DL E&C and CarbonCo Sign MOU with Uljin-gun for 'Nuclear Clean Hydrogen and CCUS Project'

Son Byung-bok, Uljin County Governor (center), DL E&C Plant Business Headquarters Director Yoo Jae-ho (right), and Carbonco Business Development Director Yoo Jae-hyung (left) are posing for a commemorative photo.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Min-young] DL E&C and Carbonco announced on the 19th that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Uljin County for a ‘Nuclear Clean Hydrogen Utilization and Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Project.’

The MOU signing ceremony held on the 18th at Donuimun D-Tower in Jongno-gu, Seoul, was attended by Uljin County Governor Son Byung-bok, DL E&C Plant Business Division Head Yoo Jae-ho, and Carbonco Business Development Director Yoo Jae-hyung, among others.

Nuclear clean hydrogen refers to hydrogen produced by water electrolysis using electricity and steam generated during nuclear power plant operation. Nuclear power plants have a higher capacity factor compared to other power sources such as solar and wind, and since they do not emit greenhouse gases, this method is gaining attention as an eco-friendly hydrogen production method.

This agreement was made to enable the mass production and demonstration of nuclear clean hydrogen, regarded as a future clean energy, and to establish an eco-friendly industrial complex that does not emit carbon.

Both parties agreed to jointly promote △ nuclear clean hydrogen production and demonstration projects △ linkage of ammonia and hydrogen hub terminals and establishment of large-scale supply pipelines to major demand sites △ carbon capture, utilization, and storage projects occurring within national industrial complexes.

Uljin County, a key area of the East Coast Hydrogen Economy Belt, is currently developing the Uljin Nuclear Hydrogen National Industrial Complex and a large-scale clean hydrogen production demonstration complex. DL E&C and Carbonco have been recognized for their differentiated competitiveness in related business fields through the development, design, procurement of equipment, and construction (EPC) of numerous hydrogen production plants domestically and internationally.

Based on this, once the national industrial complex is established in Uljin County, they plan to actively participate not only in nuclear clean hydrogen production and demonstration but also in the construction of carbon capture facilities and utilization and storage projects throughout the entire national industrial complex.

A DL E&C official stated, “Having previously entered the small modular reactor business, which is gaining attention as a decarbonized energy source, we are now able to further strengthen our eco-friendly new business portfolio related to nuclear power, from nuclear EPC to nuclear clean hydrogen production and utilization.”

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