South Korea gears up hydrogen strategy
The government has announced new efforts to support hydrogen infrastructure and scale up demand
The South Korean government has announced new measures to support the country’s growing hydrogen sector. In a three-pronged strategy, the government aims to support a global supply chain to meet scaled-up hydrogen demand in the power and mobility sectors, establish a legal framework for distribution infrastructure including refuelling stations, receiving terminals and pipelines and encouraging technological innovation with the aim of commercialisation and overseas export. South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Motie) has set a new target of producing 30,000 hydrogen-powered commercial vehicles by 2030, building 70 liquid hydrogen fuelling stations and ensuring 7.1pc of the cou

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