Institutionalization of Safety Standards for Liquefied Hydrogen Production and Utilization by 2024
The government will institutionalize safety standards for the entire lifecycle so that anyone can produce and utilize liquefied hydrogen by 2024, as long as they comply with safety regulations.
On the 14th, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy held a public-private consultative meeting on hydrogen industry regulatory innovation and a corporate roundtable in the liquefied hydrogen sector, chaired by the Hydrogen Economy Policy Officer, at the SK E&S liquefied hydrogen production facility construction site in Incheon, where they listened to companies' requests for regulatory improvements and on-site difficulties.
Currently, there are no institutionalized safety standards related to liquefied hydrogen, so companies must obtain separate regulatory sandbox approval to proceed with their projects.
Through the regulatory sandbox system, SK E&S is conducting liquefied hydrogen projects in Incheon and Boryeong, while Hyosung Group, Linde, and Doosan Enerbility are each pursuing liquefied hydrogen projects in Ulsan and Changwon.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy will institutionalize the temporary safety standards (27 types) related to liquefied hydrogen, currently applied in regulatory sandbox demonstration projects, as general safety standards by 2024, reflecting the results of the demonstration projects, in accordance with the 'Hydrogen Safety Management Roadmap 2.0.'
Last month, the Ministry announced the 'Hydrogen Safety Management Roadmap 2.0,' which focuses on the proactive establishment of safety standards for new hydrogen products and facilities and regulatory innovation in the hydrogen industry.
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The roadmap includes ten regulatory improvement tasks related to liquefied hydrogen, such as ▲ developing lifecycle safety standards for liquefied hydrogen production, distribution, and utilization ▲ developing safety standards for liquefied natural gas (LNG) cold energy piping used in liquefied hydrogen production ▲ developing safety standards for liquefied hydrogen transport vehicles ▲ safety standards for liquefied hydrogen receiving bases ▲ and developing safety standards for storage tanks (cargo holds) of liquefied hydrogen carriers made of new materials.
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