On April 10th, the 2025 Biomass Gasification and Downstream Green Products Forum, hosted by Asia Chemical Consulting, was held in Baicheng, Jilin. Experts from various sectors of the industry discussed the process technology, policy market, and green certification of green hydrogen energy, green methanol, biomass gasification, and downstream green derivatives. Lv Hongqiang, the head of Trina Green Hydrogen's Strategic Ecology Department, was invited to give a keynote speech, elaborating on the enormous role of Trina Solar's integrated hydrogen storage solution in improving the production and cost optimization of green hydroammonia under the background of new energy marketization.
Innovative "three-tier" solution
As of the end of 2024, the installed capacity of new energy power generation is about 1.41 billion kilowatts, accounting for more than 40% of the total installed capacity of electricity in China and surpassing coal-fired power generation. The issue of consumption has increasingly become a focus of industry attention. In February of this year, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration issued a notice on deepening the market-oriented reform of new energy grid connected electricity prices and promoting high-quality development of new energy (NDRC Price [2025] No. 136). The document specifies the promotion of fully market-based pricing for new energy grid connected electricity. In principle, all the on grid electricity generated by new energy projects will enter the electricity market, and the on grid electricity price will be formed through market transactions. This is both a challenge and an opportunity.
In this context, there is an urgent need for large-scale, adjustable, and highly flexible digestion pathways. Renewable energy for hydrogen production and ammonia alcohol production has undoubtedly become one of the best ways of consumption. However, the production of downstream chemicals such as traditional methanol synthesis is a typical chemical process, and directly coupling with renewable energy hydrogen production and biomass gasification will face bottlenecks such as raw material and energy stability, system cost, and green attributes.
Tianhe's "Integrated Light Hydrogen Storage" solution solves the above problems through a three-level solution of park, system, and equipment to "respond to flexibility with flexibility".
At the park level, based on local resource endowments, plans for renewable energy generation such as photovoltaics, energy storage, electrolytic hydrogen production, hydrogen storage, biomass gasification, and downstream derivative scale to achieve optimized capacity allocation.
Build regional microgrids and energy dispatch platforms at the system level to maximize the utilization of low-cost green electricity such as photovoltaics and wind power. While reducing production costs, the reduction of raw materials and energy emissions from the project ensures the green attributes of downstream products and maximizes the local consumption of new energy. At the same time, it can achieve comprehensive digitization of project carbon assets and fixed assets, providing a solid data foundation for later green certification and carbon trading.
At the equipment level, breakthroughs in materials and structures have been achieved through Tianqing's second-generation electrolytic cells, enabling rapid response to renewable energy while also considering high efficiency under wide load conditions, modular assembly, and intelligent operation and maintenance. Provide strong support for the flexibility, safety, and reliability of the system.
Not wasting every kilowatt hour of green electricity
According to calculations, for every 10 yuan/t increase in carbon tax, the equilibrium point of green methanol hydrogen price can be raised by 0.22 yuan/kg. This means that when the electricity price reaches 0.1-0.15 yuan/kWh and the carbon tax is 70 yuan/kg, green methanol can basically achieve parity. This means that in the context of China's new energy marketization and carbon market expansion, it is crucial for projects to effectively coordinate carbon assets and low-cost green electricity.
The "Integrated Light Hydrogen Storage" solution proposed by Tianhe Group aims to maximize the proportion of green electricity usage, enhance green attributes, and reduce energy costs. On the photovoltaic system side, achieve observability, measurability, adjustability, and controllability; On the energy storage system side, the charging and discharging strategies can be optimized and adjusted based on information such as photovoltaic output, load changes, and real-time electricity prices; The hydrogen production side collaborative hydrogen storage device adjusts its load flexibly based on weather forecasts and upstream production conditions. The system achieves real-time iteration of the smart energy management platform through data prediction and self-learning optimization. Coordinate all aspects of source, grid, load, and storage, achieve refined management of green assets such as emission reductions and green certificates, and avoid wasting every kilowatt hour of green electricity.
In the future, Trina Green Hydrogen will be committed to taking "carbon reduction" as the core and "light hydrogen storage" as the lever, to help the green hydrogen ammonia alcohol industry form an economically efficient and sustainable industrial ecology.
