Hyundai Motor Group Showcases Hydrogen Applied sciences Throughout the Worth Chain at World Hydrogen Expo in Korea

• Hyundai Motor Group, along with its 7 associates, highlights cutting-edge hydrogen applied sciences and real-world functions at Korea’s largest hydrogen occasion 
• World Hydrogen Expo attracts 250+ firms from 25+ nations, showcasing improvements throughout hydrogen manufacturing, storage, mobility and utilization
• 10 newly unveiled hydrogen applied sciences embody a hydrogen burner, a packaged hydrogen refueling system, an automatic hydrogen refueling robotic, and plenty of extra

Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) is showcasing hydrogen improvements on the World Hydrogen Expo (December 4–7), reaffirming its hydrogen management. Korea’s largest hydrogen business exhibition brings collectively over 250 firms from greater than 25 nations beneath the theme ‘Hydrogen Pioneers: Innovate, Unite, Speed up.’

The Expo, held for the primary time following the mix of the annual H2MEET exhibition and the convention, is supported by 4 authorities ministries_^[1]. Held at KINTEX 2 in Goyang, Korea, it’s anticipated to draw 40,000 attendees, together with business leaders and most people. The occasion underscores the nation’s rising prominence as a world hydrogen hub and the Group’s central position in advancing the transition to scrub power.

“With the speedy enhance in energy demand pushed by the unfold of AI, increasing renewable power is important. Hydrogen affords probably the most highly effective answer to retailer and make the most of renewable power, complementing its intermittency and enhancing total effectivity,” stated Jaehoon Chang, Vice Chair of Hyundai Motor Group. “By changing surplus electrical energy into hydrogen, we are able to ease the burden on energy grids and make power programs extra versatile. Hydrogen is the final word recreation changer for the longer term power transition,” he added.

Hydrogen, Past Mobility, New Power for Society

Via its associates Hyundai Motor Firm, Kia Company, Hyundai Metal Firm, Hyundai Engineering & Building Co. (Hyundai E&C), Hyundai Engineering Co., Hyundai Glovis Co. and Hyundai-Rotem Co., the Group is showcasing progressive hydrogen applied sciences beneath the Group’s devoted hydrogen model and enterprise platform HTWO.

The Group’s sales space options numerous applied sciences, lots of that are being unveiled for the primary time (marked beneath as “NEW”). These improvements span the hydrogen worth chain and are categorized beneath Manufacturing, Storage & Refueling, Mobility, and Industrial Utility. These developments replicate the Group’s dedication to driving sustainable power innovation and scaling hydrogen functions throughout industries.

Manufacturing: The Group is advancing numerous hydrogen manufacturing applied sciences to boost power effectivity and resilience. On the Expo, interactive shows present guests with an intuitive understanding of manufacturing processes. Highlights embody:

• PEM Electrolysis: The Group’s new hydrogen gasoline cell manufacturing plant in Ulsan will produce high-efficiency polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyzers as first manufacturing in Korea. Additionally, the Group is constructing 1 MW-scale electrolysis-based manufacturing websites in Buan and Boryeong. A collaboration with the Jeju authorities goals to develop 500 MW-scale mass manufacturing expertise by 2029, with plans for a 1 GW electrolysis facility within the Southwest area.
• Waste-to-Hydrogen (W2H): Revolutionary tasks in Cheongju and Paju convert natural waste into hydrogen, tailor-made to fulfill native hydrogen demand. The Group can be main its first abroad W2H ecosystem mission in Indonesia.
• *NEW* Ammonia Cracker: A big-scale hydrogen extraction expertise with a manufacturing capability of 640 kg/day_^[2], at the moment in design and demonstration in collaboration with Jeonbuk Particular Self-Governing Province.

Storage & Refueling: The Group’s superior hydrogen storage and refueling applied sciences intention to broaden infrastructure, enhance operational effectivity, and simplify deployment. Highlights embody:

• *NEW* Second era 700-bar Cellular Hydrogen Refueling Station (HRS): Hyundai Motor developed Korea’s first cellular hydrogen refueling station (HRS). The versatile and scalable 350-bar cellular HRS is at the moment working in Jeju to produce inexperienced hydrogen. A second era 700-bar cellular HRS is exhibited on the occasion, mounted on a XCIENT Gasoline Cell Tractor.
• *NEW* Packaged HRS Idea: Debuting a modularized, less complicated and more room environment friendly HRS idea, enhancing city deployment feasibility with multi-level and underground applied sciences.
• *NEW* Automated Charging Robotic-Hydrogen (ACR-H): A state-of-the-art refueling robotic developed by the Hyundai Motor Group’s Robotics LAB, leveraging superior AI expertise to automate the whole course of from car recognition to refueling gasoline cell electrified automobiles (FCEVs) such because the NEXO.
• *NEW* Liquid Hydrogen Storage System: A mock-up demonstrating large-scale hydrogen storage as liquid at temperatures beneath -253°C, making certain secure and environment friendly power provide for industrial and industrial use.

Mobility: The Group is showcasing a big selection of hydrogen-powered mobility options, from passenger and industrial automobiles to groundbreaking functions throughout numerous industries. Highlights embody:

• Passenger Automobile: The all-new NEXO
• Industrial Automobiles:
  • *NEW* Universe Gasoline Cell Hydrogen Bus product enhancement mannequin
  • XCIENT Gasoline Cell electrical heavy-duty truck with new V-shaped radiator grille design
• Improvements Past Standard Automobiles:
  • *NEW* Automated Guided Automobile (AGV) powered by hydrogen gasoline cell utilized in port logistics, enhancing operational effectivity with superior hydrogen gasoline cell programs.
  • Hydrogen gasoline cell tram powered by a flat-type gasoline cell system, set to be deployed in Ulsan and Daejeon cities, Korea ―quickly to change into the world’s longest catenary-free tram route.
  • Kia has developed a hydrogen-powered ATV (All-Terrain Automobile) designed for demanding and specialised environments. The Group additionally launched R&D tasks centered on advancing hydrogen-powered mobility for special-purpose use instances. By leveraging HTWO’s hydrogen worth chain, the Group goals to boost power resilience and assist sustainable mobility options.
• Increasing Gasoline Cell System Functions:
  • Hydrogen-powered tools — a hydrogen gasoline cell boat, a hydrogen gasoline cell agricultural tractor, and a hydrogen gasoline cell forklift — all using the Group’s gasoline cell expertise.

Industrial Utility: The Group’s progressive hydrogen applied sciences prolong past mobility, showcasing the flexibility of hydrogen in industrial functions. Highlights embody:

• *NEW* Cellular Energy Generator: A mock-up cellular energy generator, geared up with swappable hydrogen storage modules, able to changing hydrogen storage tank utilizing an inside crane, decreasing downtime and enhancing effectivity.
• *NEW* Hydrogen Burner: An eco-friendly system developed by Hyundai Motor makes use of warmth generated from burning a hydrogen-air combination. The burners are utilized to color ovens at Hyundai Motor’s Ulsan vehicle plant and might be step by step expanded to different high-temperature processes and manufacturing websites worldwide.
• 100kW Gasoline Cell Energy Generator: An influence generator developed by Hyundai Motor, leveraging the quick start-up and agile energy management capabilities of the engine-type gasoline cell system. 100 kW hydrogen gasoline cell mills might be launched and operated at Kia and Hyundai Glovis amenities in Pyeongtaek Port.

Hyundai Motor Group’s Interactive Engagements at World Hydrogen Expo

The Group goes past exhibition by providing a spread of interactive actions on the Expo, aiming to have interaction guests straight and showcase the way forward for a hydrogen-based society in a tangible and impactful means.

As a part of the Expo, the Group is ready to host the HTWO Award Ceremony, honoring six transportation business representatives who’ve made vital contributions to the growth of hydrogen electrified industrial automobiles. The recipients are acknowledged for his or her efforts in increasing introduction of hydrogen-powered buses, vehicles and refueling stations, that are key to accelerating the transition to a hydrogen-based mobility ecosystem. 

As well as, the Group will supply an unique Check Drive Program for Hyundai Motor’s FCEV, The all-new NEXO, working from December 5 to December 7. Registered contributors can have the distinctive alternative to expertise NEXO’s superior design, spacious inside, and excellent driving firsthand efficiency. The 30-minute drive alongside a 15-kilometer route highlights the car’s cutting-edge capabilities and reinforces Hyundai’s management in hydrogen mobility, offering an immersive expertise that brings hydrogen mobility to life. 

Complementing these actions, the Group will even host the Hydrogen Academy, an academic program designed to deepen guests’ understanding of Hyundai Motor Group’s hydrogen enterprise. Led by executives and specialists from the Group associates, this program affords attendees an unique alternative to study in regards to the Group’s hydrogen applied sciences, present enterprise developments, and future imaginative and prescient, fostering broader engagement and information sharing throughout the hydrogen group.