A Hydrogen Production Base Capable of Charging 2,000 Hydrogen Cars per Day to Be Established in Changwon

Changwon City-Korea Gas Corporation Agreement to Establish a 10t Scale Hub-Type Hydrogen Production Base

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Ju Cheol-in] A hydrogen production base capable of charging 2,000 hydrogen vehicles per day will be established in Changwon.

On the 23rd, Changwon City in Gyeongnam signed an agreement with Korea Gas Corporation to build a 10-ton scale hub-type hydrogen production base.

This is a follow-up measure after the city was selected in 2020 for the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy's hub-type hydrogen production base construction project. Accordingly, the city attracted a 10-ton per day hydrogen production base, built by Korea Gas Corporation, in the Changwon National Industrial Complex expansion area in Sangbok-dong, Seongsan-gu.

Initially, the project reflected a hydrogen production scale of 5 tons, but the city adjusted it to 10 tons, capable of charging 2,000 vehicles per day, considering the future growth potential of the hydrogen market.

The city explained that currently about 1,100 hydrogen vehicles are registered in Changwon. The Changwon-type hydrogen production base will produce hydrogen using city gas, not by-product hydrogen (gray hydrogen, hydrogen produced as a by-product in petrochemical processes).

Most hydrogen is supplied nationwide in the form of by-product hydrogen from petrochemical complexes including Ulsan and Yeosu.

The Changwon-type hydrogen production base is scheduled to begin construction in March and be completed in the first half of next year. The city expects that once the hydrogen production base is established, it will help not only stabilize hydrogen supply but also reduce hydrogen prices and promote the spread of eco-friendly vehicles.

Thus, by the first half of next year, Changwon will be able to produce 16 tons of hydrogen per day on its own, and the city expects to advance as a hydrogen energy self-reliant city.

In December last year, a small-scale hydrogen production base (1 ton per day) in Seongju-dong, Seongsan-gu began operation, and the hydrogen liquefaction plant (5 tons per day) under construction on the Doosan Heavy Industries site in Gwisandong is scheduled for completion by the end of this year.

Changwon Mayor Heo Seong-mu said, “The hub-type hydrogen production base will greatly help in creating a hydrogen-specialized complex in the Changwon National Industrial Complex expansion area and in clustering hydrogen specialized companies.”

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