Government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has released a technological development plan for the application of hydrogen energy in Taiwan, in keeping with the nation’s aim of achieving net zero carbon emission by 2050.
ITRI has partnered with the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) to develop the road plan, according to ITRI president Edwin Liu, who believes that hydrogen energy will play a crucial role in Taiwan’s transition to net zero carbon emissions.
Liu noted that the roadmap includes policies, plans, projects, and regulations pertaining to the development of hydrogen energy technology and the establishment of a hydrogen supply infrastructure, as well as the use of hydrogen to generate electricity and its application in vehicles and industrial settings.
Hydrogen will gradually replace petrochemical combustion in both mixed-fuel and single-fuel combustion techniques. Hydrogen can be utilized to reduce carbon emissions in steel and petrochemical manufacturing processes, while hydrogen byproducts from semiconductor manufacturing can be collected and used to create energy.
By 2050, it is anticipated that 25% of electric buses and vehicles would be fueled by hydrogen fuel cells.
ITRI has created safe, lightweight, and corrosion-resistant hydrogen storage cylinders using diverse composite materials and an automated filament winding process for EVs powered by hydrogen fuel cells, and has partnered with Deyu Composite Material for commercial production.
ITRI has created solid oxide fuel cell technology that utilizes electrochemical reaction to transform hydrocarbon fuels, such as natural gas, biogas, and hydrogen byproduct, into electricity. ITRI partnered with Asia Hydrogen Energy and Marketech International for the commercialization of the technology.
As a component of hydrogen fuel cells, ITRI has created metallic bipolar plates using its patent-protected multilayer conductive carbon sheet and modular battery technology; these plates can increase the power density and service life of cells.
