China Youth Daily client news (China Youth Daily, China Youth Network reporter Wen Weina Huang Danwei) "In the 6 days of the start of the Beijing Olympic Games, the hydrogen refueling capacity in Zhangjiakou City reached 27 tons, and the cumulative carbon reduction was 405 tons. Wang Hewu, executive director of the Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Research Institute of Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, shared such a set of data, which is the latest "report card" handed over by Zhangjiakou to help the Green Winter Olympics.
At the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, a tiny flame opened the curtain on this sports feast. This "micro-fire" suddenly made hydrogen energy as a torch fuel enter the public's vision. But in addition to lighting the "main torch", hydrogen energy is also used in all aspects of the Winter Olympics. Wang Hewu told the Reporter of China Youth Daily and China Youth Network that there are hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the vehicles used during the Winter Olympics, and the torch "Flying" also uses hydrogen as the only fuel, "creating a precedent for the large-scale application of hydrogen energy in the history of the Olympic Games."
According to Wang Hewu, as early as 2017, Zhangjiakou began to carry out policies to promote the development of the hydrogen energy industry. In 2019, the Zhangjiakou Municipal Government, the China Electric Vehicle 100 Association and the Beijing Tsinghua Industrial Development Research Institute jointly established the Zhangjiakou Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Research Institute to introduce professionals and solve the problems encountered in the development of hydrogen energy.
In Zhangjiakou, where the average temperature in winter is only about minus ten degrees, how to ensure the success of the cold start of hydrogen fuel vehicles has become an urgent problem to be solved. To this end, Wang Hewu and other researchers jointly initiated technical research, analyzed the fuel cell vehicles running in Zhangjiakou in the past few years, summarized experience, repeatedly tested, and finally provided a set of suggestions for subsequent promotion and application. "Today's hydrogen fuel cell vehicles have been able to achieve a rapid start at minus 35 degrees, which was unimaginable 10 years ago." Wang Hewu said.
Shi Jiannan, commercial director of Yihuatong Power Technology Co., Ltd., introduced the fuel cell system for buses to reporters. China Youth Daily, China Youth Network reporter Huang Danwei / photo
Behind the application of hydrogen energy in the Winter Olympics, countless R& D teams and enterprises are working hard. A local Chinese hydrogen energy company called Yihuatong has also handed over its own answer sheet for helping the Green Winter Olympics. Its commercial director Shi Jiannan introduced to reporters that the company relied on independent research and development, took the lead in realizing the mass production of domestic hydrogen fuel cell engines, and explored an industrialization road from the laboratory to the assembly line. During the Winter Olympics, the company and vehicle companies invested 212 and 515 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in Yanqing and Chongli respectively, a total of 727 units.
The Zhangjiakou Chuangba hydrogen refueling station is full of cars that are hydrogenation. China Youth Daily, China Youth Network reporter Wen Weina / photo
Even at night, the Zhangjiakou Chuangba Hydrogen Refueling Station is still brightly lit. This year's Spring Festival, station manager Wang Libing has been guarding the station. This is the daily necessity of the local hydrogen fuel vehicle "energy supply" station, and it is rare for a moment. Wang Libing said: "Each car can be filled in about 15 minutes. We have done extreme tests, and the endurance has reached 406 kilometers, which can ensure the use of the bus for a day. ”
Workers operating at the Zhangjiakou Chuangba hydrogen refueling station. China Youth Daily, China Youth Network reporter Huang Danwei / photo
In Wang Libing's view, although he cannot enter the arena to cheer for the Winter Olympics, the post he adheres to will not only provide an important gas source guarantee for the Zhangjiakou Competition Area of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, but also help the construction of the Zhangjiakou National Renewable Energy Demonstration Zone and promote the rapid development of the hydrogen energy industry in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
On February 9, Mary Salois, Director of Brand and Sustainability at the IOC, said at a joint press conference of the IOC and the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee that the Beijing Winter Olympics is a major milestone for the Green Olympics, where low carbon and environmental protection have achieved maximum development. Wang Hewu said that he hopes that with the help of the Beijing Winter Olympics, clean energy can be more widely promoted and applied. "It's something that benefits all of humanity." Wang Hewu said.