On January 10, 2025, a 150 tons/year magnesium hydride pilot project was launched. The project is a joint initiative involving the Yulin Zhongke Clean Energy Innovation Research Institute as the construction supporter, our research group as the technology provider, and Dalian Fude Jinyu New Energy Co., Ltd. as the private investor. The pilot plant has begun trial operations and produces high-quality magnesium hydride, a chemical product known to be a solid hydrogen storage material. The project adopts a "one-pot method," a new technological process to prepare magnesium-based solid hydrogen storage materials, developed and patented under intellectual property rights by our group's researchers, Professor Chen Ping and Professor Cao Hujun.

This 150 tons/year magnesium hydride pilot project focuses on developing and producing magnesium-based hydrogen storage materials and efficient dehydrogenation catalysts. It aims to establish production processes for high-quality magnesium-based solid-state hydrogen storage materials, equipment, and systems. Magnesium-based solid-state hydrogen storage systems are among the most promising technologies for hydrogen energy storage being developed globally. They hold great potential to bridge the gap between clean energy and fossil energy by enabling the integration of renewable energy into existing energy systems through hydrogen as an energy vector. In this context, magnesium-based storage systems are of great significance for the safe and efficient large-scale hydrogen storage and transportation, as well as large-scale hydrogen thermal power coupled energy storage applications, ultimately contributing to the realization of the "dual carbon" goal. (Text/Photo by Cui Yajun and Cao Hujun).