year green power to green hydrogen project in Ulanqab progressed with the “Western Hydrogen to the East” well underway.

The first 30m³ (standard)/h PEM hydrogen production experimental plant and megawatt-level [200m³ (standard)/h] PEM hydrogen production plant were put into operation at Yanshan Petrochemical. The skid-mounted methanol hydrogen production equipment was put on trial at Dalian hydrogen filling station, realizing semi-generation of Pt/C catalyst and achieving international leading level.

Promoting the hydrogen energy application industry chain.  We undertook research on hydrogen energy industry chain development; held seminar to promote the construction of modern industry chain for hydrogen energy application and a forum on high-quality development, and signed cooperation agreements with eight organizations, including Baowu Clean Energy Company and FAW, on the construction of hydrogen energy industry chain to strengthen cooperation and create an industrial ecosystem.

Leapfrog growth in clean power

We actively planned and deployed a number of major projects of wind and PV power generation, promoting green power substitution in refining and chemical enterprises, with the total cumulative installed wind/PV power generation reaching 852 MW, nearly 2 times more than 2021. The annual self-generated green power exceeded 450 million kWh. The 120 MW PV project in Anlu of Hubei, 106 MW PV project in Shengli Oilfield and 112 MW PV project in Zhongyuan Oilfield started construction and it is expected that the projects will generate 570 million kWh of green electricity annually, which will not only cut energy bills, but also reduce carbon emission by nearly 400,000 tonnes per year. The total number of charging and battery swap stations reached 2,299, and the total number of gas stations with PV was 2,452.

Consolidating leadership position in geothermal

In 2022, we added over 10 million square meters of geothermal heating capacity and reached over 80 million square meters of cumulative geothermal heating and cooling capacity, with comprehensive utilization of waste heat of nearly 40 million GJ/year. We held a geothermal exhibition, and actively carried forward the preparation work for the 2023 World Geothermal Congress, enhancing our influence in the geothermal industry.

Leading the market in bio-fuels

In 2022, we sold approximately 13.07 million tonnes of ethanol gasoline (including 1.4 million tonnes of ethanol) and 340,000 tonnes of biodiesel.