The Nation's First Large-Capacity Hydrogen Refueling Station for Cargo Trucks Established in Ulsan

Completion of Ulsan Sanggae SK Hydrogen Charging Station on the 7th

48 Trucks and 240 Passenger Cars per Day

The first large-capacity hydrogen refueling station for cargo trucks in Korea has been established in Ulsan. Unlike the existing method of refueling hydrogen through mobile vehicles, this station receives hydrogen supply via dedicated pipelines. Ulsan City has taken a step forward in promoting itself as a ‘hydrogen economy mecca’ city.

Ulsan City announced that it will hold the ‘Ulsan Sanggae SK Hydrogen Refueling Station Completion Ceremony’ at 3 p.m. on the 7th at the Sanggae Cargo Truck Rest Area in Nam-gu, Sanggae-dong.

About 100 people will attend the completion ceremony, including Kim Doo-gyeom, Mayor of Ulsan; Kim Ki-hwan, Chairman of the City Council; Kang Ju-yeop, Logistics Policy Officer of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport; Lee Dong-hwi, Acting President of the Korea Hydrogen Industry Association; and Jang Ho-joon, Executive Director of SK Energy.

The Ulsan Sanggae SK Hydrogen Refueling Station was planned with a charging capacity of 80 kg per hour at the Sanggae Cargo Truck Rest Area on Industrial Road in Nam-gu, with a total investment of 5.7 billion KRW, including 4 billion KRW from the national government and 1.7 billion KRW from the city government. Construction began in April last year.

This refueling station has improved from the previous method of supplying hydrogen via tube trailers, which are hydrogen vehicles, to directly supplying hydrogen to the station through hydrogen supply pipelines within the city. It is evaluated to have secured both economic efficiency and safety in hydrogen supply.

Since hydrogen can be continuously supplied through pipelines, the refueling capacity has greatly increased due to large-volume transportation, enabling refueling for up to 48 cargo trucks per day.

General passenger cars can also be refueled. While typical hydrogen refueling stations can only refuel 5 vehicles per hour, this station can refuel up to 20 vehicles per hour.

An official from Ulsan City said, “With the installation of the nation’s first large-capacity hydrogen refueling station for cargo trucks, we have achieved both environmental improvement effects and a stepping stone for the hydrogen era.” He added, “Starting from this, we plan to promote key projects such as establishing a hydrogen hub at Taehwagang Station, constructing hydrogen fuel cell power plants, and building a hydrogen mobility cluster.”

Ulsan City has declared a hydrogen industry vision to build the world’s best hydrogen city by 2030 and is focusing efforts on achieving the goal of becoming a hydrogen economy mecca city by 2030, including the distribution of 67,000 hydrogen vehicles, installation of 45 hydrogen refueling stations, 200 km of hydrogen pipelines, and manufacturing 500,000 hydrogen vehicles.

Ulsan City Hall.

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