In Ordos, located in the southern part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, near Beijing, construction has begun on a 30 MW hydrogen turbine. This facility will become a component of the world’s largest autonomous energy system operating on hydrogen.
A special feature of the turbine is the use of exclusively hydrogen, without any admixtures of natural gas, which is an innovative solution for a project of this scale.
According to Fuel Cell Works, this project will combine wind and solar energy generation, hydrogen storage technologies, as well as electrolysis and ammonia production into a single, closed system.
In addition to the turbine, the new system includes wind power plants with a total capacity of 500 MW, a solar power plant with a capacity of 5 MW, electrolyzers with a total capacity of 240 MW, capable of producing about 4.3 tons of hydrogen per hour. Hydrogen will be stored in twelve spherical tanks with a capacity of 1.875 cubic meters each. It is planned to produce up to 150 thousand tons of environmentally friendly ammonia per year.
The main objective of the project is to create a closed cycle of energy conversion: “electricity-hydrogen-electricity”. This will convert energy into hydrogen, ensure its storage and subsequent use to generate electricity during a decrease in production from renewable sources. This approach helps stabilize the power supply and solve problems associated with power grid interruptions, Naked Science reports.
