"Seongnam Sasong Liquefied Hydrogen Charging Station Holds Operation Ceremony as a Hydrogen Transportation Hub in the Seoul Metropolitan Area"

Initiating the Development of Korea’s Hydrogen Mobility Ecosystem

SK Plug Hybus (Hybus) announced on the 10th that it held the "Seongnam Sasong Liquefied Hydrogen Charging Station Operation Ceremony." Hybus, a subsidiary of SK Innovation E&S, currently operates and manages 19 liquefied hydrogen charging stations nationwide.

On the 7th, attendees are taking a commemorative photo at the "Seongnam Sasong Liquid Hydrogen Charging Station Operation Ceremony" held in Sujeong-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. From the sixth person from the left in the back row: Junbae Lee, Democratic Party Representative of Seongnam City Council; Jongcheol Lim, Vice Mayor of Seongnam; Youngjun Jeon, Head of New Energy Business Division at SK Innovation E&S; Hangyu Jeong, Director of Advanced Mobility Industry Division, Gyeonggi Province. SK Innovation E&S

The event, held on November 7 in Sujeong-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, was organized to share the operational achievements of the Seongnam Sasong Liquefied Hydrogen Charging Station, which began operations in April, and to discuss ways to accelerate the distribution of hydrogen buses and the construction of charging infrastructure. Attendees included Jongcheol Lim, Deputy Mayor of Seongnam, Junbae Lee, Democratic Party Representative of Seongnam City Council, Hangyu Jeong, Director of Advanced Mobility Industry Division at Gyeonggi Province, and Kang Heedoo, Director of the Hydrogen Distribution Management Center at Korea Petroleum Quality & Distribution Authority.

The Seongnam Sasong Liquefied Hydrogen Charging Station is equipped with a 4-ton liquefied hydrogen storage tank, a cryogenic pump, and four charging dispensers, with a facility capacity of 240 kg per hour. This enables charging for up to 12 hydrogen buses per hour and 240 buses per day. Since its completion in April, the station has stabilized operations and is currently selling approximately 1.4 tons of liquefied hydrogen per day. Various types of hydrogen buses, including Seongnam’s city, village, and metropolitan buses, corporate commuter chartered buses, and hydrogen buses from neighboring municipalities, are utilizing the station.

The Seongnam Sasong Liquefied Hydrogen Charging Station is supplied with liquefied hydrogen from the Incheon Liquefied Hydrogen Plant operated by IGE, a subsidiary of SK Innovation E&S. Since completing the liquefied hydrogen plant in May last year, IGE has established itself as the largest private operator in Korea with a production, supply, and transportation system for liquefied hydrogen. Together with Hybus, it is contributing to the expansion of hydrogen commercial vehicles by stably supplying competitive liquefied hydrogen through a nationwide charging infrastructure.

In particular, starting with the Seongnam Sasong Liquefied Hydrogen Charging Station, Hybus plans to fully implement the newly developed hydrogen bus fuel purchase transaction card, introduced by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in September to enhance hydrogen charging convenience for chartered bus operators. Previously, transportation companies had to issue separate RFID cards for each charging station and bus to receive the government’s hydrogen fuel subsidy (5,000 KRW per kg). With the new transaction card, operators can use multiple charging stations and easily receive subsidies. With just one transaction card, buses can be charged at any Hybus station nationwide, greatly improving convenience for chartered buses that operate across the country and require access to multiple charging stations.

Youngjun Jeon, Head of New Energy Business Division at SK Innovation E&S, stated, "Based on the operational experience of the Seongnam Sasong Charging Station, we will further expand an efficient liquefied hydrogen charging network in the metropolitan area and help create a practical foundation for a carbon-neutral society where hydrogen becomes an integral part of transportation, industry, and everyday life for citizens."

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