This year, the Hydrogen Listening Theater has set up three special sessions. Wei Wu, director of Cawolo Hydrogen Energy Business Center, delivered a keynote speech entitled "Exploration of Diversified Application of Hydrogen" in the "Special Session of Hydrogen Energy Scene Application and System Solution", which systematically presented the multi-path application layout of the company under the core technology of PEM electrolyzer. The following is a compilation of the speech content, and we will review the wonderful sharing together:
Dear guests, friends in the hydrogen energy industry, hello everyone! I'm Wei Wu from Guangdong Cawolo Hydrogen Technology Co., Ltd., and today I'm going to share with you the exploration of diversified application of hydrogen.
First of all, I want to interact with friends on the spot: How many people have tasted the "dynamic hydrogen coffee" prepared by Cawolo for this exhibition? Raise your hand, please. How does it taste? Thank you for your recognition. Just now, I saw in the exhibition area that many industry partners are experiencing our light coffee and hydrogen coffee. Today, I also take this opportunity to take you into the hydrogen energy world of Cawolo-from a cup of coffee, a hydrogen energy bicycle and a hydrogen energy drone to the construction of a zero-carbon park, and see how we can make hydrogen energy move from technology to life.
Let's briefly introduce Cawolo first. We are a national high-tech enterprise with PEM electrolyzed water technology as its core. Our core business is to build a "dual-core drive" pattern around two major sectors: one is the civil sector of "hydrogen enjoying life" and the other is the energy sector of "low-carbon future".
The "Enjoy Life with Hydrogen" section covers hydrogen health, hydrogen agriculture and hydrogen life products, and the recently popular iced hydrogen coffee belongs to this field. At present, we have formed a first-Mover advantage in the civil hydrogen energy track. Some time ago, we held simultaneous product launches in Foshan, Shanghai and Beijing. In Nanhai area of Foshan alone, over 30 light and small coffee machines have been launched, covering government agencies, institutions, hospitals, supermarkets, universities and other scenes.
At the exhibition site, we deployed five coffee machines, which have been in short supply, and sincerely invite you to experience more and make more suggestions in the future. Its core technology is the PEM hydrogen production module patented by Cawolo. Practice of "hydrogen enjoying life" plate. We have mainly explored in three aspects: first, we have launched a self-service iced hydrogen coffee machine with light coffee and freshly ground coffee, which we define as "one cup of coffee, two kinds of health", so that consumers can experience the value of hydrogen energy while enjoying drinks; Second, in response to the national "Silver Age Plan", build a hydrogen-rich healthy water station to provide convenient and healthy drinking water services for the elderly; Third, build a matrix of hydrogen life products, from hydrogen cups, hydrogen absorbers to hydrogen bath machines, and complete the layout of all categories as early as 2014-2022. At present, this sector has become the company's stable cash flow business, which also makes the concept of "hydrogen enjoying life" deeply rooted in people's hearts. It is worth mentioning that "Hydrogen Enjoy Life" products have gone abroad and gained recognition in Europe, America, Southeast Asia, Australia and other countries and regions, bringing stable overseas revenue to the company. For Cawolo, the hydrogen life sector is not only an important economic support, but also the core of our promotion of "hydrogen energy universal benefit"-allowing ordinary consumers to intuitively contact and use hydrogen energy products. We focus on "high-quality life" to build the core of our products, and deeply cultivate the big health track. Through the integration of "hydrogen energy+high-frequency life scenes", we lower consumers' cognitive threshold for hydrogen energy and promote the landing of "hydrogen into thousands of families".
Looking at the "low-carbon future" energy sector, Cawolo has built a complete technical system mainly through three steps: the first step is to unite the research team of Central South University to complete the independent research and development of core materials such as catalysts and control technical barriers from the source; The second step is to realize the development of a full range of electrolyzers. In 2022, we completed the first assembly line of MW PEM water electrolysis hydrogen production equipment in Guangdong Province, and also obtained the approval of "Guangdong PEM water electrolysis hydrogen production equipment technology engineering center", which is the industry's recognition of our technical strength; The third step is to promote the system-side layout. At present, a complete product line from modular products to system integration has been formed, laying the foundation for the large-scale application of hydrogen energy.
We made the core layout in response to the national "double carbon" strategy (peak carbon dioxide emissions in 2030 and carbon neutrality in 2060). On the technical level, we take the PEM electrolyzer and AEM electrolyzer independently developed as the core, realizing the full spectrum hydrogen production coverage. PEM electrolyzers have achieved full coverage from small electrolyzers with a capacity of 60-5000mL/min, and industrial electrolyzers with a capacity of 0.5-250Nm³/h h will be deployed in 2022. The response speed and operation stability of the equipment have been verified by the market-the cumulative shipment has reached 5 million pieces, and some electrolyzers have been running continuously at the client for 24 hours, with continuous trouble-free operation exceeding 10,000 hours. These actual combat data are the source of confidence for our continuous technical iteration. At present, AEM electrolyzer has completed the research and development design, which has made a good reserve for the subsequent technical iteration. In this exhibition, we also officially released 100 standard AEM electrolyzers. This product has the characteristics of low cost, excellent structure, quick response, high security and flexible deployment, which complements the PEM technical route and provides us with dual technical support to meet the needs of different scenarios and ensure future development.
In terms of product form, we mainly promote the "modular" scheme-a whole hydrogen production system is divided into three modules: hydrogen production, purification and water replenishment, which can be flexibly combined like Lego building blocks, and can quickly land various infrastructure projects and truly break down the scene barriers. As small and medium-sized enterprises, we adhere to the principle of "business first, down-to-earth" and create practical value through "standardized and modular" products. The core of choosing modular design is to hope that products can be mass-produced in assembly line like standardized parts-an automatic production line for modular products is specially planned in the 50,000-square-meter workshop that will be put into production soon. Standardization can not only improve product stability, but also quickly adapt to customer scenarios. Customers only need to provide fixed installation space without customized development; If there is a problem with the module, it can be replaced quickly to minimize the downtime of the equipment, which is the core advantage of modular products.
In the exploration of application scenarios, "difficulty in landing" is a common problem in the hydrogen energy industry. To this end, we focus on the three major directions of laboratory scientific research, distributed energy and industrial energy storage, and initially build a scene application map, striving to make the products more suitable for market demand.
For example, in the field of laboratory research and hydrogen energy two-wheeler, we have introduced desktop hydrogen production equipment. After this product was put into production in June 2024, several prototypes have been exported, and customer feedback and order demand exceeded expectations. Its core value lies in "one equipment and two scenarios": on the one hand, as a laboratory desktop hydrogen generator, it can be used in gas chromatograph, pesticide residue detection and other scenarios-in the past, laboratory hydrogen mostly depended on steel cylinders and needed to be stored and reported separately. However, this equipment is "ready-made for use" and can be operated by adding purified water such as Ipoh and Wahaha, covering the hydrogen production demand of 300-1000mL/min, completely solving the traditional steel cylinders. On the other hand, through the built-in booster module, the solid hydrogen storage bottle can be filled with hydrogen to supply energy for the hydrogen energy two-wheeled vehicle, which is also highly consistent with Foshan's plan of "putting 40,000 hydrogen energy two-wheeled vehicles into use before 2030". A computer mainframe-sized device can realize single-channel to double-channel output, and supply hydrogen to gas cylinders of 1-2 hydrogen energy two-wheeled vehicles (covering 1-3 MPa pressure). In view of the customer's concern about "no hydrogen refueling station around", we put forward the scheme of "mini hydrogen refueling station entering the home"-safe and convenient, which can complete hydrogen charging without leaving home, providing convenient solutions for individual users without worrying about hydrogenation problems.
Another key practice is the centralized hydrogen charging solution for two-wheeled vehicles sharing hydrogen energy. We have also made many attempts: cooperating with enterprises in Suzhou, Foshan and other places, landing hydrogen unmanned aerial vehicles, hydrogen water fish farming, hydrogen energy sightseeing bus and other projects. Taking these scenarios as an example, the traditional power transmission or laying of hydrogen pipelines not only has high construction cost, but also has complicated approval process; Our solution is "photovoltaic green electricity+C-Node hydrogen production and charging machine+solid hydrogen storage bottle"-the green electricity generated by photovoltaic provides power for hydrogen production and charging equipment, and the hydrogen storage bottle stores hydrogen; This equipment can charge 12 solid hydrogen storage bottles at one time, and also supports "capacity expansion on demand". Help customers quickly expand the distribution scale of hydrogen energy two-wheeled vehicles. In the future, we plan to extend this model to zero-carbon parks, green scenic spots, universities, airports and other scenes to help customers better achieve the goal of "double carbon".
In the frontier field of "low-altitude economy", the core of the new growth point of hydrogen energy lies in the high energy density of hydrogen-the energy density of hydrogen is 5-10 times that of lithium battery. According to the feedback from customers' actual combat data, under the same model, the endurance of hydrogen-powered drones is 3-4 times that of lithium-battery drones. This data strengthens our research and development direction-the application of hydrogen energy can't stay in the "concept", and products must be continuously optimized through "customer linkage+data feedback", which is also the core logic for us to explore unmanned hydrogen charging system and help low-altitude economy. The C-Node hydrogen charging machine is equipped with a booster module, which can also pressurize hydrogen to 35 MPa, so as to charge the hydrogen drone and help the low-altitude economic development.
In the construction of zero-carbon park, we focus on the closed-loop development of "scenery and hydrogen storage wisdom"-making up for the fluctuation of wind energy and solar energy by storing hydrogen energy across seasons; At the same time, develop EMS energy management system to realize intelligent matching and efficient collaboration. At present, our hydrogen production, compression, hydrogen storage and application modules are all split-type, and customers can purchase and flexibly combine according to their own scenarios, without the need for complete procurement-only by accurately solving the pain points of each scenario can we create real value for customers.
We have built a standard hydrogen refueling station project of "Hydrogen Hub C-HUB" for overseas customers. Despite the large investment in such projects, we have always been exploring the layout of hydrogen energy infrastructure; In the future, the planning of core electrolyzers and hydrogen refueling stations with a larger standard will also be steadily promoted around the development direction of the industry.
In terms of intellectual property rights, we have also built a perfect protection system: at present, we have more than 200 patents, including more than 80 invention patents; In 2022, it was ranked 58th in the relevant ranking of the Global Intellectual Property Organization, and it is at the leading level in the domestic hydrogen energy field. These intellectual property rights are the "moat" for us to deepen the industry and continue to innovate.
In terms of production capacity, we have built a factory building covering an area of 50,000 square meters, with a total investment of 300 million yuan. It is expected to be officially put into production in early 2026, and the cumulative output value will exceed 1 billion yuan after production-this is not only the improvement of production capacity, but also the confidence for us to support the large-scale application of hydrogen energy.
In terms of production capacity, we have built a factory building covering an area of 50,000 square meters, with a total investment of 300 million yuan. It is expected to be officially put into production in early 2026, and the cumulative output value will exceed 1 billion yuan after production-this is not only the improvement of production capacity, but also the confidence for us to support the large-scale application of hydrogen energy.
Finally, I want to emphasize that the development of green hydrogen industry is inseparable from ecological cooperation. "POWER LINK" is a hydrogen energy ecological cooperation network that we have built. At present, we have joined hands with Bosch, Reshaping and other corporate partners, as well as Central South University, Harbin Institute of Technology and other universities. We also sincerely invite colleagues from upstream and downstream industries to join us, jointly build the hydrogen energy industry ecology and promote the high-quality development of the industry.
Cawolo's mission is "to make hydrogen energy universal". We always believe that hydrogen energy is not a distant technology, but an element of life at your fingertips. In the future, we will continue to take "hydrogen enjoying life" and "low-carbon future" as dual-core drivers, so that hydrogen can truly enter daily life and serve the development of the industry, and finally realize the initial intention of "hydrogen energy universal benefit". Thank you!
