SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Friday it will build its first overseas hydrogen fuel-cell systems plant in China to make a presence in global hydrogen markets. Hyundai will produce 6,500 fuel-cell systems for hydrogen-powered vehicles annually at the plant in China’s southern city of Guangzhou, starting in the second half [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s biggest carmaker, will build its first overseas hydrogen fuel cell systems plant in China as it seeks to enter the local hydrogen market, industry sources said Tuesday. Hyundai Motor aims to build the hydrogen fuel cell systems plant in Guangzhou within this year as [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Energy Corp., an energy solutions affiliate of Hanwha Group, said Tuesday it has completed the construction of a hydrogen fuel cell power plant, the first of its kind and the largest in the world to be powered solely by hydrogen that is extracted as a byproduct from petrochemical [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s hydrogen fuel cell system technology, the so-called the ‘heart’ of hydrogen cars, is entering the American and European markets. This is the first time for South Korea to export the technology. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy approved Hyundai Motor Co.’s technology export of a hydrogen [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A local power company has embarked on a project to set up power facilities for hydrogen fuel cells using domestic technology. South Korea’s state-run utility Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) announced Tuesday that it has extended the hydrogen pipelines installed in the Ulsan Industrial Complex and connected them with [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has built a hydrogen plant in the country’s western region, the oceans ministry said Tuesday, in a move that could further boost its efforts to support the promotion of hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles. The Korea Western Power Co.’s plant in Taean, some 150 kilometers southwest of Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will operate eight highway charging stations for hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles by June, Hyundai Motor said Friday. Hyundai and the Korea Expressway Corp. will each operate four stations, the carmaker said in a statement. On Friday, Hyundai began operating the hydrogen charging stations in Anseong and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s top auto parts maker, said Wednesday that it has begun operations of a hydrogen fuel cell-based power generator. The generator employed at the company’s Chungju factory, 147 kilometers southeast of Seoul, is equipped with fuel cells powering the midsize Nexo SUV. The Nexo hydrogen [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — In theory, hydrogen seems like the perfect energy source to power a vehicle, in that it is the most prevalent element in nature, it can be turned into electricity and emits only water. It has been several decades since the zero-emission cars entered the public consciousness as a possible [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group and its suppliers will collectively invest 7.6 trillion won (US$6.7 billion) in hydrogen fuel cell electric car-producing facilities and related R&D activities by 2030, the company said Tuesday. Under the so-called hydrogen road map, the business group and 124 partner companies will invest in a plant [...]