Three Departments: National Fuel Cell Vehicle Fleet to Double from 2025 to 2030, Targeting 100,000 Units

On March 16, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, and the National Development and Reform Commission issued a notice on conducting pilot projects for comprehensive hydrogen energy applications.

The content mentions that by 2030, hydrogen energy in urban clusters will achieve large-scale application across multiple fields, with the average price of terminal hydrogen use dropping below 25 yuan/kg, aiming to reach around 15 yuan/kg in some advantageous regions; the nationwide fuel cell vehicle fleet will double compared to 2025, striving to reach 100,000 vehicles. Through expanding application scale, technological breakthroughs in hydrogen energy application technology, processes, and equipment will be promoted, achieving iterative upgrades of fuel cells, electrolyzers, storage and transportation devices, and materials. This will help hydrogen energy become a new economic growth point and support the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development.

Additionally, it is mentioned that each urban cluster should prioritize pilot projects in scenarios such as fuel cell vehicles, green ammonia and methanol, hydrogen-based chemical raw materials substitution, hydrogen metallurgy, and hydrogen-blended combustion, actively exploring innovative hydrogen energy application scenarios, forming a comprehensive hydrogen energy application ecosystem of “one general scenario for fuel cell vehicles + N industrial application scenarios + X innovative application scenarios.”

(1) Fuel Cell Vehicles. Focus on building hydrogen highways and corridors, promoting large-scale application of medium and heavy-duty, long-distance transportation, and cold chain logistics commercial vehicles. Encourage applications in buses, urban logistics, sanitation vehicles, and dump trucks, and explore applications in official cars and ride-hailing vehicles.

(2) Green Ammonia and Methanol. Focus on improving the technical and economic viability of green ammonia and methanol, expanding downstream consumption, innovating production technologies and processes, and promoting large-scale production and application. Integrate renewable energy-based hydrogen production projects and carry out off-grid hydrogen production as appropriate. Establish stable downstream channels for green synthesized ammonia, green methanol, and other products. It is strictly prohibited to build coal-based ammonia and methanol projects under the guise of green ammonia and methanol.

(3) Hydrogen-based Chemical Raw Material Substitution. Promote carbon reduction in key hydrogen-consuming industries such as refining and coal chemical industries by scientifically developing renewable energy-based hydrogen projects, gradually replacing hydrogen produced from coal, natural gas, and other fossil fuels. Encourage the layout of hydrogen storage and transportation infrastructure.

(4) Hydrogen Metallurgy. Promote the transformation of the steel industry from high-carbon to low-carbon processes, utilizing nearby industrial by-product hydrogen and renewable energy-based hydrogen to build low-carbon metallurgical facilities that use hydrogen-rich/pure hydrogen as reducing agents. Establish stable downstream channels for low-carbon steel and other products.

(5) Hydrogen Blended Combustion. Promote green and low-carbon heating for industry and residents by ensuring safety and reliability, using renewable energy-produced hydrogen as a high-quality heat source, directly blending it into natural gas pipelines or industrial boilers and kilns, and gradually increasing the hydrogen blending ratio.

(6) Innovative Application Scenarios. Explore diverse hydrogen energy application scenarios, promoting innovative uses of hydrogen in rail locomotives, ships, mining trucks, forklifts, two-wheeled vehicles, aircraft, backup power supplies, combined heat and power, new energy storage, electronics, pharmaceuticals, and other fields.

(Chairperson: Guo Jiandong)

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