On March 17th, the 2023 Xinjiang Autonomous Region's major projects will resume construction and the first quarter regional major project scheduling meeting will be held. At the Ili Prefecture branch venue located in the Sulagong Industrial Park, Yining City, Xinjiang, the construction of the Yining City Photovoltaic Green Power Hydrogen Production Source Network Load Storage Integration Project will commence.

The total investment of this project is 8.146 billion yuan, with an annual planned investment of 1 billion yuan. It mainly includes the construction of a 1 million kilowatt photovoltaic power station, a 2000 cubic meter/hour hydrogen production plant, and a 2 ton hydrogen refueling station.

It is reported that on December 9, 2022, Beijing Yihuatong Technology Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with the Yining Municipal People's Government and Yining Lianchuang Urban Construction (Group) Co., Ltd. to jointly promote the construction of the Yining Photovoltaic Green Power Hydrogen Production Source Network Load Storage Integration Project, involving the entire hydrogen energy industry chain, including the construction of photovoltaic power stations, electrolytic water hydrogen production plants, hydrogen refueling stations, hydrogen storage equipment installation and construction Hydrogen fuel cell vehicle applications, etc. The hydrogen production plant is located in the Sulagon Industrial Park in Yining, and it is planned to complete and put into operation the first phase photovoltaic hydrogen production project by the end of 2023. It is expected that the production capacity of the electrolytic water hydrogen production plant will reach 20000 tons of green hydrogen per year, and it is planned to build 20 hydrogen refueling stations, which can meet the daily operational requirements of more than 3000 hydrogen fuel cell heavy trucks.

It is understood that after the completion of the project, four major industries including green energy, green transportation, green chemicals and high-end manufacturing will be formed in Yili Prefecture, as well as a major park "the Belt and Road Yili International Hydrogen Energy Demonstration Park". It is expected that by 2025, after the project is put into operation, it will achieve an output value of 12 billion yuan, a profit of 2 billion yuan, and employment for more than 1500 people.

It is worth mentioning that in 2023, Ili Prefecture plans to implement 998 projects with a total investment of more than 5 million yuan, with a total investment of 284.6 billion yuan. The planned investment for the year is 101.6 billion yuan, including 298 continuation projects, 325 new projects, and 375 reserve and transformation projects, including 416 projects in transportation infrastructure, agriculture, forestry, water, energy, people's livelihood, ecological and environmental protection, and major industries. The planned investment for the first quarter is 3.96 billion yuan.