Beijing Unveils its 15th-Five-Year New-Energy-System Plan: Targets 10,000 Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles and Over 30 Hydrogen Refueling Stations

On October 28, the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality released the Plan for the NewEnergySystem Development During Beijing’s 15th FiveYear Plan Period.

The document scales up fullchain hydrogen energy deployment. Beijing will accelerate the pilot project for comprehensive hydrogen application within the BeijingTianjinHebei urban agglomeration to drive cost reduction and efficiency improvement across the hydrogen value chain. It will push for the commissioning of the UlanqabYanshan Petrochemical greenhydrogen longdistance transmission pipeline and support local hydrogen production from biogas to build a green hydrogen supply system. Under the plan, the city will put into operation more than 30 hydrogen refueling stations and roll out 10,000 hydrogen fuelcell vehicles in total.

Beijing will also explore hydrogenenabled industrial scenarios including hydrogenbased chemical production and hydrogen metallurgy, alongside innovative use cases such as backup power supply, combined heat and power (CHP), and newenergy storage.

The plan further optimizes the spatial layout for advanced energy industries with a framework of “One Driving Axis, Five Supporting Zones”. One of the five supporting zones is designated as the hydrogenenergy industrial cluster. Relying on Fangshan Park of Zhongguancun Science Park, Changping Energy Valley and Daxing International Hydrogen Energy Demonstration Zone, Beijing aims to foster a complete industrial ecosystem covering hydrogen production, storage, transportation, refueling and enduse applications.