China has officially greenlit its first inter-provincial green hydrogen pipeline — a 400km route that will deliver hydrogen from Inner Mongolia to Beijing, with local approval granted by the Inner Mongolia Energy Bureau. The pipeline, to be developed by Sinopec, will serve its Yanshan petrochemical plant in Beijing and form a backbone for China’s broader hydrogen energy ecosystem. This project will transport roughly 100,000 tons of wind-powered green hydrogen annually from Ulanqab, sourced from Sinopec’s ¥20bn [$2.8bn] 1GW renewable hydrogen plant.