Transitioning China’s Industries: Creating Clusters for Large-scale Green Hydrogen Integration

The document argues that China's industrial sector, which accounts for approximately 60 percent of hydrogen consumption, faces challenges regarding supply stability and high costs. To resolve these, it introduces a "cluster development" model that aligns production and consumption through a "production-storage-transportation-utilization" system. The model provides techno-economic analysis and implementation methods for both co-located and geographically separated supply and demand scenarios to accelerate the transition to low/zero-carbon industrial solutions.

• The industrial sector is the primary user of hydrogen in China, accounting for an estimated 60 percent of total consumption.
• Large-scale industrial adoption of green hydrogen is hindered by two primary obstacles: the need for significant scale and stability in supply, and the high costs associated with utilization.
• The proposed "cluster development" model optimizes economic feasibility by aligning production and consumption through a "production-storage-transportation-utilization" system, offering specific strategies for both co-located and distant supply-demand scenarios.

APA

RMI (2024). Transitioning China’s Industries: Creating Clusters for Large-scale Green Hydrogen Integration. https://rmi.org/resources/transitioning-chinas-industries-2/

Chicago

RMI. Transitioning China’s Industries: Creating Clusters for Large-scale Green Hydrogen Integration. 2024. https://rmi.org/resources/transitioning-chinas-industries-2/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=RMI |title=Transitioning China’s Industries: Creating Clusters for Large-scale Green Hydrogen Integration |date=23 September 2024 |url=https://rmi.org/resources/transitioning-chinas-industries-2/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{rmi2024transitioning, author = {{RMI}}, title = {{Transitioning China’s Industries: Creating Clusters for Large-scale Green Hydrogen Integration}}, institution = {RMI}, year = {2024}, month = sep, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/transitioning-chinas-industries-2/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }