In Korea, The Korea Economic Daily reported that Hyundai Motor Group is set to develop technology to produce clean hydrogen from food waste.
According to the report, Hyundai Motor Co., Kia Corp. and their construction affiliate Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. agreed with South Korea’s state-run Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corp. on the joint development of eco-friendly hydrogen technology utilizing biogas and related businesses.
Hyundai Motor Group and Sudokwon Landfill Site Management plan to work on a system that manufactures 216 kilograms of clean hydrogen a day based on biogas produced by the state company, which handles waste generated in the greater Seoul area, over the next two years, the report added.
“We will develop high value-added technologies including those for electrofuels and eco-friendly plastic interior materials in the future to lead the global carbon neutrality sector,” said Hong Seung-Hyun, Hyundai Motor’s head of materials research and engineering center.
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