Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Oil, gas, and chemical production; renewable energy

Project company developing large-scale wind and solar assets dedicated to green hydrogen production in Inner Mongolia

Large petrochemical and refining complex producing fuels and petrochemical products for the Beijing region

Green hydrogen refers to hydrogen produced by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen using electricity generated from renewable sources such as solar or wind, avoiding direct CO2 emissions from production.[6] In Tarragona, the plant will use electricity from dedicated photovoltaic installations operated under an off‑grid or autoconsumption scheme to power electrolyzers that produce hydrogen qualifying as renewable under EU rules.[1][6]

The Ulanqab project is linked to China’s first approved long‑distance, cross‑provincial green hydrogen pipeline, roughly 400 km in length, connecting production sites in Inner Mongolia to end‑use facilities near Beijing.[2] This dedicated pipeline is designed for an initial throughput of around 100,000 tonnes of hydrogen per year, with potential expansion to several hundred thousand tonnes, enabling large‑scale, continuous hydrogen delivery from resource‑rich regions to demand centers.[2]

Onshore wind turbines and solar photovoltaic (PV) farms provide the renewable electricity that powers the Ulanqab green hydrogen project, forming a large integrated wind‑solar base dedicated to hydrogen production.[5][6][9] Public databases indicate an 804 MW PV farm and a 1,742 MW onshore wind farm at Ulanqab and Shangdu developed by Sinopec Xinxing Inner Mongolia Green Hydrogen New Energy, designed to support green hydrogen production rather than feed exclusively into the conventional power grid.[5][6]

An integrated green hydrogen project in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, combining an 804 MW solar farm, a 1,742 MW onshore wind farm, approximately 1 GW of electrolysers, and a 400 km hydrogen pipeline delivering green hydrogen to the Yanshan Petrochemical complex near Beijing.