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Construction of the world's first and largest eco-friendly power plant in Daesan
Eco-friendly plant without emission of pollutants… generating electricity for 160k households
2021.01.05(화) 16:49:45 | CNnews (
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▲ Governor Yang Seung jo
"The byproduct hydrogen fuel cell power plant in Daesan will mark a new era that leads Korea’s hydrogen economy"
The world's first and largest commercial byproduct hydrogen fuel cell power plant was built in the Daesan Industrial Complex in Seosan City, Chungcheongnam-do Province.
The building ceremony for the ‘byproduct hydrogen fuel cell power plant (Daesan Green Energy)’ was held on July 28 at the Daesan Industrial Complex in Seosan City with the attendance of Prime Minister Chung Se-kyun, Vice Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Jung Seungil, Governor Yang Seung-jo, Hanwha Energy CEO Jung Insub, and Doosan Fuel Cell CEO Yoo Soo-kyung.
Built on a 20,000-㎡ site in the Daesan Industrial Complex, the byproduct hydrogen fuel cell power plant began its construction within the Daesan Plant of Hanwha Total Petrochemical in 2018 with investment of KRW 255 billion. Being the world's first commercial power plant that successfully commercialized byproduct hydrogen as an energy source, this fuel cell power plant will be generating electricity with the supply of high-purity hydrogen from Hanwha Total.
Byproduct hydrogen fuel cell is a highly efficient power generation system that produces electricity and heat by using byproduct hydrogen as a fuel source that had been wasted or burned in the past. Its advantages include higher generation efficiency than coal, stabler electricity production than other renewable energy sources, and higher power generation per installation area. In the perspective of the environment, it produces zero environmental pollutants such as sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides, and therefore, it is expected to become a representative eco-friendly power facility.
The Daesan fuel cell power plant plans to produce 400,000 MWh electricity annually―to be supplied to approximately 160,000 households in the Chungcheongnamdo Province―as well as clean air for approximately 350,000 adults by purifying ultra-fine dust in the air from microfilters on the power plant.
In his congratulatory address, Governor Yang noted that this world's first byproduct hydrogen fuel cell power plant will mark a new era of Korea's hydrogen economy.
He added, “The most powerful alternative surpassing the limited fossil fuel and environmental pollution is hydrogen energy. Chungcheongnam-do Province, as the center of hydrogen economy, will lead the hydrogen economy of Korea.”
▲ Eco-friendly power plant in Daesan
