China’s green hydrogen production capacity surpassed 1 million tonnes per year in early 2026 — more than double its capacity from the end of 2024. The pace of growth is accelerating across manufacturing, deployment, and policy support, and the effects are being felt in markets worldwide, including the Middle East.
Key Chinese companies are leading the charge. Jiangsu Guofu recently delivered 424 on-board hydrogen systems for China’s largest fuel cell bus rollout in Guangzhou. Changan Deepal has commercialised a fuel cell system that outperforms international benchmarks by 10%. Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies unveiled a new heavy-duty system with improved output and reduced hydrogen consumption. These are not prototype announcements — these are mass-deployed, commercially operating systems.
For the UAE market, China’s acceleration matters for two reasons. First, the components that make green hydrogen economically viable at property and business scale — electrolysers, fuel cells, storage systems — are being refined and cost-reduced at pace through Chinese manufacturing. Second, the technology that reaches the UAE market through evaluated supply chains is increasingly Chinese in origin, whether or not it carries a Chinese brand name.
Ultra Energy’s supply chain evaluation process includes direct assessment of Chinese manufacturers — their technical specifications, quality control processes, and after-sales support capability. This is one of the less visible but most important aspects of what we do: making sure our UAE clients receive technology that works in their environment, backed by a supply chain that will support it long-term.
Source: China Hydrogen and Fuel Cell News Update — Fuel Cells Works
