Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Supports Samcheok Hydrogen Economy Activation

Samcheok-si and Hydrogen Pilot City Infrastructure Technology Development Research Group Sign MOU

Geundeok-myeon Former Nuclear Power Plant Site to be Developed into
Tourism and Leisure Complex

Jaehoon Jeong, President of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (first from the left), is taking a commemorative photo after signing the 'Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Business Cooperation MOU' for the activation of the hydrogen industry with Samcheok City and the Hydrogen Pilot City Infrastructure Technology Development Research Group at Samcheok City Hall on the 17th.

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Joo Sang-don] Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) will participate in a project to develop the planned site for the Samcheok Nuclear Power Plant into a tourism and leisure complex utilizing RE100. RE100 is a campaign where companies, specific facilities, and complexes supply 100% of their electricity from renewable energy.

On the 17th, KHNP signed a "Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Business Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)" with Samcheok City and the Hydrogen Pilot City Infrastructure Technology Development Research Group at Samcheok City Hall.

Through this MOU, the organizations will collaborate in various fields including △ Samcheok City hydrogen pilot city infrastructure technology development project △ hydrogen and energy convergence and complex projects △ hydrogen storage, transportation, and utilization businesses △ discovery of cooperative projects such as city/provincial and national projects △ training and education of hydrogen specialists.

In particular, KHNP will cooperate in Samcheok City's project to transform the former nuclear power plant site in the Geundeok-myeon area into a renewable energy RE100 tourism and complex leisure district. The Geundeok-myeon area was the planned site for the Daejin Nuclear Power Plant and had been left idle for a long time until its designation was withdrawn in June 2019. Later that year, the government selected Samcheok City as a hydrogen pilot city. Samcheok is the first in Gangwon Province to establish and operate a hydrogen charging station and is currently developing distributed hydrogen production facilities and bus charging stations. Additionally, the city is promoting the distribution of 772 hydrogen vehicles, establishing a hydrogen storage and transportation cluster, creating a smart farm linked to hydrogen fuel cell power generation, and replacing old city buses with hydrogen buses.

Jung Jae-hoon, President of KHNP, emphasized, "We will actively participate in the government's hydrogen economy activation and Green New Deal policies through full-cycle green hydrogen technology demonstration and the development of energy self-sufficient residential and leisure complexes utilizing hydrogen and renewable energy." He added, "We will cooperate to help Samcheok City grow into an eco-friendly hydrogen economy hub city."

Kim Yang-ho, Mayor of Samcheok City, stated, "This MOU will provide a foundation to secure technological performance, safety, and economic feasibility to expand hydrogen energy into the residential sector." He added, "We expect this to accelerate the establishment of a sustainable ecological city base using hydrogen and renewable energy and to transform into an eco-friendly renewable energy city."

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