Busan City Completes 'Dongbusan Public Hydrogen Bus Charging Station'... Expected to Expand Hydrogen Bus Deployment

Completion Ceremony of Hydrogen Bus Charging Station in Cheonggang-ri, Gijang-gun at 3 PM on the 20th

On-site Hydrogen Production and Charging, Third Manufacturing-type Hydrogen Charging Station Nationwide

Busan City is establishing the ‘Dongbusan Public Hydrogen Bus Charging Station’ within the Gijang-gun Cheonggang-ri city bus public garage and will hold a completion ceremony at 3 p.m. on the 20th.

Dongbusan Hydrogen Charging Station.

About 100 officials, including Shin Chang-ho, Director of the Digital Economy Innovation Office, and city council members Lee Seung-woo and Park Jong-cheol (representing the Gijang-gun district), will attend the event to celebrate. The ceremony will proceed in the order of awarding meritorious service commendations, unveiling, and charging demonstration.

The newly completed hydrogen charging station differs from existing stations that supply by-product hydrogen transported from processes in petrochemical and steel industries. Instead, it is an on-site hydrogen production charging station that produces hydrogen directly on-site using city gas. It is Busan City’s first hydrogen production facility and the third on-site hydrogen production charging station nationwide.

The facility began construction in July 2021 and was completed in February this year, 1 year and 8 months after groundbreaking. The Korea Gas Safety Corporation completed the final inspection in May, and the station is scheduled to begin operation in the second half of the year.

The total project cost, including the hydrogen production and charging facilities, is approximately 16.2 billion KRW. Funding was secured through a Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy public project and Ministry of Environment subsidy project, with 9.08 billion KRW in national funds, 6.5 billion KRW from city funds, and 0.5 billion KRW from private investment.

The charging station can produce 1.2 tons of hydrogen per day and is equipped with three compressors and three dispensers matching the production capacity. It can charge three hydrogen buses simultaneously and can charge up to 60 hydrogen buses based on 10 hours of operation.

To ensure stable expansion and distribution of hydrogen buses, the city is focusing on building hydrogen charging stations mainly at bus garages. In the second half of this year, a hydrogen charging station will open at the newly constructed Gangseo Public Garage. Plans to build commercial vehicle-level charging stations for hydrogen buses and hydrogen trucks have also been confirmed for Yeongdo-gu, Geumjeong-gu, Yeonje-gu, and Saha-gu, with openings scheduled annually.

Shin Chang-ho, Director of Busan City’s Digital Economy Innovation Office, stated, “There have been difficulties in establishing hydrogen charging stations due to resident acceptance, location issues, and lack of business feasibility, but the steady efforts to build hydrogen charging stations are gradually becoming visible results.” He added, “Safe operation of hydrogen charging stations and the expanded distribution of hydrogen vehicles will be the greatest promotion to eliminate vague fears about hydrogen energy.”

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