Hydrogen fuel station to open in Seoul!

Written by himi on August 30th, 2007 in General News.

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Seoul is about to turn a new chapter in clean energy with the opening of the city’s first hydrogen fueling station.

According to the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy and the National RD&D Organization for Hydrogen & Fuel Cell on Tuesday, GS Caltex Corporation got approval from Seodaemun-gu Office earlier this year and has been constructing since March a hydrogen fueling station at Yonsei University in Seoul.

The station is currently being tested ahead of its completion date scheduled for the middle of next month.

The country’s first hydrogen fueling station opened in August last year at the Korea Institute of Energy Research in Daejeon. The station at Yonsei University will be the first located in the center of the city.

Currently, there are 26 hydrogen fuel stations for research and everyday use in the U.S., 11 each in Germany and Japan, and six in Canada.

The opening of the Seoul hydrogen station should provide momentum for Kia-Hyundai Motor and local researchers that are developing cars designed to run on hydrogen fuel cells.