The hydrogen-ammonia dual-fuel gas turbine unit has been launched, providing a new engine for the green power transformation.

At a crucial juncture in the global energy transition, China has made new breakthroughs in green energy technology.

The first hydrogen-ammonia dual-fuel gas turbine unit independently developed by Shanghai Mufan Power Technology Co., Ltd., invested by Envision Group, was successfully assembled and rolled off the production line at the Chifeng base in Inner Mongolia this September and is about to enter the market.

The hydrogen-ammonia dual-fuel gas turbine is a gas power generation device that can use hydrogen and ammonia as fuels simultaneously or alternately. Since it uses these two clean fuels, hydrogen and ammonia, for power generation, the hydrogen-ammonia gas turbine can significantly reduce carbon emissions from traditional fossil fuel power generation, thus becoming one of the key technologies for achieving "zero-carbon electricity". Currently, only Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and IHI in Japan have mastered the relevant technologies, and European and American manufacturers have not yet achieved a breakthrough.

Caption: Mufan Power's hydrogen-ammonia dual-fuel gas turbine

The hydrogen-ammonia dual-fuel gas turbine unit that breaks the foreign monopoly comes from a Chinese startup.

Mufan Power was established in November 2015 by a team of returnees from Germany led by General Manager Lin Gang, with its headquarters in Shanghai. This team has been deeply involved in the field of green energy, focusing on the research and development of a new generation of zero-carbon hydrogen-based gas turbines, and has received investments from industrial parties and investment institutions such as Envision Energy, Qiming Venture Partners, and Hillhouse Capital.

The advent of this gas turbine is not an ordinary single-point technological breakthrough. Just as the GPU is in the position of the large model industrial chain, the hydrogen-ammonia dual-fuel gas turbine is the key equipment and technology that controls the throat of the green ammonia industrial chain.

Currently, in the green ammonia industrial chain, the production and storage and transportation technologies are relatively mature, while the supporting green ammonia fuel engines have become the last bottleneck. Currently, including developed countries such as those in Europe, the United States, and Japan, the whole world is competing for a breakthrough in zero-carbon hydrogen-ammonia dual-fuel power generation technology.

This time, it is a Chinese enterprise that has grasped the technological discourse power.

1. The first hydrogen-ammonia dual-fuel gas turbine unit, 100% Made in China

The term "green ammonia" may be unfamiliar to most people, but it may be one of the most important green energies in the next decade.

Green ammonia refers to ammonia synthesized by combining "green hydrogen" produced by electrolyzing water with renewable energy sources (such as wind and solar energy) with nitrogen in the air. The entire process can achieve complete zero carbon emissions from the source and is a truly "green energy".

Currently, there are obvious technological bottlenecks in the storage and transportation of hydrogen energy, with high costs and poor safety. Ammonia has a history of more than a hundred years of industrial production and application, with a complete relevant technical system and storage and transportation infrastructure, and the storage and transportation cost is only 1/10 of that of hydrogen. Through the conversion link of green electricity - green hydrogen - green ammonia, the main bottleneck problems restricting the development of the hydrogen energy industry can be solved, which helps carbon emission reduction and energy transformation.

In the wave of global embrace of carbon neutrality, green ammonia has also received more and more attention and is considered one of the most promising low-carbon solutions. Currently, many countries and regions around the world are accelerating the development of green ammonia through different dimensions. Major economies such as Japan, South Korea, the United States, and the European Union have included ammonia energy in their government energy strategies.

Caption: Mufan Power's hydrogen-based gas turbine test center

Green ammonia can be used in fields such as shipping, aviation, and chemicals, providing innovative carbon reduction solutions for traditional industries with difficult-to-reduce emissions. In July this year, the world's first green marine ammonia fuel bunkering operation was successfully completed at the Dalian COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Terminal, which is regarded as a successful application of green ammonia in ship power systems.

In the power generation field, green ammonia also has great potential. Green ammonia can directly replace or partially replace natural gas for power generation in gas turbines, and is expected to become an important technical route for deep decarbonization of power supply, providing stable support for the construction of a clean energy system. Among them, the gas turbine is the key link.

Lin Gang, the general manager of Mufan Power, said: "Mufan Power's hydrogen-ammonia dual-fuel gas turbine unit is China's first unit capable of generating electricity with 100% ammonia fuel and is also the world's only device that can switch between three fuels: hydrogen, ammonia, and natural gas."

More importantly, the unit has 100% independent intellectual property rights, 100% domestic components, and is completely independently controllable.

It is reported that globally, only Japanese companies and Mufan Power have the technology for 100% ammonia fuel power generation. European and American manufacturers are expected to deliver similar products by 2028 - 2030. Therefore, as soon as the product rolled off the production line, it has received letters of intent from many countries and regions such as Germany, the United States, and Australia.

2. China's green hydrogen-ammonia stands on a new playing field

The advent of the hydrogen-ammonia dual-fuel gas turbine unit marks a major breakthrough in green ammonia power generation technology and provides new support for the construction of a global clean energy system.

Behind this, the development of China's green hydrogen-ammonia industry is booming and is constantly moving towards the center of the stage.

The green ammonia used in the testing and verification of Mufan Power's hydrogen-ammonia dual-fuel gas turbine comes from Envision Group's global largest green hydrogen-ammonia project, which is just across the road. The latter is Mufan Power's strategic investor and also a major participant in the global green hydrogen-ammonia field.

Envision is a leading green technology enterprise in the industry, providing products and technologies such as wind power, energy storage, green hydrogen, power batteries, and smart IoT for the global zero-carbon transformation. Forbes magazine commented that "Envision is the world's only technology enterprise capable of providing a full zero-carbon industrial chain solution for renewable energy, batteries, and smart IoT."

Caption: Envision's global largest green hydrogen-ammonia project under construction in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia

In the green hydrogen-ammonia industrial chain, Envision has also made in-depth layouts. Its global largest green hydrogen-ammonia project under construction in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, with a first-phase capacity of 320,000 tons, was officially put into production in July this year, marking that the global green hydrogen-ammonia industry has entered a new stage of large-scale and commercial development.

In the view of Zhang Lei, the chairman of Envision Group, green hydrogen-ammonia will become a strategic energy comparable to "new oil" and will open a new oil era.

It is reported that the "green electricity - green hydrogen - green ammonia" full chain constructed by Envision's Chifeng project uses the abundant wind and solar energy in the Gobi Desert of Inner Mongolia to generate electricity, drives the electrolysis water hydrogen production equipment to produce "green hydrogen", and then synthesizes "green ammonia" with nitrogen extracted from the air separation unit. The whole process relies 100% on green electricity and achieves "zero carbon emissions" from the source.

To solve the coupling problem between the volatility of new energy power sources and the stability required for chemical production, Envision has pioneered a "dynamic coupling" technology system. On the power generation side, the project uses an AI-driven "moving with the wind" model to match the production of wind, solar, and energy storage with the production of hydrogen, ammonia, and alcohol in real-time; on the power consumption side, the project can accurately respond to the fluctuations of upstream energy. Envision's independently developed intelligent IoT operating system, EnOS, can ensure that every degree of green electricity is maximized through AI algorithms.

Marubeni Corporation, one of Japan's four major trading companies, has signed a long-term purchase agreement with Envision. The green ammonia produced in Chifeng will be sold to Japan and the Asia-Pacific region for use in many fields such as ship fuel, hydrogen energy derivatives, fertilizers, and basic chemical raw materials.

China's green hydrogen-ammonia industry is already in a leading position globally. The "China Hydrogen Energy Development Report (2025)" released by the National Energy Administration pointed out that as of the end of 2024, the cumulative installed capacity of global renewable energy hydrogen production projects exceeded 250,000 tons per year, and China accounted for more than 50%, gradually becoming the leading country in the development of global renewable energy hydrogen production and related industries.

As the core "application hub" of the hydrogen-ammonia energy industrial chain, the advent of the first hydrogen-ammonia dual-fuel gas turbine unit is expected to activate the "mass production demand" for green hydrogen and green ammonia, promote the implementation of "storage and transportation technology and infrastructure" for hydrogen-ammonia, and further enhance China's international discourse power in the field of hydrogen energy.

For a long time in the past, China's energy situation has been dominated by coal, with a high external dependence on crude oil and natural gas. The development of the green hydrogen-ammonia industry can ensure that "China holds the energy bowl in its own hands". Relying on the rich wind and solar resources in northwestern and northeastern China, China's green ammonia can not only be used domestically but also be exported to Europe, the United States, and Japan. From importing oil to exporting "new oil", China is reshaping the global energy supply chain.

3. Wind, solar, energy storage + hydrogen, ammonia, alcohol: Completing the last piece of the puzzle for the zero-carbon industrial park

In the era of green energy, wind and solar energy, as the main energy sources, have the defects of "intermittency, volatility, and randomness", which naturally conflict with the "stable power supply" of the power grid and affect the progress of the global dual-carbon goal.

Energy storage is the key to solving this problem, but traditional energy storage methods are not a perfect solution.

Currently, electrochemical energy storage, which accounts for the main installed capacity globally, has obvious "shortcomings". One is the high cost per kilowatt-hour, and the other is the lack of maturity of long-term energy storage technology. There is still a lack of the ability to "consume across cycles" new energy.

The breakthrough of the hydrogen-ammonia dual-fuel gas turbine provides a new solution.

As an energy carrier with a relatively high energy density, green ammonia can enable green electricity to break through geographical restrictions, transport renewable energy from areas rich in wind and solar resources to all parts of the world, and then convert it into green electricity, truly realizing the "spatial transfer" and "temporal transfer" of green electricity.

During the energy storage stage, the surplus electricity from renewable energy sources such as wind and solar is used to electrolyze water to produce hydrogen, which is then synthesized into ammonia for storage and transportation. During the energy release stage, green ammonia can generate electricity through combustion and supply energy.

Compared with battery energy storage, green ammonia has a high energy density, high safety, a long storage life, and more cost advantages, especially suitable for long-term energy storage scenarios. It is estimated that an ammonia tank with an investment of about 150 million yuan can store energy equivalent to 100 million kilowatt-hours of electricity; if the same energy storage scale is to be achieved, the investment in conventional energy storage facilities would be as high as about 60 billion yuan.

Caption: Envision's zero-carbon hydrogen energy industrial park in Chifeng

Therefore, the technological breakthrough of the hydrogen-ammonia dual-fuel gas turbine is also of great significance for improving the zero-carbon industrial park solution.

Currently, electrochemical energy storage technology still has three major problems: "insufficient power storage, short power storage time, and high cost", and it is difficult to support the full-time power consumption of the zero-carbon industrial park alone. It often needs to rely on grid power as a backup. The hydrogen-ammonia dual-fuel gas turbine can provide long-term energy storage and emergency power for the zero-carbon industrial park, enabling it to operate completely off the grid, avoiding dependence on the traditional power grid, and providing an important closed-loop solution for building a zero-carbon park.

The zero-carbon industrial park model was pioneered by Envision. Based on an innovative new energy system, the zero-carbon industrial park has achieved clean, stable, and safe energy supply, formed a large-scale green solution in the industrial field, released the full development potential of renewable energy, and become a solution linking new energy and new industries.

Currently, Envision has built zero-carbon industrial parks centered around green energy equipment, zero-carbon industrial gases, batteries, green metallurgy, etc. in Baotou, Ulanqab, Wuwei, Cangzhou, Yancheng and other places in China. At the same time, the zero-carbon industrial park model has also gone overseas and is being rapidly promoted in Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America.

In Envision's view, the zero-carbon industrial park is not only the core carrier of the global green "new infrastructure" but also the key engine for spawning a green "new industrial" system.

By investing in Mufan Power, Envision has achieved a closed loop in the "wind and solar green electricity - green hydrogen and green ammonia - green electricity" industrial chain. Using this excellent long-term energy storage solution, it has completed the last piece of the puzzle for the zero-carbon industrial park.