Incheon City announces completion of world-leading liquefied hydrogen plant (South Korea)

The world's largest liquefied hydrogen plant has been completed in Incheon, South Korea. According to the Incheon City Government on the 8th, construction of the facility began in July 2021 in Seo-gu and took approximately two and a half years to complete.
The plant will produce 30,000 tons of liquefied hydrogen per year, the largest capacity in the world, and will begin supplying it nationwide. The plant will produce 90 tons of liquefied hydrogen per day, or 30,000 tons per year.
This is equivalent to the amount needed to operate 1,000 hydrogen buses for one year, enabling a fast and economical stable supply of hydrogen to various parts of the country, including Incheon.
Up until now, the Tokyo metropolitan area has used hydrogen produced as a by-product at petrochemical and steelworks complexes, and gas produced by reforming city gas.
Hydrogen has been supplied to Japan since 2011. However, there was a risk that disruptions to production and transportation could affect the hydrogen supply. Liquefied hydrogen produced at liquefied hydrogen plants is produced by refrigerating gaseous hydrogen at an extremely low temperature of minus 253 degrees Celsius.
It is a cutting-edge technology that is produced in only nine countries around the world, and has the advantage of being 1/800th the volume of gaseous hydrogen and being 10 times more efficient in transportation.
Incheon City will utilize the hydrogen production infrastructure, such as the liquefied hydrogen plant, to develop a hydrogen economic ecosystem by establishing a hydrogen public transportation system, inviting hydrogen anchor companies, and nurturing material, parts, and equipment companies.
Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok said the completion of the liquefied hydrogen plant will "provide the world's largest hydrogen production base and will be a major step in the development of the hydrogen industry and hydrogen production."
"By accelerating the shift to mobility, we will enter a period of expansion for the hydrogen economy and grow into a city that leads not only the Republic of Korea but the world as a leader in the hydrogen industry."
Meanwhile, on the 8th, Incheon City held a completion ceremony for the world's largest liquefied hydrogen production facility, the "Liquefied Hydrogen Plant," in Seo-gu.
Hydrogen producers IGE, Hyosung Hydrogen, and HiChangwon have signed an agreement to establish a liquid hydrogen supply and demand cooperation system. They have agreed to promote the stabilization of supply and demand through stable production and supply.
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