▲Perspective view of the Miryang Green Hydrogen Infrastructure Construction Project (Photo source: Korea Water Resources Corporation)

Signing of 'Miryang Dam Small Hydrogen-linked Green Hydrogen Production Infrastructure Construction Project Facility Construction Consignment Agreement'
Gyeongnam’s first green hydrogen production and distribution base established… Accelerating national carbon neutrality goal and transition to hydrogen economy

Korea Water Resources Corporation and Miryang City are building the first green hydrogen production and distribution base in the Gyeongnam region and accelerating the national carbon neutrality goal and transition to a hydrogen economy.

On the 24th, Korea Water Resources Corporation signed a 'Facility Construction and Consignment Agreement for the Construction of Green Hydrogen Production Infrastructure Linked with Miryang Dam Small Hydrogen Power' with Miryang City.

The Miryang Dam small-scale hydropower linked green hydrogen production infrastructure construction project is a project being promoted by the Ministry of Environment and local governments through joint financial sharing to lead the green hydrogen industry and achieve carbon neutrality.

Korea Water Resources Corporation was commissioned by Miryang City to carry out the overall project, including basic planning and design, and facility construction orders.

Through this agreement, the two organizations plan to build a facility in the Miryang Dam Ecological Park that will produce an average of 226 kg of green hydrogen per day by 2026 based on the electricity generated from the Miryang Dam small hydropower generation (1.3 MW).

This is enough to charge about 45 hydrogen cars per day, including the Nexo.

The green hydrogen produced is located in the Miryang Nano National Industrial Complex and Gyeongsangnam-do. It is planned to supply to 11 hydrogen charging stations.

In addition, we are introducing the cation exchange membrane electrolysis (PEM) method, a next-generation electrolysis technology that is superior to the existing electrolysis method (alkaline) with low hydrogen productivity and land efficiency, has a simple system configuration, and is highly efficient and miniaturized due to its excellent ability to withstand renewable energy fluctuations.

Through this, the plan is to develop optimal PEM electrolysis operation technology and lay the foundation for future national super-gap technology.

Through this project, Korea Water Resources Corporation expects to secure a stable green hydrogen supply source based on micro-hydropower, the renewable energy with the least volatility, and as the first green hydrogen production facility in Gyeongsangnam-do, it is expected to contribute to the revitalization of hydrogen mobility in Miryang City and Gyeongsangnam-do.

Yoon Seok-dae, president of Korea Water Resources Corporation, said, “Korea Water Resources Corporation is accelerating technology development by designating green hydrogen as one of the six global leading technologies for strategic commercialization of the future water industry,” adding, “We will do our best to ensure that this collaboration with Miryang City serves as a bridgehead for entering the ultra-gap hydrogen technology field and becomes a milestone for revitalizing the local hydrogen economy.”