[월간수소경제 이종수 기자] Hyundai Motor Group has built the first overseas hydrogen fuel cell system production base.
Hyundai Motor Group held a completion ceremony for ‘HTWO Guangzhou’ in Huangpu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China on the 1st.
Hyundai Motor Group built HTWO Guangzhou to occupy the Chinese hydrogen market, seriously launch the global hydrogen business, and expand the hydrogen industry ecosystem.
HTWO (H2, Hydrogen + Humanity) is a hydrogen fuel cell system brand launched by Hyundai Motor Group in 2020. It contains the meaning that hydrogen is for mankind, that is, hydrogen and two Hs that symbolize humanity in meeting to create meaningful value beyond energy.
HTWO Guangzhou is the first hydrogen fuel cell system plant built by Hyundai Motor Group overseas. Hyundai Motor Group plans to take the lead in realizing carbon neutrality by expanding its hydrogen fuel cell system, recognized as the world’s best technology, as a power source for mobility and various industries.
The hydrogen fuel cell system is a type of generator that produces electricity through an electrochemical reaction between oxygen in the air and hydrogen supplied from a hydrogen tank by combining a hydrogen fuel cell stack with an air supply system, a hydrogen supply system, and a thermoclog. Of course, it can be used in various fields such as emergency power generation, electric vehicle charging, ships, trams, and urban aircraft in the future.
Hyundai Motor Group signed an MOU with the government of Guangdong Province, China in December 2019 to establish HTWO Guangzhou, and went through a year-long preparation period, including market research and site selection. Subsequently, an investment contract was signed in January 2021, and construction began in March.
HTWO Guangzhou has buildings of 82,000㎡ (about 25,000 pyeong), such as stack factory, activation factory, research building, office building, and innovation center, on a site of 202,000㎡ (about 61,000 pyeong), and 6,500 units per year of systems hydrogen fuel cells.
Hyundai Motor Group manufactures and sells hydrogen fuel cell systems at HTWO Guangzhou, and plans to expand the volume of supply successively taking into account the Chinese market conditions and the policies of the central government in the future.
“HTWO Guangzhou is Hyundai Motor Group’s first overseas hydrogen fuel cell base, and will be operated as an eco-friendly, smart, and safety-first factory,” Hyundai Motor CEO Jang Jae-hoon said at the completion ceremony. to the development of the hydrogen industry and the achievement of carbon neutrality in Guangdong province.”
In his congratulatory speech, Li Xin, vice president of Guangdong Provincial Government Council, said, “I believe that the completion of HTWO Guangzhou will be a new starting point for cooperation and wider development in the field of hydrogen energy in the future.” We look forward to contributing to the high-quality development of the hydrogen industry in Guangdong Province by sharing previous experiences in areas such as hydrogen products and expanding the hydrogen industry ecosystem.”
Meanwhile, HTWO Guangzhou signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Guangdong Province and Guangzhou City at the ceremony to supply 1,500 hydrogen-powered commercial vehicles, including hydrogen-powered trucks and hydrogen vacuum cleaners, to state-owned enterprises under Guangdong Province and Guangzhou City by 2024. he did.
