Yongin City "Creating a Mini Hydrogen City to Establish a Clean Hydrogen Ecosystem"

Hydrogen Industry Committee Meeting Held... Master Plan Service Initiated

Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 27th that it held the "1st Hydrogen Industry Committee" meeting at City Hall on the 26th to foster and develop the hydrogen industry.

At the 'Hydrogen Industry Committee' meeting held at Yongin City Hall on the 26th, attendees are taking a commemorative photo. [Photo by Yongin City]

The Hydrogen Industry Committee plays a role in reviewing and advising on the city's major policies for fostering and supporting the hydrogen industry. Experts from local research institutes, hydrogen companies, and the Korea Gas Technology Corporation attended the meeting. During the meeting, a kickoff report session for the master plan project, which is being promoted alongside the mini hydrogen city creation project, was also held.

Song Hyung-woon, Director of the Hydrogen Energy Solution Center at the High Technology Research Institute, presented a roadmap for building a foundation to leap toward a sustainable hydrogen self-sufficient city and activate the hydrogen economy through the master plan project kickoff report.

The master plan includes measures to establish a clean hydrogen supply system and increase energy self-sufficiency, using the mini hydrogen city creation project as a catalyst. The economic feasibility of the mini hydrogen city will be reviewed, and a self-sustaining operation business model will be developed. Through this, plans will be established to build a sustainable hydrogen city and clean hydrogen ecosystem, including ▲promotion of hydrogen commercial vehicle distribution ▲construction of hydrogen charging stations ▲linked projects such as sewage sludge gasification.

Earlier, the city laid the institutional foundation by enacting the "Ordinance on the Fostering and Support of the Hydrogen Industry in Yongin City" in June last year. In November of the same year, it was selected for the "Mini Hydrogen City Creation Support Project" contest, the first in Gyeonggi Province. The city plans to produce hydrogen using biogas generated from the food waste treatment process at Yongin Ecotown and expand the business into various fields.

Hwang Jun-gi, Chairman of the Hydrogen Industry Committee (Yongin City 2nd Vice Mayor), said, "I hope that the city's hydrogen industry will get on a good track, achieve results, and establish a framework that can contribute to national development."

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