Daejeon City "Direct Hydrogen Production and Supply... Capacity to Charge 300 Passenger Cars per Day"

It has become possible to directly produce and supply hydrogen in Daejeon.

Panoramic view of the 'Hydrogen Production Facility' fully operational in Daejeon. Provided by Daejeon City

On the 4th, Daejeon City announced that it will establish and operate a hydrogen production facility adjacent to the Nangwol hydrogen charging station in Gudo-dong, Dong-gu.

The hydrogen production facility was built with a total project cost of 11.9 billion KRW, including 4.9 billion KRW in national funding. The daily hydrogen production capacity is 1.2 tons, which can supply hydrogen for charging 300 passenger cars (4 kg/day per car) or 80 buses (15 kg/day per bus) per day.

Hydrogen supply will initially be directly connected via pipelines to the Nangwol hydrogen charging station.

As of this month, there are a total of nine hydrogen charging stations (13 units) operating in the region. Previously, Daejeon relied on hydrogen trailers transporting hydrogen from other regions such as Seosan in Chungnam and Pyeongtaek in Gyeonggi-do. In other words, hydrogen consumed locally was supplied from production facilities in other areas.

For the same reason, the region had to worry about hydrogen supply issues whenever nationwide cargo union strikes or operational suspensions of hydrogen suppliers in different supply areas occurred. In fact, there have been cases where hydrogen supply in the region was disrupted due to cargo union strikes.

However, with the full-scale operation of the hydrogen production facility in the region, Daejeon City expects these problems to be resolved in the future. It anticipates that hydrogen demand in the region can be met without supply disruptions caused by external factors.

Next year, the Daejeon Urban Corporation plans to establish hydrogen shipment facilities. Once the related facilities are completed, leftover hydrogen after supplying the Nangwol hydrogen bus charging station will be supplied to the Hakha and Shindae hydrogen charging stations in the region via hydrogen tube trailers.

With the completion of the hydrogen shipment facilities, the hydrogen charging stations operating in Daejeon will be able to significantly enhance the safety of hydrogen supply, and furthermore, it is expected that hydrogen sales prices can be reduced, according to Daejeon City.

Kim Young-bin, Director of the Economic Science Bureau of Daejeon City, said, “By directly supplying hydrogen produced locally to charging stations, we expect to secure hydrogen supply stability and reduce hydrogen purchase costs. Daejeon City will do its best to support the hydrogen industry to realize carbon neutrality and expand hydrogen mobility.”

Meanwhile, as of this month, a total of 1,500 hydrogen vehicles (1,451 passenger cars and 49 buses) are operating in Daejeon.

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