• Shanghai Electric is focusing on the integration of wind, solar, storage, and hydrogen, a key strategy for expanding clean energy applications in the future.

SHANGHAI, July 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai Electric ("the Company") (SEHK:2727, SSE:601727) announced that the Company has made another significant stride in lowering the overall costs of green hydrogen with its latest Z-series alkaline electrolyzer technology, an energy-saving innovation breaking through the bottleneck of the renewable energy sector to make emission-free hydrogen production more economically sustainable.

A solution that further propels the industry toward decarbonization, the solution, which adds to Shanghai Electric's prowess in new energy innovation, makes industrial applications of green hydrogen more feasible, accelerating the utilization of hydrogen in chemical, transportation, metallurgy, and green energy storage sectors.

"Hydrogen production involves multiple segments and a long industrial chain, with cost being the primary challenge. Green hydrogen is more expensive than grey hydrogen, requiring solutions across production, storage, refueling, and usage. Our goal is to streamline the entire technology chain, driving industry-wide cost reductions," said Wu Liang, Chief Engineer of Shanghai Bright-H Technology Co., Ltd.

Green hydrogen, the cleanest form of hydrogen, is emerging as a crucial solution in the worldwide quest for renewable energy and decarbonization, but the overall economic feasibility of its production, storage, refueling, and usage is currently a major development constraint. Shanghai Bright-H Technology Co., Ltd. ("Bright-H Technology"), a subsidiary of Shanghai Electric, has been focusing on industry pain points and technological challenges, fully addressing the key links in the hydrogen energy development chain.

Through exploring alkaline water electrolysis and proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysis, the Bright-H Technology is dedicated to providing integrated "production-storage-refueling-usage" system solutions for its customers, achieving breakthroughs in green chemistry, metallurgy, transportation, and energy storage.

Setting its focus on hydrogen energy as part of its technological drive to push the boundary of clean energy innovation, Shanghai Electric has been advancing hydrogen production technology and exploring its commercial applications with other energy sources since 2015. Shanghai Electric's ongoing endeavor has allowed it to spearhead a number of pilot projects, which puts the Company at the forefront of hydrogen energy innovation as it seeks to integrate the clean energy source within a broader power ecosystem.