{"id":20948,"date":"2025-09-29T10:50:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T14:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecoticias.com\/en\/?p=20948"},"modified":"2025-09-29T10:50:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T14:50:19","slug":"china-starts-ningxia-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecoticias.com\/en\/china-starts-ningxia-project\/20948\/","title":{"rendered":"China starts Ningxia Project \u2014 1800 GWh in the desert of this extremely powerful source"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent years, China has <span class=\"wrapper\">shown<\/span> the world that the energy transition is not a distant concept, but a rapidly emerging reality. <span class=\"wrapper\">From massive investment<\/span> in solar and wind <span class=\"wrapper\">power to the<\/span> first large-scale green hydrogen projects, the country has <span class=\"wrapper\">advanced at an<\/span> impressive <span class=\"wrapper\">rate.<\/span> So much so that <strong>Ningxia province<\/strong> is now <span class=\"wrapper\">emerging as<\/span> the stage for an initiative that promises to become a global milestone: the expansion of a project capable of producing hundreds of millions of cubic meters of a superpowerful <span class=\"wrapper\">source<\/span> per year.<\/p>\n<h2>Ningxia <span class=\"wrapper\">stands<\/span> at a <span class=\"wrapper\">crossroads<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ningxia <span class=\"wrapper\">carries within itself<\/span> a contrast <span class=\"wrapper\">that&#8217;s<\/span> hard to ignore. On one side, the Ningxia Yinxing Power Plant, a 1,320 MW coal-fired plant, inaugurated in February 2017 and still <span class=\"wrapper\">active,<\/span> operated by the Ningxia Power Generation Group. On the other, Baofeng Energy Group has secured approval for a mega-green hydrogen project expected to produce no less than <strong>640 million cubic meters of hydrogen per year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And here&#8217;s the kicker: all of this is happening in<\/span><b> the desert of this super-powerful source: the sun<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In one of the country&#8217;s most arid regions, the abundance of solar radiation turns into a strategic advantage, converting a desert into an energy hub. We&#8217;re talking about a new energy balance. Today, the use of hydrogen in industrial processes still relies largely on coal. In the case of methanol production in Ningxia, for example:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>136,669 m\u00b3\/h comes from <span class=\"wrapper\">coal<\/span> gasi<span class=\"wrapper\">fica<\/span>tion.<\/li>\n<li>10,000 m\u00b3\/h already comes from the first phase of solar-pow<span class=\"wrapper\">ered<\/span> electrolysis.<\/li>\n<li>With the expansion, an a<span class=\"wrapper\">ddit<\/span>ional 80,000 m\u00b3\/h will be directly supplied by the new project.<\/li>\n<li>Each increase in electrolysis means less coal in the equation and fewer em<span class=\"wrapper\">issi<\/span>ons<span class=\"wrapper\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"wrapper\">Deserts hold a choic<\/span>e: e<span class=\"wrapper\">ndless energ<\/span>y or wasted sands<\/h2>\n<p>According to information published on the Ningxia Government Service Netw<span class=\"wrapper\">ork, the<\/span> project includes not only the electrolyzers but also a 110 kV substation, distribution stations, and environmental support facilities. All energy will be supplied by a 2 GWp photovoltaic park already built by the company. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scale is truly impressive. In addition to hydrogen, the plant will also have the capacity to generate<\/span><b> 320 million m\u00b3 of oxygen per year as a byproduct<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which can be reused in industrial processes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an official statement, the government described the project as an \u201cexpansion project of the demonstration of solar electrolysis hydrogen production, energy storage, and application of Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group Co., Ltd.\u201d <\/span>This language reinforces a central point: it&#8217;s not just about energy production, but also about creating a demonstration ecosystem capable of proving that<strong> large-scale electrolysis can be viable in desert regions<\/strong>. After all, if we can find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecoticias.com\/en\/infinite-energy-stored-rocks-for-years\/19762\/\">infinite energy even in rocks<\/a>, exploring the desert shouldn&#8217;t be left behind.<\/p>\n<h2>China\u2019s energy crossroads: coal\u2019s shadow or a green horizon?<\/h2>\n<p>But there&#8217;s an irony to this process. The same province that&#8217;s building one of the world&#8217;s largest green hydrogen plants is also<strong> home to a modern coal-fired power plant<\/strong>, which began operating less than ten years ago. In other words, this shows that the transition isn&#8217;t an immediate replacement, but rather an overlap between the old and the new.<\/p>\n<p>Ningxia Power Generation Group illustrates this duality. The company operates in coal-fired thermal generation, wind power, solar power, and even photovoltaic materials manufacturing. In other words, it&#8217;s a company straddling two eras, and perhaps this is the best metaphor for China&#8217;s transition. Not stopping there, as experts point out, this type of initiative <em>&#8220;accelerates the transition while preserving stability.&#8221; <\/em>The coexistence of coal and green hydrogen may seem contradictory, but it&#8217;s the strategy that <strong>ensures China doesn&#8217;t suffer energy shocks<\/strong> while investing in new technologies. That&#8217;s why<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecoticias.com\/en\/china-finds-new-ally-to-beat-america\/19870\/\"> the country has also found a new ally to beat America<\/a> in the energy sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent years, China has shown the world that the energy transition is not a distant concept, but a rapidly &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"China starts Ningxia Project \u2014 1800 GWh in the desert of this extremely powerful source\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecoticias.com\/en\/china-starts-ningxia-project\/20948\/#more-20948\" aria-label=\"Read more about China starts Ningxia Project \u2014 1800 GWh in the desert of this extremely powerful source\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":20949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","resize-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoticias.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoticias.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoticias.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoticias.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoticias.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoticias.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoticias.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoticias.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoticias.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoticias.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}