Chinese company makes huge breakthrough in green fuel sector

China's green fuel sector achieved a historic milestone on Tuesday when a vessel carrying 3,750 metric tons of green ammonia set sail from Lianyungang Port in East China's Jiangsu province bound for South Korea, marking the country's largest single-batch export of the zero-carbon energy carrier to date.

Produced by State Power Investment Corp, or SPIC, the shipment represents the first time Chinese green fuel has gained international market recognition based on its full lifecycle carbon reduction contributions, the company said.

The delivery signifies the fact that China's entire wind-solar-hydrogen-ammonia industrial chain has officially upgraded, from technical demonstration to large-scale international commercial delivery, according to SPIC.

Completed and commissioned in July 2025, the facility is supported by 800,000 kilowatts of installed renewable energy capacity and stands as the world's largest single-unit green ammonia plant, with an annual output capacity of 32,000 metric tons of green hydrogen and 180,000 metric tons of green ammonia, it said.

According to calculations by SPIC, compared with traditional coal-based synthetic ammonia produced in China, the 3,750 tons of green ammonia will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 10,000 metric tons across its entire lifecycle — an environmental benefit equivalent to the annual carbon sequestration of approximately 1 million trees.

Possessing a dual identity as both a clean fuel and a green industrial feedstock, green ammonia is rapidly becoming a vital battleground in the global low-carbon transition, said SPIC.