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[월간수소경제 이종수 기자] IGE, a subsidiary of SK E&S in the liquefied hydrogen sector, managed to raise corporate funds worth around KRW 360 billion from a state-owned financial institution.

SK E&S announced on the 23rd that IGE recently signed a financial project financing (PF) agreement for the Incheon liquefied hydrogen plant project.

IGE is a subsidiary of SK E&S established in March 2021 to promote business such as the production and sale of liquefied hydrogen, and is promoting the construction of a 30,000 tons per year liquefied hydrogen plant in Incheon.

Korea Development Bank (KDB), Korea Export-Import Bank (KEXIM) and IBK Industrial Bank, which are government-run financial institutions, participated as major shareholders in this FP. Lenders have successfully completed financial deals to support the hydrogen industry through joint cooperation.

With the signing of this PF agreement, SK E&S’ plan to create an ecosystem for the hydrogen industry is expected to gain more momentum. SK E&S plans to build a liquefied hydrogen production plant with an annual capacity of 30,000 tons in Incheon and supply liquefied hydrogen to liquefied hydrogen filling stations nationwide from the second half of 2023.

An SK E&S official said: “With this agreement, we will be able to bear the investment costs steadily.”

[월간수소경제 박상우 기자] The Hydrogen Safety Museum was opened, an educational center on hydrogen gas safety experience where you can directly experience the safety of hydrogen energy and its differentiation as a future energy.

On the 15th, the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy and the Korea Gas Safety Corporation held an opening ceremony for the Hydrogen Safety Museum at Chungbuk Innovation City in Eumseong, Chungcheongbuk-do.

As one of the promotion tasks for comprehensive hydrogen safety management measures announced by the Ministry of Industry in December 2019, the establishment of a “Hydrogen Safety Experience Center” has been promoted since 2020 to spread a culture of hydrogen safety.

Korea Gas Safety Corporation, a project promotion agency, selected Chungbuk Innovation City through an open competition for local governments in June 2020. A hydrogen safety experience center was built across the country.

The exterior of the Hydrogen Safety Experience Hall is a structure in which three circular buildings are organically connected, embodying the endless cycle of hydrogen being converted into “hydrogen-energy-water”.

The hydrogen safety advertising room, a key space, is made up of six spaces divided into three themes: △Meeting Hydrogen △Producing Hydrogen, Safety △Hydrogen, Dreaming.

In “Meet Hydrogen”, you can experience the eco-friendliness of hydrogen that comes from nature and returns to nature as water through immersive video and sound. “Hydrogen, making safety” is an indirect experience of the safety of hydrogen storage containers through videos and exhibition models of the container manufacturing process and safety verification tests. It is a corner where you can learn about leak detectors and flame detectors through the Experience Cube.

“Hydrogen, dream” provides insight into the future hydrogen energy society in 2050 through videos and models, and provides insight into the significance of the hydrogen economy, international trends and hydrogen safety through videos, and provides insight into the crisis of climate change and future hydrogen It was created so that you can experience the whole city in 4D images.

In addition, the Hydrogen Safety Experience Center has been named the “Hydrogen Safety Museum” so that the public can feel more friendly and interested in the Hydrogen Safety Experience Center, and the Hydrogen Safety Museum logo and font with the pattern of atoms hydrogen and element symbols were also developed.

The Hydrogen Safety Museum plans to open on December 15 and start full-scale operations from March next year after a three-month temporary operation period.

During the interim operation period, Korea Gas Safety Corporation plans to supplement or add exhibition content and experience programs through the operation of a preliminary inspection team.