Allowing Installation of Hydrogen Charging Stations at Cargo Truck Garages within Greenbelt Areas

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwangho Lee] The government has decided to allow the installation of hydrogen charging stations at cargo truck garages and other facilities located within greenbelt areas.

According to the Office for Government Policy Coordination on the 28th, Koo Yoon-cheol, the head of the office, held the 3rd New Industry Regulatory Innovation 4th Round meeting at the Government Complex Sejong on the afternoon of the 27th and made this decision.

To foster the hydrogen economy as a future growth engine for South Korea, the government announced the "Hydrogen Economy Roadmap" in January last year and launched the "Hydrogen Economy Committee" chaired by the Prime Minister in July this year, making efforts to build a hydrogen ecosystem.

So far, to secure sites for hydrogen charging stations, installation has been allowed as ancillary facilities at bus garages and CNG charging stations within greenbelt areas, as well as at gas stations and LPG charging stations within greenbelt areas.

However, hydrogen charging stations were not yet included as ancillary facilities allowed at taxi public garages, charter bus garages, and cargo truck garages within greenbelt areas, leading to requests for approval from the hydrogen charging station industry.

Following this decision, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport will revise the "Enforcement Decree of the Development Restriction Zone Act" by the first half of next year.

An official from the Office for Government Policy Coordination stated, "We plan to actively promote regulatory innovation to realize the hydrogen economy in cooperation with related ministries such as the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and the Ministry of Environment."

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