Hanwha Impact announced that it would build a large-capacity hydrogen production facility by 2026 through the development of eco-friendly ammonia technology.
It is the will to build a clean energy value chain based on ammonia, a carbon-free raw material, and to accelerate the realization of carbon neutrality.
Hanwha Impact signed a joint R&D and commercialization agreement for large-scale ammonia-based hydrogen production with Wonik Materials at the Plaza Hotel in Seoul on the same day. The event was attended by Kim Hee-cheol, CEO of Hanwha Impact, and Han Jeong-wook, CEO of Wonik Materials.
Ammonia is a low-carbon hydrogen compound defined as clean hydrogen in the revised Hydrogen Act. It is attracting attention as a next-generation hydrogen carrier because it can store hydrogen in a large capacity and is relatively easily liquefied at room temperature and pressure. Existing liquefied ammonia transport infrastructure can be utilized as it is.
Through this joint research, Hanwha Impact will commercialize clean hydrogen production through ammonia decomposition-based process development and facility construction, and Wonik Materials will develop and supply commercial-grade ammonia decomposition catalysts.
The two companies will also work together in the eco-friendly hydrogen supply business targeting large-scale hydrogen demanders by finding a way to mass-produce ammonia-based clean hydrogen.
“Hanwha Impact will accelerate the transition to a carbon-neutral society through world-class hydrogen gas turbine technology and mass production of ammonia reformed hydrogen,” said CEO Kim Hee-cheol.
Wonik Materials CEO Han Jeong-wook said, “We will take the lead in supplying large-capacity commercial-grade catalysts by applying Wonik Materials’ ammonia decomposition catalyst technology.”
Hanwha Impact possesses the original technology to convert an LNG (liquefied natural gas) gas turbine into a hydrogen gas turbine, and is conducting the nation’s first hydrogen co-fired power generation demonstration project together with Korea Western Power. Power plants to which Hanwha Impact’s hydrogen co-firing technology is applied are in commercial operation in several overseas locations, including the United States and Europe.
