Hydrogen

Town gas in Hong Kong is 49% rich in hydrogen. Our parent company, Hong Kong and China Gas (Towngas), is hence one of the two companies in the world with vast experience handling piped manufactured gases with a high percentage of hydrogen.

Town gas in Hong Kong is 49% rich in hydrogen. Our parent company, Hong Kong and China Gas (Towngas), is hence one of the two companies in the world with vast experience handling piped manufactured gases with a high percentage of hydrogen. Its pilot project of extracting hydrogen from town gas will be used in hydrogen fuel cell buses, but potential applications include other heavy-duty vehicles, ferries and combined heat and power systems.

On the Chinese mainland, the replacement of natural gas with green gas appears to be one of the key options in enabling energy transition. Capitalising on our extensive hydrogen transmission experience in Hong Kong, we are supporting the local government in studying the feasibility of blending hydrogen into the natural gas pipeline. When the supply of hydrogen produced from renewable energy, i.e. green hydrogen, become available, it can be mixed with natural gas and transported to the end users to decarbonise piped gas.