Incheon Airport and Hyundai Motor to Collaborate on Building the Largest Domestic Hydrogen Charging Station Next Year

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Je-hoon] Incheon International Airport Corporation is partnering with Hyundai Motor Company and others to install the largest hydrogen charging station in South Korea.

On the 11th, Incheon Airport Corporation announced that it signed a "Business Agreement for the Installation and Operation of a Hydrogen Charging Station at Incheon Airport" with Hyundai Motor Company, Air Liquide Korea, and Hydrogen Energy Network at the corporation's meeting room in Jung-gu, Incheon.

The event was attended by about 10 officials, including Koo Bon-hwan, President of Incheon Airport Corporation; Han Sung-kwon, President of Hyundai Motor Company's Commercial Business Division; Guillaume Cotte, CEO of Air Liquide Korea; and Yoo Jong-soo, CEO of Hydrogen Energy Network.

This agreement is a follow-up measure related to Hydrogen Energy Network being selected for the Ministry of Environment's 2020 hydrogen charging station private capital subsidy project in collaboration with Incheon Airport Corporation.

According to the agreement, Incheon Airport Corporation and the three companies will install hydrogen chargers at Incheon Airport's Terminal 2 by the first half of next year and begin full-scale operation. The planned hydrogen charging station will be highly versatile, available for both buses and regular passenger cars, and will be the largest commercial charging station in the country capable of simultaneously charging up to two buses.

President Koo said, "Going forward, the corporation will actively support the government's hydrogen economy activation policy as the gateway to South Korea and a leading public enterprise, and take the lead in spreading social value through low-carbon and eco-friendly airport operations."

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