(Shanghai / China) – The Shell subsidiary Shell (China) Limited and Shanghai Shenergy Innovation and Development Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of Shenergy (Group) Co., Ltd, want to build hydrogen filling stations as part of a joint venture. According to the information, Shell's first hydrogen filling station network in Asia is to be developed.
30 gas stations by 2030
Accordingly, six to ten such stations will be built in Shanghai and the Yangzte River Delta over the next five years. By 2030 the number should rise to 30. These could supply around 3.000 fuel cell trucks or buses with hydrogen every day. Initially, the energy source will be provided by the local chemical industry; in the long term, the possibilities for producing and supplying green hydrogen will be examined.
According to Huang Dinan, chairman of Shenergy Group, his company aims to build a complete value chain including production, storage, transportation, refueling and use of hydrogen. Jason Wong, executive chairman of Shell Companies in China, expects the share of hydrogen in China's energy system to increase to at least five percent by 2030.
China wants to accelerate the introduction of fuel cell vehicles in road freight transport, local public transport, municipal fleets and ports in Shanghai and the Yangzte Delta. This should also advance the development of the “Shanghai National Fuel Cell Vehicle Demonstration City Cluster” announced in summer 2021.
70 more gas stations are planned
According to the China Daily newspaper, Shanghai wants to put around 2023 hydrogen cars on the roads by 10.000. In addition to the 30 stations now announced, a further 70 are already being planned.
In other cities such as Suzhou, Nantong, Jiaxing, Zibo, Erdos and at the Ningdong Energy Chemical Industry Base, around 2025 hydrogen cars are expected to go into operation by 5.000. The ports in Tangshan (Hebei Province) and Zhangjiagang (Jiangsu Province) have launched pilot programs for hydrogen trucks, the report said.
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Shell hydrogen filling station. © Shell
