Envision Energy, headquartered in Shanghai, has received EU certification for the world's largest completed green hydrogen and ammonia project in northern China. The certificate confirms that production complies with the EU definition of renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBO).
The chinese company Envision Energy has now become the world’s largest RFNBO-certified producer after getting the output from its 500MW plant in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, certified by the Polish branch of the certification body Bureau Veritas, as reported by Hydrogen Insight. EU RFNBO certification is a certification for renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBOs), such as green hydrogen, which confirms its sustainable production in accordance with EU directives. It enables the issuance of Proofs of Sustainability and thus access to EU support programmes and market mechanisms, particularly for the transport and industrial sectors. Bureau Veritas is a publicly traded certification company headquartered in Paris. The news comes a week after the same Bureau Veritas branch also issued RFNBO certification to Jilin Electric Power’s 230MW green H2 and ammonia project, also in northern China, suggesting that the country may become a significant supplier to the EU.
Envision, a global leader in green technology, has officially commissioned on July 10 the world's largest and most advanced green hydrogen and ammonia production facility. The plant is powered entirely by what the company claims is the largest off-grid renewable energy system and is also the first of its kind to be fully AI-enabled, achieving real-time optimization and stability at scale.
According to the company, the plant is delivering 320,000 tons of green ammonia annually with exports commencing in Q4. Located in the Chifeng Net Zero Industrial Park — the world's largest zero-carbon industrial park — this project is a world-first in delivering green ammonia at industrial scale. For the first time at commercial scale, innovative energy storage and load flexibility is applied. Surplus green power is converted to liquid nitrogen—stored within a dynamic air-separation unit—and electrolyzers intelligently respond to renewable power swings, dynamically optimizing energy absorption and ammonia production. By leveraging green ammonia as a stable transport and storage medium, Envision has unlocked a practical path to scaling hydrogen across heavy industries.
The plant is powered by a proprietary AI-integrated off-grid renewable system, featuring advanced wind turbines, grid-forming battery storage, and predictive meteorological modeling. This system dynamically balances wind and solar input with electrolyzer and ammonia synthesis demands, ensuring continuous, cost-effective green fuel production without grid reliance.
Source: Hydrogen Insight, Envision
