Poten Environment Group

What Poten Environment Group does

Poten Environment Group Co., Ltd. (博天环境集团股份有限公司) is a Beijing-headquartered environmental engineering group founded in 1995 and listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (603603). The company operates four business segments: industrial water system comprehensive services (serving coal chemical, petrochemical, fine chemical, biopharmaceutical, and pan-semiconductor clients with proprietary membrane and zero-liquid-discharge technologies), municipal water environment treatment (BOO/BOT/PPP projects serving city governments), ecological restoration (via Shanghai Water Source subsidiary), and green hydrogen system integration (via Tianji Hydrogen subsidiary established 2019). Its technology base comprises 12 proprietary process packages including MEM-MBR, MCR membrane chemical reactor, Hi-Zero salt separation, Hi-SOT ozone catalytic oxidation, Bio-HAT hydrolytic acidification, and Hi-COT electrocatalytic oxidation, supported by more than 200 patents and 500+ benchmark projects across 23 Chinese provinces.

The company monetizes through four primary streams: fixed-price EPC contracts for industrial water systems (one-time license revenue recognized over construction), long-duration BOO/BOT/PPP operating contracts of 20-30 years with annual service fees per cubic meter of treated water (managed services / recurring), hydrogen equipment and system integration sales under the Hydrizon brand (hardware sales), and process technology licensing of proprietary packages such as Bio-HAT, Hi-SOT, and MCR (licensing royalties). Pricing is project-negotiated rather than list-based, with disclosed single-project values ranging from approximately 40 million CNY for coal chemical wastewater pretreatment EPC to 10.75 billion MOP for the Macau Coloane wastewater treatment plant contract. Go-to-market is primarily enterprise field sales targeting state-owned energy and chemical groups (China Energy, Shenhua, Inner Mongolia Yitai, Guangxi Huayi), municipal governments through formal PPP procurement, and government-supported hydrogen demonstration projects (Datang Gongyi, China Power Construction Shandong No.3).

The group underwent court-supervised restructuring completed in December 2022 and is pursuing a strategic transformation under the '12345' plan launched in February 2025, with the new 'Hydrizon Smart' AI-driven digital control platform (Smart-E, Smart-D, Smart-L subsystems) underpinning the hydrogen business targeting 10 billion CNY revenue by 2030 and 100 billion CNY by 2035.

Name

Poten Environment Group

Legal name

博天环境集团股份有限公司

Website

https://poten.cn

Company type

Public

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Poten Environment Group is a Beijing-based environmental engineering company providing industrial water treatment and zero-liquid-discharge EPC services to coal chemical and energy SOEs, municipal water BOO/BOT/PPP projects, and green hydrogen system integration via its Tianji Hydrogen subsidiary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Engineering Services (Water Treatment and Green Hydrogen)

NAICS

Sewage Treatment Facilities (22132), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310)

SIC

Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Water Reuse Utilities (ZLD/MLD & Process Water Recycling) (EUANAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Advanced Treatment & Purification Utilities (MF/UF, RO, AOP, UV) (EUANAGAD), Potable Water Treatment & Conditioning (Filtration, Disinfection, Corrosion Control) (EUANAAAC)

Keywords

• Industrial water treatment
• Municipal wastewater treatment
• Green hydrogen production
• Zero liquid discharge
• Membrane separation technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Haidian

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) Contracts: The company serves as EPC contractor for industrial water system projects, providing design, procurement, construction, and commissioning services for water treatment facilities in coal chemical, petrochemical, and other industrial sectors. Revenue is recognized over the construction period.
2. BOO/BOT/PPP Project Investment and Operations: The company invests in, builds, and operates water treatment plants and infrastructure under Build-Own-Operate, Build-Operate-Transfer, and Public-Private Partnership models. Generates recurring revenue from service fees over contract periods of 20-30 years.
3. Green Hydrogen System Integration and Equipment Sales: Subsidiary Tianji Hydrogen provides integrated hydrogen production systems, electrolyzers, and digital control platforms. Revenue from equipment supply, system integration, and operating services for green hydrogen projects under the 'Hydrizon' product brand.
4. Municipal Water and Ecological Restoration Services: Government and municipal clients engage the company for water supply, sewage treatment, and ecological restoration under long-term operating contracts. Revenue derived from treatment fees and service charges.
5. Technical Consulting and Process Licensing: The company licenses its proprietary process packages (Bio-HAT, Hi-SOT, MCR, etc.) and provides technical consulting services to industrial clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Poten Environment Group provides full-lifecycle industrial water treatment EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction), BOO/BOT/PPP project investment and operations, municipal water environment management, and ecological restoration services through proprietary membrane and zero-liquid-discharge technologies. It also offers integrated green hydrogen production systems (electrolyzers, equipment, digital control platforms) under the Tianji Hydrogen/Hydrizon brand, and operates IC ultra-pure water and wastewater treatment through subsidiary TG Hilyte.

Product overview

Poten Environment Group operates as a diversified environmental protection group with four core business segments: Industrial Water System Comprehensive Services (工业水系统综合服务), Green Hydrogen System Integration (绿氢系统集成服务), Municipal Water Environment Treatment (市政水环境治理服务), and Ecological Restoration (生态修复综合服务). The group offers over 200 patented technologies organized into 10 core technology process packages including Bio-HAT™, Hi-SOT™, MCR, Mem-MBR™, Hi-Zero™, Hi-COT™, and Bio-EGSB™. Its hydrogen energy portfolio includes Tianji Hydrogen (天际氢能) as the flagship subsidiary, with the Hydrizon Smart digital intelligence control platform enabling AI-powered monitoring and optimization of hydrogen production systems. Subsidiaries include Shanghai Water Source Development (专精特新小巨人企业) for ecological restoration. The group serves industrial clients (coal chemical, fine chemical, biomedicine, pan-semiconductor), municipal governments, and emerging hydrogen energy markets across 60+ cities in 23 provinces.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 天际氢能 (Tianji Hydrogen Energy): Green hydrogen system integration services, hydrogen production equipment R&D and manufacturing subsidiary
• Hydrizon
• 天际优氢港 (Tianji Preferred Hydrogen Port)
• 天际装备 (Tianji Equipment)
• 博慧数字 (Bohui Digital)
• 上海水源地 (Shanghai Water Source)

Products and services

• Industrial Water System Comprehensive Services (工业水系统综合服务) Full lifecycle water environment management for industrial clients covering water system overall solutions, innovative technical services, clean production, zero discharge, resource recovery, and professional operation management, delivered to coal chemical, fine chemical, biomedicine, and pan-semiconductor enterprises under EPC, BOO, BOT, and PPP contracts.
• Green Hydrogen System Integration Services (绿氢系统集成服务) Comprehensive hydrogen production solutions including equipment integration, modular systems, standardized products (HI-Pro, HRC, HIE-W, HCU, HE-S, HIE-P, HIS), and digital management, delivered to energy, power generation, industrial, and transportation customers.
• Municipal Water Environment Treatment Services (市政水环境治理服务)

Quantifiable outcome

• Hi-SOT technology achieves ≥50% COD removal efficiency and ≥95% ozone utilization rate with zero sludge production
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• National Energy Group Ningxia Coal (国家能源集团宁夏煤业)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 March 2026Won bid for Ningxia Coal MTP Process Technology Upgrade Transformation Project wastewater pretreatment field EPC general contract (approximately 60.89 million CNY). New 600 m³/h wastewater treatment facility using 'hydrolytic acidification + A/O biochemical treatment' process.
• Zhongguancun Science City New Energy New Materials Industry Committee / Intelligent Manufacturing Industry Committee (中关村科学城新能源新材料产业专委会/智能制造产业专委会)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 August 2025Poten hosted 'Digitalization Empowering New Energy and New Materials' theme exchange meeting with Zhongguancun Science City dual committees. Multiple energy industry companies participated (Haibo Sichuang, Kerui Group, Suoying Electric, Qidi Clean Energy) to discuss digital technology integration in new energy materials R&D and hydrogen industrialization.
• China Power Construction Corporation Shandong No.3 Electric Power Construction Co., Ltd. (中电建山东电建三公司)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 July 2025Exchange meeting on water treatment and hydrogen energy industry cooperation. Both parties agreed to cooperate in municipal and industrial water deep treatment, green hydrogen industry, and international projects. Leveraging Shandong Electric Power Construction No.3's global EPC experience and Poten's water system integration and hydrogen technology expertise to create 'wind-solar-hydrogen-storage' integrated development benchmarks.
• Gongyi Municipal Government (巩义市人民政府)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 July 2025Trilateral meeting with Gongyi Municipal Government and Datang Gongyi on 'Tianji Youqing Port' project. Government committed to green channel for land use, NDRC coordination for green electricity supply, and dedicated work team to accelerate approvals. Project positioned as first green electricity hydrogen production and refueling station in Henan Province and key node in Zheng-Kai-Luo-Pu Hydrogen Corridor.
• Datang Gongyi Power Generation Co., Ltd. (大唐巩义发电有限责任公司)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 January 2025Strategic cooperation on 'Tianji Youqing Port' wind-solar complementary hydrogen production and refueling integrated demonstration project. Poten/Tianji Hydrogen responsible for investment, construction, and operation management of the hydrogen production and refueling station with 3,000 kg/day hydrogen capacity, the first green electricity hydrogen production and refueling station in Henan Province.
• Guang'an Hydrogen Energy Industry Working Group (广安市氢能产业专班)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 30 October 2024Guang'an municipal government hydrogen energy industry delegation visited Poten to explore cooperation in hydrogen energy industry digitalization and intelligent development. Guang'an planning to build 'Hydrogen Valley' leveraging natural gas chemical and chlor-alkali chemical industry advantages.
• Joint Venture Consortium for Macau Coloane Wastewater Treatment Plant (联合体)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 July 2024Joint consortium with local partners won Macau Coloane Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrade, operation and maintenance project with contract value of 10.75 billion MOP. Government paying 10.75 billion MOP to upgrade facility to National Grade A standard. Poten responsible for design optimization and first-phase upgrades with daily treatment capacity of 130,000 tons.
• Tianjin University School of Mechanical Engineering (天津大学机械工程学院)coreTechnology or Integration · 21 March 2024Academic exchange on electrolyzer key materials, membrane electrode performance improvement, hydrogen production technology, and hydrogen consumption scenarios. Key researchers including Prof. Chen Zhihao and Prof. Zhang Junfeng attended.双方结合天际氢能业务的实际需求展开了热烈讨论，探讨了多个涉及相关技术的工业领域痛点需求。
• Changshu High-Tech Zone Management Committee (常熟高新区管委会)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 February 2024Tianji Hydrogen signed strategic cooperation agreement with Changshu High-Tech Zone for project landing and long-term cooperation. Changshu High-Tech Zone has built a complete hydrogen industry chain from hydrogen production, storage, transport, refueling to fuel cell core components manufacturing. Tianji Hydrogen R&D and manufacturing base located in Pingqian International (Changshu) Modern Industrial Park.
• China Merchants Ecology (招商生态)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2023Strategic cooperation signed in November 2022 for water environment comprehensive treatment and 'dual carbon' field technological innovation and R&D cooperation.双方业务契合度高，专业互补性强，可在 水环境综合治理、'双碳'领域开展科技创新研发并持续加强合作。
• TG Hilyte Environmental Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (高频美特利环境科技(北京)有限公司)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Acquired 70% equity stake for RMB 350 million (approximately USD 55 million). TG Hilyte is the only mainland China environmental company providing integrated ultra-pure water and wastewater treatment for IC and new display industries. Major clients include SMIC, Texas Instruments, Corning, and GlobalFoundries. Market share in China's UPW market increased from <3% in 2016 to ~5% in 2017.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Water Technologies: Global water-services incumbent and parent of Sidem, offering municipal and industrial water, ZLD, and semiconductor UPW; competes with Poten internationally and has been referenced in Poten's project documentation (Air Liquide, BASF.
• China Everbright Environment Group: Large diversified Hong Kong-listed environmental group (HKEX 0257) operating across waste-to-energy, water, and environmental remediation; broader portfolio than Poten but overlaps on municipal water and biomass/sludge treatment.

Emerging players

• LONGi Green Energy: Solar leader that has aggressively expanded into green hydrogen electrolyzers (LONGi Hydrogen); a relevant emerging competitor in the Chinese alkaline/PEM electrolyzer market where Tianji Hydrogen is trying to scale.

Direct peers

• Kurita Water Industries: Japanese industrial water treatment specialist (TYO 6370) with deep semiconductor/electronics ultrapure water expertise and a global industrial services footprint; the closest international analogue to Poten's 'three-high-one-difficult' industrial wastewater and IC UPW positioning.
• Organo Corporation: Tokyo-listed industrial water and ultrapure water supplier (TYO 6368) with established leadership in semiconductor and flat-panel UPW systems; competes directly with Poten/TG Hilyte for IC fab water treatment contracts in Asia.
• Tus-Clean Environmental: Tsinghua Holdings-backed A-share water and environmental services company (SSE 603903) focused on industrial park and municipal wastewater; shares Poten's industrial-water DNA and municipal water EPC + operating model.
• Beijing Enterprises Water Group: Largest municipal and industrial water treatment operator in China (HKEX 00371; renamed Beijing Enterprises Water), with end-to-end capabilities across water supply, sewage, industrial wastewater, and BOT/PPP operations closely analogous to Poten's industrial + municipal franchise.
• Sound Environmental Resources: Shanghai Industrial-affiliated waste and water treatment platform (HKEX 0807), operating municipal and industrial water projects across China under comparable BOO/PPP and EPC structures.
• Nomura Micro Science: Japanese leader in semiconductor ultrapure water systems (TYO 6254); the dominant foreign incumbent whose market share in China IC UPW Poten is actively trying to displace via TG Hilyte.
• Beijing Capital Land: Major Chinese water and environmental services platform (SSE 600008) with comparable municipal sewage, industrial park water, and solid-waste treatment operations, competing head-to-head with Poten for municipal PPP and industrial EPC mandates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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