[Courtesy of Plug Power]
In an online ceremony on February 25, the group's holding company and Plug Power promised to seek cooperation with a state power company in the field of hydrogen production and fuel cell generation and establish cooperative relationships with commercial vehicle manufacturers to supply fuel cells for vehicles. The event came after SK made a $1.5 billion strategic investment in January to acquire a 9.9 percent stake in Plug Power and set up a joint venture this year.
Through the investment, SK aims to secure its leadership in the Asian hydrogen market, create a hydrogen ecosystem in South Korea and find new business opportunities in China and Vietnam. The group promotes hydrogen as a new growth engine. In December 2020, the group launched a task force involving group units such as SK E&S, an energy company involved in gas field development and power generation, to establish a hydrogen value chain covering production, transportation and charging.
SK would build a plant capable of producing 30,000 tons of liquefied hydrogen per year from 2023. SK E&S, which imports more than three million tons of liquefied natural gas per year, will also produce 250,000 tons of blue hydrogen from 2025. Blue hydrogen is derived from natural gas with carbon capture technology while green hydrogen is produced from water using renewable power.
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Lim Chang-won
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