Chinese hydrogen equipment supplier Jiangsu Guofu Hydrogen Energy Equipment (GuofuHee) expects its losses for the year ending 31 December 2025 to widen to 250mn-390mn yuan ($36.2mn-56.5mn), an increase of 18.9pc-85.5pc from 2024.
The Hong Kong-listed firm issued a warning to its investors, saying full-year 2025 results will be hit by a "slowdown of overall market demand" in China, echoing a similar warning from a year earlier. Government policies have not yet translated into the level of market activity the company had expected, and hydrogen end-use applications are taking longer to mature, it said.
The firm also reported higher credit impairment and asset impairment losses, further widening losses. The forecast is based on preliminary unaudited figures and may change when GuofuHee publishes its annual results by the end of March.
GuofuHee's warning highlights challenges in China's increasingly crowded and competitive electrolyser market, where firms have been bidding aggressively with lower prices in hydrogen project tenders.
GuofuHee produces alkaline and proton exchange membrane electrolysers, as well as purification units, liquefaction systems, refuelling equipment and natural-gas-to-hydrogen power systems.
The company is among the largest electrolyser makers globally. It expanded capacity its alkaline electrolyser plant in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu province, from 1GW/yr to 3.5GW/yr at the end of 2024. It is also pursuing overseas growth, with plans to commission a 250MW/yr alkaline electrolyser plant in Germany this year.
Much of this 3.5 GW/yr alkaline capacity may be under-utilised, similar to other electrolyser makers globally.
Despite these pressures, GuofuHee maintains that China's hydrogen sector remains at an "initial stage of commercialisation" and still shows "obvious policy-driven characteristics". This comes even as the country hosts some of the world's largest renewable hydrogen and derivatives projects, with Chinese firms generally executing projects at a faster pace than others globally.
The firm is also seeking more overseas business, with plans to supply electrolysers to projects in Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and other international markets. Guofu is also exploring other manufacturing partnerships in India and South Africa.

