China's first heavy-load railway hydrogen refueling research and demonstration station was put into business Sunday in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Located in Ordos, a prefecture-level city of Inner Mongolia, the Batuta hydrogen station under China's energy giant CHN Energy Investment Group (CHN Energy) mainly provides services for domestic heavy-duty hydrogen-powered shunting locomotives and zero-emission catenary working vehicles supported by hydrogen fuel cell and lithium-ion power battery.
The station is equipped with the world's first low-temperature-resistant automatic refueling and hydrogenation robot and high-flow hydrogenation machine independently developed and manufactured by China, which can achieve all-weather continuous operation and large-flow automatic hydrogenation at temperatures as low as minus 25 degrees Celsius.
With a refueling capacity of 500 kilograms per day and a hydrogen storage capacity of 800 kilograms, the station can fill up a hydrogen-powered locomotive in as short as as 30 minutes.
The hydrogen fuel can help the locomotive run continuously for eight hours, with an unloaded range of 800 kilometers. It is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 800 tons per year.
China's first heavy-load railway hydrogen refueling station starts commercial operation
Premier Li Qiang met with Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene in Shanghai on Tuesday.
The Mongolian prime minister is in the Chinese city to attend the seventh China International Import Expo (CIIE) that opened on the same day.
Li noted that last month, President Xi Jinping and Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh exchanged congratulatory messages celebrating the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relationship between China and Mongolia, with both leaders agreeing to continue working together to promote steady and long-term development of bilateral relations.
China is willing to work with Mongolia to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, under the guidance of the building of a China-Mongolia community with a shared future, carry forward the traditional friendship, consolidate political mutual trust, and deepen practical cooperation in trade and investment, border connectivity, high technology and other fields, so as to continuously improve the well-being of the people of both countries, said Li. Oyun-Erdene noted that this year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relationship between Mongolia and China. Mongolia looks forward to deepening mutually beneficial cooperation with China in areas of economics and trade, ports and infrastructure, while exploring new growth points of cooperation and enhancing cultural exchanges, he said.
After the meeting, the two leaders attended a ceremony displaying the two countries' cooperation documents in green development, infrastructure, and other areas.
Premier Li meets Mongolian PM in Shanghai
