Ulsan City, Steadily Building Hydrogen Charging Station Infrastructure!

The 11th 'Gyeong Hydrogen Refueling Station' Completed in Buk-gu

Charging Capacity of 8 Vehicles per Hour ... Operating from March 21

Ulsan 'Gyeong Hydrogen Charging Station'.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Ulsan City is accelerating its hydrogen charging station installation project.

The city invested a total of 3 billion KRW (1.5 billion KRW from the national government and 1.5 billion KRW from the city) to construct the ‘Gyeong Hydrogen Charging Station’ inside the Hyundai Oilbank gas station on Industrial Road in Buk-gu, starting in August 2021 and completing it in February this year.

After preparation, operations will begin on March 21.

The ‘Gyeong Hydrogen Charging Station’ is equipped with a compressor (40 kg/h) capable of charging 8 Nexo vehicles per hour and a storage tank with a capacity of approximately 2,000 liters.

Hyosung Heavy Industries, a specialized hydrogen charging equipment company, constructed the station using compressors from the U.S. company PDC and storage tanks from FIBA.

Since starting the Maeam-dong hydrogen charging station in 2015 and leading the hydrogen charging infrastructure, Ulsan has now secured 11 stations, accounting for about 10% of the total 118 hydrogen charging stations nationwide, with the completion of the ‘Gyeong Hydrogen Charging Station’.

This means it maintains the largest hydrogen charging infrastructure in the country.

According to the ‘2030 Ulsan World’s Best Hydrogen City Development Strategy’ announced in 2019, Ulsan plans to build a total of 45 hydrogen charging stations by 2030.

The strategy focuses on prioritizing areas with high demand, gateway regions, and transportation hubs to establish a hydrogen charging infrastructure that allows quick access throughout Ulsan.

A city official stated, “We will create a hydrogen-based environment that citizens can trust and live with by continuously expanding hydrogen charging stations, extending hydrogen pipelines, establishing converged cooperation clusters, and introducing safety management systems, thereby advancing the hydrogen pilot city and making hydrogen a part of daily life in Ulsan.”

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