Hyundai Motor Group on the 9th completed the construction of “HTWO Energy Cheongju,” a resource-circulating clean hydrogen production facility in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province. HTWO Energy Cheongju is the first integrated resource-circulating hydrogen production and refueling facility directly operated by Hyundai Motor Group. The facility operates by extracting biomethane gas from sewage waste generated in Cheongju and reacting it with steam to produce hydrogen. Built on the site of the Cheongju Public Sewage Treatment Plant, it can produce approximately 500 kg of hydrogen per day. This volume is sufficient to refuel 30 hydrogen electric buses and 100 NEXO hydrogen fuel cell passenger vehicles.

Hyundai Motor Group plans, in cooperation with North Chungcheong Province and Cheongju City, to increase the hydrogen production volume under the HTWO brand to a capacity of 2 tons per day by 2030. All hydrogen produced at these facilities will be supplied within the North Chungcheong region, with the parties jointly pursuing regional eco-friendly energy transition and carbon neutrality targets.

Seo Gang-hyeon, Executive Vice President in charge of Corporate Planning and Coordination at Hyundai Motor Group, said, “This facility plays a role in a circular economy by converting local waste resources into clean energy that is then consumed again in the region,” adding, “It will contribute to establishing Cheongju City, which is geographically a key transportation hub, as a leading city in the hydrogen business.”

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