On the morning of November 18, 2021, a full range of commercial vehicles equipped with Weichai fuel cells were unveiled at the country’s first expressway hydrogen refueling station, becoming the first batch of vehicles in the service area to quickly refuel hydrogen, and at the same time staged a show on Jiqing Expressway The "speed and passion" of hydrogen vehicles flying across cities has attracted widespread attention from the society.

The country’s first expressway hydrogen refueling station was completed and put into use in Zibo, Shandong, and hydrogen heavy trucks realized the Weifang-Zibo cross-city high-speed operation. The "Wanjia" demonstration project has achieved significant phased results, pressing the accelerator key for the large-scale demonstration operation of high-speed logistics and distribution of hydrogen commercial vehicles in Shandong Province.

How big is Weichai's energy? Why take the lead in the demonstration project of "Hydrogen Enters Ten Thousands of Homes"?

As early as April 16, 2021, the National Fuel Cell Technology Innovation Center led by Weichai Power was inaugurated, marking that the only national technology innovation center in the fuel cell field officially settled in Shandong. On the same day, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the People's Government of Shandong Province signed the "Hydrogen to Ten Thousand Homes" technology demonstration project. It is reported that the project is a demonstration model of Shandong’s “hydrogen energy society” that the Ministry of Science and Technology has explored and created under the background of “carbon peaks” and “carbon neutrality”. Shandong Province has entrusted the National Fuel Cell Technology Innovation Center to take the lead, with Weichai Power as the main body of demonstration. Cooperative implementation by units. A major revolution in the hydrogen energy industry led by Weichai is slowly unfolding in Qilu.

Under the leadership of Weichai, the National Fuel Cell Technology Innovation Center has carried out research on the key technologies of the "Hydrogen to Thousands of Homes" demonstration project, accelerated the transformation of scientific research results, and has achieved a number of achievements——

The demonstration effect of the "Hydrogen Energy Park" is beginning to show. Carry out pilot projects of hydrogen energy combined heat and power supply system. The combined energy consumption of heat and power is up to 300kW. The construction of related equipment and facilities has been completed and has entered the commissioning stage;

The technical achievements of fuel cell ships have been implemented, and the demonstration of the "hydrogen energy port" is in full swing. The National Fuel Technology Innovation Center conducts research on key technologies of fuel cells for ships, independently developed hydrogen fuel for passenger ships, and successfully applied them on ships, realizing the transformation of technological achievements. The ship was launched in the Xueye Lake, Laiwu, Shandong Province in September for trials;

Press the accelerator button for the demonstration construction of "Hydrogen Energy High Speed". The country’s first expressway hydrogen refueling station was completed and put into use. Heavy trucks, light trucks and buses supporting Weichai’s fuel cell power were unveiled, and cross-city expressway running was staged, marking the full-speed advancement of transportation demonstration along the Jinan-Qingdao Expressway and the goal of building the world’s first The goal of "Hydrogen Energy High Speed" has taken a solid step.

At present, on the route from Jinan Taigang to Qingdao Dongjiakou Port, the 49-ton fuel cell heavy truck developed by Weichai and Sinotruk is undergoing trial operation. As of press time, it has run more than 5,000 kilometers, accumulating a lot of demonstration experience for the promotion and scene application of fuel cell heavy trucks...

The National Fuel Cell Technology Innovation Center has been approving for less than a year, so why can it exert such a large amount of energy?

Thanks to the strong "hydrogen kinetic energy" bursting out of Weichai's powerful innovative resources!

Relying on Weichai, the National Fuel Cell Technology Innovation Center drives the industrial chain with the innovation chain, uses core technology breakthroughs to drive commercialization demonstrations and pilots, and organizes the establishment of Weichai as the traction, complete vehicle enterprises and universities and colleges to jointly tackle key problems An innovative synergy that focuses on the application of fuel cells in roads, ships, combined heat and power and other application technology problems, integrates the advanced scientific research facilities of the enterprise and the excellent scientific research results of universities and institutes, and builds the engineering development and verification of multiple application fields The platform has effectively promoted the transformation, maturation and promotion of the achievements of the major scientific research task of "Hydrogen Enters Ten Thousands", and injected strong impetus to accelerate the breakthrough of the technical bottleneck of the fuel cell industry.

National innovation platform + national project, Weichai drives Shandong's hydrogen energy industry to speed up again

Shandong is a large hydrogen energy province with a complete hydrogen energy industry chain, developed expressways in the province, and a huge scale of highway passenger and freight transportation. It has unique advantages in creating a hydrogen energy high-speed demonstration scene. The completion and commissioning of the country’s first expressway hydrogen refueling station indicates that the "Hydrogen to Thousands of Homes" demonstration project has entered the construction period. Weichai will continue to shoulder the responsibility of the province’s hydrogen energy development and actively promote the country’s first fuel cell heavy truck expressway. The large-scale transportation demonstration line was completed, creating a model project of "Jiqing Expressway Hydrogen Heavy Truck Transportation", and building a zero-carbon transportation system that integrates trains, stations, and roads. At the same time, the implementation of demonstration scenarios such as hydrogen energy ports, hydrogen energy parks, and hydrogen energy communities will be accelerated simultaneously.

Shandong Province regards the development of the hydrogen energy industry as an important strategic measure to accelerate the conversion of new and old kinetic energy and seize the commanding heights of new energy technologies. The "Hydrogen to Ten Thousand Homes" project will create a demonstration model of hydrogen energy in areas such as transportation, household energy, and industrial power generation. The subsequent promotion of hydrogen energy applications across the country and exploring the implementation path of "carbon peak" and "carbon neutral" are of typical significance. It is estimated that by 2025, the daily supply capacity of green hydrogen will reach 150 tons, the pure hydrogen pipeline network will be laid for 180 kilometers, the fuel cell combined heat and power system will supply energy to 12,000 households, 35 new hydrogen stations will be added, and fuel cell vehicles will be promoted. By that time, 6,000 vehicles will reduce CO₂ emissions by 500,000 tons per year. The entire demonstration project is expected to have a total investment of more than 10 billion yuan, which will stimulate a 100 billion-level hydrogen energy industry.

A hundred billion-level industry needs strong backbone support. Weichai has built a complete set of R&D test benches of "single cell-stack-engine-complete vehicle", and has a complete fuel cell system and vehicle research and development test capabilities; it has built a production base for 10,000 sets of fuel cell engines, forming It covers the key common technology breakthroughs, application and verification of fuel cell technology innovation support and independent industrialization capabilities across the entire chain; the newly developed fuel cell stack has a power density of 4.0kW/L, a life span of more than 30,000 hours, and can achieve -30°C without auxiliary heat Starting at low temperature, the technical indicators are at the world's advanced level. From fuel cells to heavy trucks, passenger cars, logistics vehicles, commercial vehicles, etc., Weichai has completed the deployment of fuel cell core components, power systems and the entire vehicle industry chain platform. Vehicles equipped with Weichai hydrogen fuel cells have been widely put into market operation, exploring Out of the Shandong model of industrial development, we are at the forefront of industry development.

A national fuel cell technology innovation center, a national-level demonstration project, hydrogen enters thousands of households, Weichai has a heavy responsibility on its shoulders, and there must be something to do! Editor/Sang Xiaomei