SK Ecoplant Strengthens EGS, Signs MOU to Promote Hydrogen Industry Activation

Joo Yang-gyu, Head of Plant Business Group at SK Ecoplant (first from the left), Kim Ho-gi, Executive Director at Korea District Heating Technology (second from the left), Park Hong-wook, Vice President at Doosan Heavy Industries

[Asia Economy Reporter Onyu Lim] SK Ecoplant (formerly SK Construction), which has declared the strengthening of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) management, is actively working to promote carbon neutrality and the hydrogen industry.

On the 14th, SK Ecoplant announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Korea District Heating Corporation and Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction to promote a "distributed collective energy project using eco-friendly hydrogen gas turbines."

Due to the impact of COVID-19, the signing ceremony was not held offline. Instead, Joo Yang-gyu, Head of SK Ecoplant’s Plant Business Division, Kim Ho-gi, Executive Director of Korea District Heating Corporation, and Park Hong-wook, Vice President of Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, signed the agreement remotely via an online video system representing their respective companies. The attendees emphasized the necessity of gas turbine power generation using hydrogen, a clean energy source, to address greenhouse gas issues such as carbon dioxide and to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, agreeing to cooperate mutually.

Through this agreement, SK Ecoplant plans to leverage its experience and capabilities in executing numerous LNG district energy and combined heat and power plant EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) projects led by its Gas & Power Business Group to secure eco-friendly hydrogen supply technology and hydrogen turbine combined heat and power plant design technology for hydrogen energy utilization. Korea District Heating Corporation will support by conducting feasibility studies and assisting in overall design, while Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction will focus on developing 5MW-class small hydrogen combustors and hydrogen turbine technology and securing mass production technology.

The three companies foresee that this collective energy project using hydrogen as a raw material will significantly contribute to carbon neutrality and greenhouse gas reduction and play a major role in revitalizing the hydrogen industry, which will be a core pillar of future energy growth.

Joo Yang-gyu, Head of SK Ecoplant’s Plant Business Division, said, “Taking this agreement as an opportunity, the three companies will build an OTO (One Team Operation) platform to cooperate as one team from the early stages of the project, strengthen communication, and successfully advance the project. We will secure core technologies for hydrogen turbine power generation and lead SK Ecoplant to play a pioneering role in line with the government’s Green New Deal and carbon neutrality policies.”

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