[신년 기획] Significant expansion of hydrogen charging stations by utilizing gas and LPG charging infrastructure

Solving the operating deficit and seeking a breakthrough by supporting hydrogen fuel purchase costs
LPG 1 ton truck/children’s school vehicle
Leading the reduction of fine dust by expanding the supply

[투데이에너지 조대인 기자] A card called the Korean Green New Deal policy was presented to support hydrogen fueling stations with high hydrogen fuel purchase costs, which is the biggest factor in the operating deficit, but to protect jobs from shock and support domestic demand with the upper and lower limits of Corona 19. .

This is because if it is not possible to overcome the Corona 19 shock early, there is a high possibility that permanent losses will increase due to the history of the labor market and investment reduction.

As the urgent need to build a foundation to adapt or lead to such structural changes, the importance of basic infrastructure investment has begun to refocus.

In order to increase the demand for a low-carbon and eco-friendly economy, and to promote the transition to a green economy, there is a growing need to resolve the factors of intensifying polarization through a major shift in economic and social structures and reorganization of the labor market.

It raised the goal of becoming a green leader country that fulfills its responsibilities to the international community in harmony with people, the environment, and growth through the green transition of the economy and society towards carbon neutrality.

To this end, the government will sequentially invest 11.4 trillion won in national expenditures by 2025 to create a new market and play a role as a pick-up to drive private demand.

In order to strengthen response to climate change and realize an eco-friendly economy, we invest 121 trillion won in green infrastructure, 24.300 trillion won in new and renewable energy, and 6.300 trillion won in fostering green industries, and 22 trillion won in employment and social safety net expansion, and taxis. It plans to supply 1.13 million electric vehicles including passenger cars, buses, and freight cars, 15,000 fast electric chargers, and 30,000 slow chargers.

In particular, it plans to supply 200,000 hydrogen vehicles, install 450 charging infrastructure, and establish a hydrogen distribution base such as a hydrogen production base.

It plans to convert old diesel vehicles, such as 135,000 trucks and 88,000 school cars, to LPG vehicles, and convert 1.16 million diesel vehicles and construction machinery, and 32,000 agricultural machinery to electric vehicles and provide early scrapping support.

■ Expansion of supply of 1-ton LPG trucks and children’s school vehicles

It was decided to supply 20,000 1-ton LPG trucks supported by the Ministry of Environment and 6,000 vehicles for children’s school buses, the same as last year, through budget support.

In the case of a 1-ton LPG truck, it will be distributed through a budget of 40 billion won each for a total of 10,000 units of 4 million won each, including local expenses supported by the government expenses and matching support last year, and 5 million won each for 6,000 children’s school vehicles.

The 1-ton LPG truck to be supplied this year will supply LPG vehicles with a total of KRW 80 billion in government and local expenses, each of 4 million won for 20,000 units.

Also, in the case of children’s school cars, 12,000 units were initially planned to be distributed without being activated due to non-face-to-face and social distancing policies due to Corona 19, but instead of reducing the number of 6,000 units as last year, it was 5 million won including local expenses. The amount of support was raised by 2 million won per unit to 7 million won.

In August of last year, the Ministry of Environment revised the guidelines for early scrapping of old diesel vehicles, allowing them to receive an additional 30% of additional support of 900,000 won in addition to 2.1 million won, which is 70% of basic support, and the support for early scrapping has increased to a total of 3 million won.

Until now, when purchasing a new LPG truck, 70% of the basic support was provided and 30% of the maximum amount of the maximum amount due to early scrapping of the purchase subsidy of 4 million won and 30% of the additional support was not available. % Of additional support is now available.

For this reason, in the case of the future 1-ton LPG truck support project, the amount of support will increase to 7 million won per unit when considering an early scrapped vehicle support fund of 3 million won along with an LPG vehicle purchase subsidy of 4 million won. +a has received additional support.

The Ministry of Environment planned to supply 40 billion won, which doubled to 40 billion won this year, and 20,000 units, which increased 10,000 units, from a budget of 20 billion won for 10,000 units of 1 ton LPG trucks last year.

In addition, in the case of the LPG conversion support project for children’s commuting vehicles, 15 billion won was provided to 6,000 vehicles this year, but this year, the budget was increased by 15 billion won to 30 billion won to 12,000 vehicles, an increase of 6,000 vehicles. It was done.

■ Urgent need to build a consumer-oriented charging network

In order to expand the supply of hydrogen vehicles, there is a high need to build a hydrogen charging station ahead of the plan originally aimed at by the government. Above all, the convenience of hydrogen charging should be improved, and accessibility should be improved, and a hydrogen charging station centered around the user should be built.

In addition to Gyeonggi Province, where hydrogen car registration is high, it should be concentrated in areas with high demand for charging in Seoul and Incheon.

Through complex licensing procedures, transaction costs in the process of public offering, contracting, design, and construction should be significantly reduced, and the establishment of the government and local governments should be expanded.

In addition, policy support is needed so that private energy companies such as gas stations and LPG charging stations can enter the hydrogen charging station construction market early.

Gas stations, hospitals, parking lots, apartment houses, workplace facilities, rest areas, sports facilities, etc., should be expanded to build common rapid electric vehicle chargers to connect them with the driver’s vehicle operation.

The subsidy project cost should be expanded so that private businesses can jump into hydrogen charging, and government support for operating expenses that are estimated to be around 200 million won per year after construction, a single subsidy from the government support for bus hydrogen charging or hydrogen charging stations using eco-friendly energy. Changes to the system should be reviewed.

By 2022, 433,000 electric vehicles and 67,000 hydrogen vehicles were supplied, increasing the proportion of future eco-friendly vehicle sales to 20.8%, and 10,000 rapid electric vehicle charging stations and 310 hydrogen charging stations, and then electric vehicles in 2025. The government’s efforts to reduce fine dust depend on how much the government set goals, such as increasing 113,000 units, 200,000 hydrogen cars, 15,000 rapid electric charging stations, and 450 hydrogen charging stations. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the Green New Deal policy is influenced.

In terms of infrastructure, hydrogen charging stations should also be installed and operated on existing infrastructure such as 11,400 gas stations and 1,200 LPG charging stations as of the end of June last year, but the profitability of installing and operating hydrogen charging stations is low, so the response rate is low. It is not meeting expectations.

■ Recharge infrastructure expansion, life and death, the government, the effect is questionable

In order to revitalize the hydrogen economy and expand the supply of hydrogen vehicles, the government has formed an advisory group to build a hydrogen charging station with 19 experts in each field of design, gas, safety, and equipment.
According to the Green New Deal promotion plan, the Ministry of Environment plans to build a total of 310 hydrogen charging stations including 250 in the city center and 60 on the highway by 2022, so that hydrogen car operators will not have any inconvenience in charging.

In particular, hydrogen charging stations have an operating deficit of about 150 million won per year due to high hydrogen purchase costs and shortage of hydrogen vehicles.

To solve this problem, the Ministry of Environment plans to promote hydrogen fuel purchase support as a new project from this year by communicating with business operators and experts.

The hydrogen fueling station is planning to support the high hydrogen fuel purchase cost, which is the biggest factor in the operating deficit, but it plans to support it at an appropriate level by setting upper and lower limits.

The support amount is expected to be calculated as 70% of the difference between the current purchase price of hydrogen fuel and the standard unit price at the level at which the business operator can achieve the break-even point.

In order to consider companies that have difficulty with only subsidizing the difference in hydrogen fuel costs due to low hydrogen sales volume, a minimum of 70 million won per hydrogen charging station is provided (lower limit) and the amount of support is adjusted so that it does not exceed 80% of the total deficit, so that the operators themselves plan to make their own efforts. to be.

The level of support for each hydrogen charging station is expected to provide an average of about 90 million won per hydrogen charging station.

In order to quickly achieve the goal of supplying future cars, which is the representative task of the Korean version of the Green New Deal, we are focusing on building a complex charging facility for future cars at gas stations in the city with good accessibility.

LPG imports such as SK Energy (CEO Cho Joo-mok), GS Caltex (CEO Se-Hong Heo), Hyundai Oilbank (CEO Dal-Ho Kang), S-OIL (CEO Hussein Al-Katani), SK Gas (CEO Yoon Byeong-seok), E1 (Chairman Ja-Yong Koo), etc. Together with the company, it is planning to significantly improve the charging conditions of living bases by constructing a future vehicle complex charging station using gas stations and charging stations in the city center.

By 2025, four oil refineries and LPG importers will build 750 electric vehicle rapid chargers and 114 hydrogen vehicle charging stations at gas stations and LPG charging stations by 2025, significantly increasing future vehicle charging facilities around real life.

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