A hydrogen fuel cell power generation system built by Hyundai Motor Company at the Ulsan Thermal Power Plant. By supplying by-product hydrogen produced in the Ulsan Petrochemical Complex, it can produce 8000㎾h of electricity annually. / Provided by Hyundai Motor Company
The hydrogen fuel cell power generation system developed by Hyundai Motor Company using the technology of the hydrogen electric vehicle’Nexo’ will be fully operational in Ulsan.
On the 20th, Hyundai Motor Company announced on the 20th that it will begin pilot operation by holding a completion ceremony for the hydrogen fuel cell power generation system with Korea East-West Power and Deokyang. When Deokyang purifies the by-product hydrogen discharged from the petrochemical complex into high-purity hydrogen, Korea East-West Power produces electricity based on the power generation system manufactured by Hyundai Motor Company.
The hydrogen fuel cell power generation system developed and completed by the three companies has a total scale of 1 MW (megawatt). It consists of two 500kW (kilowatt) containers. One container is equipped with several Nexo power modules. The annual electricity production is about 8000㎿h (megawatt hours), which can be used by 2200 households with an average monthly average of 300㎾h (kilowatt hours). It is also an advantage that the power control and efficiency are superior to the existing power generation system. An official of Hyundai Motors explained, “Because it was manufactured based on fuel cell technology for vehicles, it is possible to quickly control the amount of electricity produced in real time.”
It is expected to contribute to the decline in the price of fuel cells for power generation and hydrogen vehicles. It is explained that through this project, the three companies will succeed in developing their own technology in Korea and will significantly lower costs in the future. Young-jo Ji, president of Hyundai Motors’ Strategic Technology Division, said, “We will successfully lead a pilot project to apply fuel cells to other industries and expand the hydrogen industry through economies of scale.”
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