Coal-to-hydrogen in North China is greatly affected by carbon tax. It is suggested that priority should be given to the construction of natural gas hydrogen production units in this area under the condition that natural gas is guaranteed.
In 2009, the Ministry of Finance of the People 's Republic of China proposed a carbon tax of 40 yuan / t in the detailed technical report on the introduction of carbon tax in China.Under the existing natural gas price ( 2.0 yuan / m3 ), the maximum affordable price of coal is about 500 yuan / t.
In addition, the country is accelerating the integration of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.In March 2017, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Energy Bureau and the relevant six major provincial and municipal governments jointly issued the " Air Pollution Prevention and Control Work Plan for Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong and Henan in 2017 " to include Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong and Henan ' 2 + 26 ' cities into the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei air pollution transmission channel. Among them, Beijing, Tianjin, Langfang and Baoding completed the construction of ' coal-restricted areas ' by the end of October 2017.
In addition, other cities in the transmission channel will complete the project of replacing coal with gas or electricity by 5 to 100,000 households in each city before the end of October according to the principle of gas and electricity. However, this region has a wide source of natural gas resources. Four natural gas pipelines have been formed in Beijing area, and the fifth pipeline is under construction. Tianjin and Shandong have built imported LNG facilities. Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and other places have planned and constructed several sets of coal gasification devices.
