Green hydrogen leap a key advance in Commodity News 11/06/2026 China successfully tested 50 percent green hydrogen co-firing and 100 percent pure hydrogen combustion in a coal-fired boiler on Sunday, a world-first breakthrough by China Energy Investment Corp (CHN Energy) that propels the nation to the global forefront of zero-carbon fuel substitution and offers a critical pathway to decarbonize its massive traditional power sector. The success of this trial hinges on a fully self-developed hydrogen-coal mixed low-nitrogen burner. Deployed on a 40-megawatt coal-fired boiler, the technology achieved a 50 percent heat-ratio hydrogen co-firing, said CHN Energy, the country’s largest coal-fired power generator by capacity. This achievement directly translates to a staggering 50 percent reduction in both coal consumption and carbon emissions, coupled with highly effective synergistic nitrogen emission reductions, setting a new technical benchmark for clean power generation worldwide, it said. Industry experts believe that as coal still plays a key role in China’s energy consumption, the green and low-carbon transition of the coal power industry is paramount to realizing the country’s ambitious “dual-carbon” goals. This technological leap pioneers an effective pathway for massive carbon reductions in existing coal-fired units and stands as a significant milestone for the integration of coal power with renewable energy sources, they say. Despite the rapid global march of green energy, China Academy of Engineering academician Hao Jiming emphasized that the “ballast stone” role of traditional coal power remains essential for grid stability. China’s fundamental energy reality is characterized by “abundant coal and scarce oil”, meaning coal will continue playing a key role for the country in the near term, said Hao. Because wind and solar power are inherently intermittent and subject to weather fluctuations, the reliable baseline generation capacity and flexible regulatory powe