Hydrogen can only be generated by consuming primary energy such as coal, natural gas and renewable energy.

An executive of the company said such a practice has multiple benefits in both economic and environmental terms.

In terms of improvement in rankings, China's Ansteel Group Corp made the highest jump across 183 places to 217.

China generated 1.25 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity from renewable energy during the January-June period.

As a large coal supply base, Xinjiang aims to achieve coal output of more than 400 million tons by 2025.

They also said the industry will likely experience demand recovery to a certain extent in the coming months.

By the end of June, China's installed capacity for renewable energy had exceeded 1.1 billion kilowatts.

China's State Administration for Market Regulation has conducted investigations on activities of bidding up coal prices, the administration said Friday.