Ministry of Industry to Improve Hydrogen Industry Ecosystem... Establishment of Safety Plans for New Technologies
[Asia Economy Sejong=Reporter Dongwoo Lee] The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy is preparing a comprehensive plan to utilize new hydrogen technologies such as clean hydrogen, liquefied hydrogen, and hydrogen blending in city gas, and to rationalize outdated regulations.
The ministry announced on the 8th that it will establish the "Comprehensive Plan for Hydrogen Safety Management Across the Entire Cycle" by November this year.
This decision comes from the recognition that new safety management measures are needed as various new hydrogen technologies are being developed and introduced across the entire hydrogen cycle, including production, storage, distribution, and utilization.
These include green hydrogen production using water electrolysis facilities, liquefied hydrogen production through hydrogen cooling, hydrogen blending in city gas supply pipelines by injecting hydrogen together with city gas, and fuel cell and charging technologies for hydrogen mobility.
The ministry plans to form a "Hydrogen Safety Management Policy Committee" consisting of experts from industry, academia, and research institutes to establish safety standards necessary for the development and introduction of new hydrogen technologies, while collecting opinions from the public, companies, local governments, and related organizations to identify regulations that need improvement.
On the same day, the ministry will hold the first meeting of the Hydrogen Safety Management Policy Committee, chaired by Yang Byeongnae, Director of Hydrogen Economy Policy, at the Korea Gas Safety Corporation Seoul Metropolitan Headquarters, to discuss committee operations and methods for gathering field opinions.
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Yang Byeongnae, Director of Hydrogen Economy Policy, said, "With the activation of the hydrogen economy, various hydrogen production methods such as clean hydrogen are being introduced, and infrastructure for large-scale hydrogen distribution is required, making it necessary to establish safety management measures for new hydrogen technologies."
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