The Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy has given producers or importers of green hydrogen a legal foundation for subsidizing the difference between the production costs of green hydrogen and gray hydrogen in order to ensure the competitiveness of green hydrogen.
Pyeongtaek, Namyangju, Dangjin, Boryeong, and Gwangyang Pohang are among the six local governments that have been chosen as “hydrogen cities” locations.
Along with the nuclear power industry, Korea is working to develop the hydrogen industry as an axis that will be in charge of ensuring future energy security. One such initiative is accelerating the development of hydrogen infrastructure.
In partnership with the government-run Korea Railroad Research Institute, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport was successful in creating a test car for a hydrogen-powered electric train.
The hydrogen city creation project, run by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transportation, has been concluded.
The budget cut for hydrogen-powered vehicles is the result of a thorough analysis of the new circumstances, not of a political conclusion based on regime change. The government is still making considerable efforts to increase the number of hydrogen-powered vehicles available.
For the first time in Korea, the hydrogen fuel cell power pack DP30M2S made by Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI) and used in hydrogen drones has received KGS certification from the Korea Gas Safety Corporation.
A standardization proposal from South Korea for liquid hydrogen tanks was accepted as a draft standard at a conference. For urban air mobility vehicles, fuel tanks that store hydrogen in a liquid condition are essential parts.
The monthly amount of hydrogen leaks is rising along with the number of hydrogen recharging stations.
Four 40,000-ton ammonia storage tanks and two 50,000-ton ships can both dock at the hydrogen (ammonia) pier, which will be constructed on the water in front of Gagok-ri, Songsan-myeon, with an estimated 450 billion won in private development spending from 2024 to 2030.
