HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore, Establishes 'Carbon Neutral Demonstration Facility' to Lead Eco-Friendly Market

Establishment of
'Ship Carbon Neutral R&D Demonstration Facility' at Ulsan HD Hyundai Heavy Industries

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries recently held a commemorative photo session for the completion ceremony of the 'Ship Carbon Neutral R&D Demonstration Facility.' Photo by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has established a 'Ship Carbon Neutral R&D Demonstration Facility' to secure a leading position in the future eco-friendly ship market.

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries announced on the 7th that it recently held a 'Ship Carbon Neutral R&D Demonstration Facility Completion Report Meeting' at the Ulsan HD Hyundai Heavy Industries yard. Key executives, including Kim Sung-jun, CEO of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, and Kim Hyung-kwan, CEO of HD Hyundai Mipo, attended the event.

The Ship Carbon Neutral R&D Demonstration Facility is a system built on land that replicates a series of cargo operation systems installed on ships, allowing prediction of actual performance at sea.

While existing demonstration facilities were limited to verifying specific performances such as LNG (liquefied natural gas) fuel supply and LNG reliquefaction equipment, the new carbon neutral technology demonstration facility sequentially demonstrates the entire cargo transportation process from loading to navigation and unloading, enabling observation of the operational status of the cargo operation system with applied carbon reduction technologies.

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries plans to use the newly established demonstration facility to pre-verify eco-friendly equipment to be installed on ships, enhancing the stability of newly developed ship types and eco-friendly technologies. The first target ship type is a liquefied carbon dioxide carrier. HD Hyundai Heavy Industries plans to verify the reliquefaction equipment and the generation of dry ice inside the cargo hold of the liquefied carbon dioxide carrier ordered last year at the demonstration facility.

By 2026, the scope of demonstration ship types and technologies will be further expanded to include not only liquefied carbon dioxide carriers but also ammonia carriers, methanol-powered ships, multi-gas (carbon dioxide, ammonia, LPG) carriers, hybrid electric propulsion ships, and hydrogen carriers, conducting technology demonstrations for future eco-friendly ships.

An HD Hyundai Heavy Industries official stated, “As eco-friendly regulations are strengthened, various technologies are being developed, but securing reliability for these technologies is also crucial,” adding, “We plan to thoroughly verify the stability of our self-developed future technologies and lead the future eco-friendly ship market.”

Meanwhile, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries delivered the world’s first methanol-powered container ship, the ‘Laura Maersk,’ in September last year, and in October last year, it became the first in the world to order an ammonia-powered ship, leading future ship technologies.

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