Hyundai Motor Group's 'Igeot' Selected as the Best Product in the Hydrogen Sector

Resource Circulation Type Hydrogen Production Package
Grand Prize POSCO E&C and Samjung ENC Products

Hyundai Motor Group's resource-circulating hydrogen production package was selected as the best product in the hydrogen industry by the media at the international hydrogen industry exhibition H2MEET 2023.

The Korea Automobile Journalists Association announced the results of the ‘H2 MEET Best Product Media Award,’ co-hosted with the H2MEET Organizing Committee, on the 20th. Fifty-five journalists from media outlets affiliated with the Korea Automobile Journalists Association visited ‘H2 MEET 2023,’ held at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, from the 13th to the 15th, to directly inspect all exhibited products and technologies before selecting the winners through voting.

H2MEET 2023 Hyundai Motor Group Booth
[Photo by Korea Automobile Journalists Association]

The grand prize (Best Pick) went to Hyundai Motor Group's resource-circulating hydrogen production package, while the Excellence Award (Excellent Pick) was awarded to POSCO E&C's green and blue hydrogen production plant and Samjung ENC's hydrogen gas control system.

Hyundai Motor Group's hydrogen production package is composed as a hydrogen industry tool through collaboration among the group’s affiliates to realize the hydrogen ecosystem vision. When Hyundai Motor's Xcient hydrogen electric truck garbage truck collects waste, Hyundai Construction produces biogas through the ‘waste resource hydrogen production package.’ Then, Hyundai Rotem extracts high-purity hydrogen from the biogas using the ‘HiGreen 300.’

H2MEET 2023 POSCO E&C Booth
Photo by Korea Automobile Journalists Association

POSCO E&C's green and blue hydrogen production plant is a technology being promoted in line with POSCO Group's goal of producing 7 million tons of hydrogen by 2050. Based on its capability of constructing natural gas hydrogen extraction facilities within the Pohang and Gwangyang steelworks, the company is diversifying this business. At this exhibition, a booth was set up to showcase its hydrogen business capabilities. Visitors could learn about the plant’s features through 3D videos and models.

H2MEET 2023 Samjeong ENC Booth
Photo by Korea Automobile Journalists Association

Samjung ENC's ‘hydrogen gas control system’ is a core facility usable throughout the entire hydrogen industry process, including hydrogen production, storage, transportation, and utilization. Building on its existing hydrogen cooler development technology, the company independently developed a high-pressure hydrogen gas control system for hydrogen refueling stations. By applying a new technology block header component, it reduced gas leakage points by more than 80%, receiving high marks for control effectiveness.

Kang Nam-hoon, chairman of the organizing committee, said, “For the still-growing hydrogen industry to continue developing, it is important to create a virtuous cycle structure where innovative products and technologies emerge in hydrogen production, storage, transportation, and utilization fields, attract public attention, and expand technology into the entire ecosystem industry.” He added, “We hope that the Best Product Media Award, conducted together with the credible Korea Automobile Journalists Association, will provide new business opportunities for the award-winning companies and serve as a source of technical inspiration for other companies.”

Meanwhile, ‘H2MEET 2023,’ held at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, from September 13 (Wednesday) to 15 (Friday), attracted 30,200 visitors over three days, with participation from 303 companies and institutions from 18 countries worldwide.

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