The world's first hydrogen-ammonia dual-fuel gas turbine rolls off the production line, cracking a key link in the clean energy chain.
Recently, the world's first hydrogen-ammonia dual-fuel gas turbine unit was successfully rolled off the production line in the Yuanbaoshan Industrial Park in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia. This unit was independently developed by Mufan Power, a high-tech enterprise invested in by Envision Energy. Its debut marks a major breakthrough in zero-carbon hydrogen-ammonia dual-fuel power generation technology and provides new support for building a global clean energy system.
The hydrogen-ammonia gas turbine uses green hydrogen and ammonia to generate electricity, producing zero-carbon power. It is an innovative solution for the global transformation of traditional energy and the absorption of new energy, and it has opened up a complete link of "wind and solar green power - green hydrogen and ammonia - green hydrogen and ammonia power generation". Lin Gang, the general manager of Mufan Power, said that the unit rolled off the production line this time has 100% independent intellectual property rights and 100% domestic components. After being put into use, a single unit can generate up to 70 million kWh of electricity annually. Currently, it has received intention orders from many countries and regions such as Germany, the United States, and Australia. "This is China's first unit capable of using 100% ammonia fuel for power generation, and it is also the world's only equipment that can switch among three fuels: hydrogen, ammonia, and natural gas."
The world's first hydrogen-ammonia dual-fuel gas turbine
Ammonia is an energy carrier with relatively high energy density. Green ammonia produced from renewable energy can achieve low-cost storage and transportation of green energy. However, globally, green ammonia projects and their market applications face numerous challenges in terms of technology and cost, and only a few have truly been implemented. Right at the site of the world's largest 1.52 million - ton green hydrogen-ammonia project, which is just across the road from Mufan Power, Envision is building the world's largest independent renewable energy power system. Relying on the full-stack independent technology of green hydrogen and ammonia equipment, it is converting fluctuating renewable power on-site into stable and easily storable green fuels, which will be transported globally.
The major technological breakthrough of Mufan Power's hydrogen-ammonia gas turbine enables green electricity to break through geographical limitations. The renewable energy in regions rich in wind and solar resources, stored in the form of green ammonia, can be sent to various parts of the world and then converted into green power, truly realizing the "spatial transfer" and "temporal transfer" of green power. In countries and regions with limited land space and insufficient wind and solar resources, green power generation can also be achieved through green ammonia power generation.
Mufan Power's Pan-Hydrogen Gas Turbine Test Center
On July 8, the first-phase 320,000 - ton project of Envision's Chifeng Green Hydrogen-Ammonia Project was completed and put into operation. Thanks to the advantage of being adjacent to Envision, Mufan Power has achieved the world's first full - use of green hydrogen and ammonia during the testing and operation of a gas turbine. Yu Feng, the senior vice president of Envision Energy and the president of the hydrogen energy market product line, said: "Envision's in - depth accumulation in the field of green hydrogen and ammonia, combined with Mufan Power's technological breakthrough in green ammonia power generation, will provide more powerful green energy solutions for more countries and regions and promote human society towards sustainable new prosperity."
Meanwhile, green ammonia can improve the long - term regulation ability of the new power system and significantly enhance the operational flexibility of the power system. As the zero - carbon industrial park upgrade becomes a national strategy, this technological breakthrough of the hydrogen-ammonia dual-fuel gas turbine will also provide an important closed - loop solution for building a new power system and creating zero - carbon parks.