Doosan Enerbility "Hydrogen Turbine Business Gains Momentum... Benefiting from Expansion of Clean Hydrogen Power Generation Share"

Government Unveils Plan to Expand Clean Hydrogen Power Generation Share
0% in 2020 → 7.1% in 2036
Target to Develop 380MW-Class Hydrogen Combustion Turbine by 2027
Hydrogen Turbine Market Expected to Reach 40 Trillion Won by 2030

A scaled-down model of the 380MW-class hydrogen turbine being developed by Doosan Enerbility. Photo by Doosan Enerbility

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Seoyoon] Doosan Enerbility announced on the 14th that its hydrogen turbine business is expected to gain momentum following the government's disclosed targets for the proportion of clean hydrogen power generation. Earlier, the government held the Hydrogen Economy Committee last week and revealed a hydrogen economy policy direction to increase the share of clean hydrogen power generation from 0% this year to 2.1% in 2030 and 7.1% in 2036.

Doosan Enerbility is focusing on developing large hydrogen turbines with a target completion year of 2027. Hydrogen turbines are the core main equipment of hydrogen combined power plants that use hydrogen or hydrogen-LNG mixed fuel. Doosan Enerbility is conducting a national project with the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials titled "Development of a 50% hydrogen co-firing eco-friendly combustor for 300MW-class hydrogen turbines." In August, they succeeded in testing a combustor with 30% hydrogen co-firing. Next year, they plan to conduct a 50% hydrogen co-firing test for the hydrogen turbine combustor.

Even after completing the national project, Doosan Enerbility plans to continue developing large hydrogen full combustion turbines. Full combustion turbines are devices capable of power generation using only hydrogen. The goal is to complete the development of a 380MW-class hydrogen full combustion turbine by 2027, and to develop the core equipment for this, the combustor for hydrogen full combustion turbines, by 2026.

Park Hongwook, Head of Power Service BG at Doosan Enerbility, said, “To lead the world in the hydrogen turbine field, domestic industry-academia-research cooperation, public enterprises, and local governments are joining forces to focus on development. Through this, we will contribute not only to achieving the domestic NDC (Nationally Determined Contributions) but also to fostering a hydrogen turbine industry ecosystem involving over 340 companies.”

According to data from Japan's Yano Research Institute, the hydrogen turbine market is expected to reach 40 trillion KRW by 2030. Due to the high market potential, major global gas turbine manufacturers are currently pursuing hydrogen turbine development, aiming to develop medium-to-large hydrogen full combustion turbines around 2030.