Gyeonggi-do Icheon City announced on the 13th that it has established hydrogen charging stations at Deokpyeong Rest Area (Gangneung direction) on the Yeongdong Expressway and in the Daehung-ri area of Daewol-myeon, and began operation on the 12th.
The Deokpyeong Rest Area hydrogen charging station was built with a total investment of 3 billion KRW, including 1.25 billion KRW from Korea Expressway Corporation, 500 million KRW from Icheon City, and 1.25 billion KRW from the private sector. This site features a gaseous hydrogen charging station capable of supplying 40 kg of hydrogen per hour, enough to charge 8 passenger cars. Using the Icheon Lotte Premium Outlet Samgeori entrance road, vehicles can charge without entering the expressway.
A liquefied hydrogen charging station located in Daeheung-ri, Daewol-myeon, Icheon-si. [Photo by Icheon-si]
The 'Icheon Daehung Liquefied Hydrogen Charging Station' located at 232 Daesan-ro, Daewol-myeon, was established with a total investment of 9 billion KRW, including 4.2 billion KRW from the Ministry of Environment and 4.8 billion KRW from the private sector. It is Gyeonggi-do's first liquefied hydrogen charging station, capable of charging 120 kg of hydrogen per hour.
The city explained that the two newly established hydrogen charging stations can charge both buses and passenger cars.
Meanwhile, Icheon City is promoting a hydrogen electric vehicle distribution project this year, investing 650 million KRW to support a total of 20 vehicles. The purchase subsidy per vehicle is 32.5 million KRW. Information related to hydrogen electric vehicle purchases can be found on the 'Zero Emission Vehicle Integrated Website' or on the Icheon City website announcement page.
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