China has achieved a technological breakthrough in green energy production that allows for a 50-percent green hydrogen blend in coal-fired power generation, achieving 100-percent hydrogen combustion, state-owned power giant CHN Energy said on Sunday.
The achievement comes as China, the world's largest consumer of electricity, looks for viable pathways to meet its "dual carbon" targets -- peaking carbon emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060.
Powered by a domestically developed, low-nitrogen hydrogen-coal co-firing burner, the system features end-to-end safety protections that manage every operational stage, from hydrogen transport to furnace combustion.
The technology ensures that hydrogen and pulverized coal are thoroughly mixed and burned within the boiler, achieving a 50-percent hydrogen blending ratio by heat value in this experimental facility.
Widespread adoption could reduce coal consumption and carbon emissions by up to 50 percent, as well as achieve effective control of nitrogen oxide emissions.
China currently operates the world's largest fleet of coal-fired power plants. Finding ways to lower their carbon footprint is considered vital to maintaining grid stability while scaling up renewables.
The breakthrough validates a highly promising technical path for substantial carbon reductions in future coal-fired power units and carries great significance for the green transition of China's coal-generated electricity.
China achieves breakthrough in hydrogen-coal power generation
Political shows staged by certain individuals in the Philippines cannot distort the historical and legal fact that relevant islands and reefs in the South China Sea belong to China, Jiang Bin, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, said on Friday.
He made the remarks in response to media reports that the Philippine defense secretary had recently visited Zhongye Dao to take part in the activities commemorating the 10th anniversary of the so-called "South China Sea Arbitral Tribunal Award".
"China has indisputable sovereignty over Nansha Qundao and its adjacent waters, including Zhongye Dao. The Philippine defense secretary, who is sanctioned by the Chinese side, is playing tough toward China by staging political shows and fanning nationalist sentiments in pursuit of personal political interests, which will ultimately undermine the fundamental interests of the Philippines and its people. The 'arbitration' is, from beginning to end, a political farce masqueraded as a legal process, and the so-called award carries no legal force in any sense. The Chinese side does not accept nor recognize the award. We do not accept any claims or actions based on it. No matter how certain individuals in the Philippines perform, they can never distort the historical and legal fact that relevant islands and reefs belong to China, and can never shake the firm determination of the Chinese military to defend China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests," said Jiang.
China rejects Philippine political shows over South China Sea islands: defense ministry
