Hanwha Impact Launches Expansion of Hydrogen Co-Firing Gas Turbine Power Generation Project

On the 8th, Hanwha Impact signed a technical cooperation agreement at the Plaza Hotel in Seoul with 10 companies including Korea Western Power and Hanwha KPS to secure and carry out a government project for the F-class gas turbine hydrogen co-firing power generation demonstration project.

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Hyung-gil] Hanwha Impact has taken the first step toward winning a government project for the hydrogen co-firing demonstration project of gas turbines.

On the 8th, Hanwha Impact signed a technology cooperation agreement with 10 companies including Korea Western Power and Hanwha KPS at the Plaza Hotel in Seoul to win and carry out the government project for the F-class gas turbine hydrogen co-firing power generation demonstration project.

Hydrogen co-firing power generation is a method of generating power by combusting hydrogen and natural gas together in a gas turbine. It is regarded as a preliminary stage toward power generation using only hydrogen, which emits no carbon at all.

It has the advantage of being able to convert aging gas turbines into eco-friendly energy sources by partial modification, and using existing power infrastructure such as transmission networks without additional costs.

Hanwha Impact plans to promote a demonstration project with the 10 companies gathered on this day to apply a hydrogen co-firing rate of up to 70% to F-class gas turbines, reducing carbon emissions by up to 39%. Hanwha Impact is currently conducting a hydrogen co-firing demonstration project on an E-class (80MW class) gas turbine at the Daesan plant.

Gas turbines are classified according to turbine inlet temperature, with F-class being about 1250~1430°C. The power generation capacity of F-class reaches up to 270MW. About 30% of gas turbines installed domestically are F-class, and they account for about 40% of the global gas turbine market.

A Hanwha Impact official explained, "Based on high technology for hydrogen co-firing gas turbine power generation, including hydrogen co-firing dedicated combustors and control systems, we have commercialized gas turbine power generation with a hydrogen co-firing rate of 35% in Europe and have won a modification project applying a 40% hydrogen co-firing rate in the United States."

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