Clean energy vehicles take road to future at the Winter Olympics

Large-scale use of hydrogen during the ongoing Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is expected to highlight new opportunities for this form of clean energy in China and worldwide, according to analysts.

More than 1,000 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are being used for the Games in the Chinese capital and co-host city Zhangjiakou in Hebei province to minimize carbon dioxide emissions, said Wang Hewu, executive director of the Zhangjiakou Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Research Institute.

He said a hydrogen-powered bus can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 11.8 metric tons over a distance of 10,000 kilometers, as such vehicles only emit pure water. They can also run smoothly in temperatures of minus 20 C.