Solving the problem of green electricity consumption! Mingyang's "Jupiter No. 1" pure hydrogen gas turbine successfully runs at full speed without load

The full-speed no-load performance test included the ignition and speed-up performance and stability test of the hydrogen engine. After ignition and speed-up to full speed, it stably entered the full-speed no-load state. The test results showed that "Jupiter 1" operated stably in 100% pure hydrogen fuel mode, and the core technical parameters and performance indicators such as combustion efficiency, NOx emission control, thermoacoustic oscillation, and component matching all met the design requirements, which was unanimously recognized by the review experts and laid a solid foundation for subsequent commercial applications.

Solve the problem of power abandonment and support the construction of the "Shagohuang" base

In 2025, the work report of the two sessions emphasized the acceleration of the construction of the "Shagohuang" new energy base, but the power consumption capacity of the "Shagohuang" area has been limited for a long time. As a key equipment for hydrogen-electricity conversion, the "Jupiter No. 1" pure hydrogen gas turbine can convert volatile new energy such as wind power and photovoltaics into stable and controllable electricity through the "electricity-hydrogen-electricity" mode, with an annual hydrogen consumption of more than 10,000 tons. When there is an excess of wind and solar power generation, the surplus electricity can be used to electrolyze water to produce green hydrogen and store it in low-pressure spherical tanks; during peak electricity consumption or when the wind and solar output is insufficient, the stored hydrogen is connected to the grid through hydrogen gas turbines to achieve long-term energy storage across days, months, and seasons.

Schematic diagram of the “wind-solar-hydrogen storage and combustion” demonstration project

Data shows that a 30MW pure hydrogen gas turbine unit can convert 500 million kWh of surplus electricity generated by a 1 million kilowatt new energy project into 200 million kWh of electricity per year, meeting the annual electricity demand of 60,000 households. This effectively improves the economic efficiency of the Shagohuang new energy project and the stability of power transmission in the power grid, and also provides a replicable Chinese solution for energy transformation in wind and solar resource-rich regions around the world.

The mandatory storage allocation ends, promoting the market-oriented transformation of energy storage

Traditional electrochemical energy storage has a short duration and weak active support capacity, and cannot meet the peak-shaving needs of the "Sago Desert" region, where peak-to-valley fluctuations are large and the regulation period is long; in addition, due to the power electronic properties of electrochemical energy storage, the reactive power regulation capacity of the power grid is insufficient. With the cancellation of the mandatory storage policy for new energy, energy storage has entered the stage of seeing actual effects, and large-scale, long-cycle, and high-safety energy storage technology will be widely used.

Gas turbines are globally recognized peak-shaving units with characteristics such as rapid start and shutdown, fast load response, and outstanding peak-shaving and frequency regulation performance. Pure hydrogen gas turbines not only have the characteristics of gas turbines but also have the advantage of zero carbon emissions. They play a significant role in meeting the regulation needs of power systems, providing rotational inertia and reactive power compensation, and will play an important role in the construction of new power systems.

Improve yields and build a "moat" for market-oriented transactions

After the release of Document No. 136, the amount of new energy grid-connected electricity increased, the proportion of new energy entering the market increased, and the price difference in the spot market widened. If wind power and photovoltaic new energy stations are built separately, the characteristics of new energy themselves make them at a disadvantage in market-based transactions, especially photovoltaic power stations with strong cluster characteristics, which are at the most disadvantageous position. In provinces with large new energy sources and high photovoltaic penetration rates, the net load of the power grid during the day presents the characteristics of a "duck curve", and the mismatch between supply and demand leads to extremely low electricity prices at noon and high electricity prices at night.

Mingyang Hydrogen said that in order to ensure power consumption and increase operating income, new energy needs to transform itself into adjustable electricity and participate in market transactions. The key lies in combining energy storage technologies that can provide auxiliary services and realize spot arbitrage benefits. Pure hydrogen gas turbines have low cost and strong peak-shaving capabilities, which can effectively increase the yield of photovoltaic power stations and become a "moat" to enhance the competitiveness of market transactions of new energy projects.

"Wind, Solar, Hydrogen, Storage and Fuel", Strategic Layout of the Entire Industry Chain

From the perspective of energy development strategy, the breakthrough of pure hydrogen gas turbine is crucial to my country's energy transformation. As the global demand for clean energy continues to grow, hydrogen energy, as a clean and efficient secondary energy source, is becoming the focus of the energy field.

At present, Mingyang Group is taking "wind and solar power, hydrogen storage and combustion" as its strategic core, and is laying out a complete industrial system covering green hydrogen preparation, storage and transportation, power generation and comprehensive energy solutions. In the future, Mingyang plans to build "wind and solar power, hydrogen storage and combustion" demonstration projects based on new energy hydrogen production and flexible grid consumption in the "Three Norths" regions of Inner Mongolia, Qinghai and Xinjiang, and take the lead in realizing the engineering application of pure hydrogen power generation equipment, providing an economically feasible solution for large-scale and long-term energy storage of new energy.