Vehicles shuttle, orderly construction. The construction site of Inner Mongolia Baofeng Coal-based New Materials Project with an annual output of 3 million tons of coal-to-olefins is a busy scene. According to reports, the total investment of the project is 47.8 billion yuan, supporting the construction of a wind-solar green hydrogen integrated demonstration project, using green hydrogen instead of coal to produce high-end chemical products such as olefins, realizing hydrogen-for-coal, carbon reduction and efficiency enhancement, and promoting industrial transformation and upgrading. According to the person in charge of the project, after completion, it can replace 1.64 million tons of oil each year, reduce coal consumption by 2.34 million tons, reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 6.31 million tons, and achieve an annual operating income of over 60 billion yuan.

Aim at the beginning and end of coal, and make the modern coal chemical industry chain bigger and stronger. As a large energy region, Inner Mongolia is rich in coal resources and unlimited scenery resources. The development of modern coal chemical industry has unique resource advantages, industrial advantages, and technological advantages. To make the modern coal chemical industry bigger and stronger is not only the meaning of building the country's important energy and strategic resource bases, but also the key to adjusting structure, changing functions, and improving quality.

In 2023, Inner Mongolia will focus on supporting Ordos in building a modern coal chemical industry demonstration zone, supporting the coupled development of hydrogen production from renewable energy and modern coal chemical industry in Ordos, supporting Wuhai in building a coal-based biodegradable material industry base, and speeding up the deployment and construction of a batch of new coal chemical industry bases according to local conditions. Coal chemical project.

Relying on the advantages of agglomeration and development of the coal chemical industry, Ordos City is accelerating the construction of a national modern coal chemical industry demonstration zone and a national coal-to-oil and gas strategic base. In 2023, Ordos plans to implement 22 key modern coal chemical projects with a total investment of over 200 billion yuan. Recently, in the Dalu Industrial Park of Zhungeer Economic Development Zone, three modern projects including the Zhungeer R&D Center Project for Clean and Efficient Utilization of Coal, the Demonstration Project of Clean Coal Conversion and Renewable Energy Low-Carbon Integration Project, and the Succinic Anhydride/PBS Degradable Materials Project The concentrated start of coal chemical projects has injected new momentum into the transformation, upgrading and high-quality development of the coal chemical industry in Ordos City.

The relevant person in charge of the Ordos City Development and Reform Commission said that at present, efforts are being made to promote the increase of energy and mineral reserves, clean and efficient utilization, and vigorously promote the high-end, diversified, and low-carbon development of the coal chemical industry. With over 30 million tons and an output value of over 200 billion yuan, a modern coal chemical industrial cluster with the most complete industrial categories, the longest chain and the most advanced technology has been built. From a piece of coal, to a bottle of transparent BDO, to biodegradable materials, on the booth of Inner Mongolia Dongyuan Technology Co, Ltd., each sample intuitively presents the magnificent transformation of coal from "black to white".

Such changes are happening every day in Wuhai City. Wuhai City has given full play to its advantages in coal resources and industrial foundation, accelerated the iterative upgrading of the coal chemical industry, cultivated and expanded emerging industries, and made every effort to cultivate and create a coal-based new material industry. It has introduced a number of leading enterprises, and the industrial chain of coal-based new materials has continued to extend downstream , The value chain climbed to the middle and high end, forming a number of coal-based industrial chains such as tar→pitch→needle coke→lithium battery anode material, coal tar→phenol→tuccinic acid→medium acid and its downstream products, modern coal chemical industry The billion-level industrial cluster is taking shape. After the coal-based degradable plastic projects under construction are fully put into operation, the production capacity will reach 3 million tons, accounting for 40% of the country's total production capacity, and the output value will reach more than 100 billion yuan.

The relevant person in charge of the Autonomous Region Department of Industry and Information Technology said that at present, the status of the autonomous region's modern coal chemical industry, the level of green development, and the industrial concentration are rapidly improving, and the production capacity of coal-to-olefins, coal-to-gas, coal-to-oil, and coal-to-ethylene glycol ranks among the top in China , has more than 100 patented technologies of modern coal chemical industry, and the overall technology maintains the world's leading level. In 2023, we will focus on expanding and strengthening the modern coal chemical industry chain, and strive to break through the 100 billion yuan mark in the output value of modern coal chemical industry by the end of the year. Editor/He Yuting