HHI Group to focus on hydrogen-related business

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HHI Group to focus on hydrogen-related business

Hyundai Heavy Industries Group said Thursday that it will nurture hydrogen-related business as its new growth engine amid tightened environmental regulations and rising demand for eco-friendly fuels.
 
Under the plan, the shipbuilding group will establish a new unit that handles the production of hydrogen and the use of it on land and sea by 2030.
 
Hydrogen is an environmentally friendly alternative to fossil fuels, as vehicles and ships propelled by the resource only create water in the process of generating power.
 
Offshore projects to produce and transport hydrogen will be sought after by Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), the group's subholding company, which has three shipbuilders — Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries.
 
KSOE said it will go ahead with a project to produce green hydrogen that refers to hydrogen produced by splitting water by electrolysis, using renewable energy sources such as wind power without emitting carbon dioxide.
 
The shipbuilding group said it will also speed up the development of hydrogen carriers.
 
In October, Hyundai Mipo Dockyard won approval for the design of a commercial hydrogen carrier for the first time in the world from KR, a Korean ship quality assurance and risk management company, and the Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry (LISCR), the U.S.-based manager of the Liberian Registry.
 
KSOE also will develop ships propelled by hydrogen fuel cells.
 
Under the group's onshore hydrogen project, Hyundai Oilbank, a refining unit of the group, also plans to build about 180 hydrogen stations by 2030 across the country.
 
Yonhap 
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