Korea East-West Power Hosts 5th Green Hydrogen Power-to-Gas (P2G) Symposium

Korea East-West Power (EWP) announced that it will hold the 5th Green Hydrogen Power-to-Gas (P2G) Symposium at the Hyunjin Tourist Hotel in Donghae-si from the 26th to the 27th.

The Green Hydrogen Symposium, which has been held annually since 2022, is one of Korea’s leading green hydrogen symposiums. Around 200 participants from domestic and overseas hydrogen-related research institutes and companies attend to explore cooperation measures for the development of hydrogen energy. The event is co-hosted by EWP, the Korean Society of Hydrogen and New Energy, and The Korean Hydrogen & New Energy Society, and co-organized by Gangwon State, Donghae-si, and the Global TOP Strategic Research Group, among others.

This year’s event is held under the theme “Power-to-Gas (P2G) technology as a grid-flexibility resource.” Participants will focus on the role of P2G as a core technology to address power system instability caused by the expansion of renewable energy, and discuss how it can be applied in practice.

Marking its fifth year, the symposium has invited policy and industry experts from Denmark, a leading country in Europe. Speakers include Emma Askov from State of Green, Denmark’s green cooperation platform, and Nikolaj Knudsen from global energy technology company Topsoe. Their participation is expected to enable more in-depth international discussions.

On the first day, invited lectures by domestic and international experts were held. Key topics included European policies and systems for grid flexibility, Denmark’s business models based on Power-to-Gas (P2G) technology, domestic power system response technologies presented by Tae-Jin Kim of the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI), core technologies for water electrolysis explained by Professor Changhee Kim of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH), and the current status of green hydrogen projects outlined by EWP manager Kim Joo-heon.

On the 27th, participants will visit the Donghae Green Hydrogen Demonstration Complex and attend a closed-door expert session. In this session, domestic and international experts will hold in-depth discussions on “securing economic feasibility and domestic applicability of Green Hydrogen–Hydrogen Energy Storage System (HESS) integration.”

In addition, participants will tour hydrogen industry sites in the region. These include a heat-supplying fuel cell facility in the Bukpyeong Industrial Complex, the Green Hydrogen Research and Development (R&D) Cluster, Gangwon’s first distributed hydrogen production base in Samcheok-si, and a hydrogen pilot city. Through these visits, they aim to deepen their understanding of EWP’s and the Donghae area’s hydrogen production and supply facilities.

Hwang Young-ho, Head of Donghae Power Division at EWP, said, “We will continue to take the lead in enhancing our country’s technological competitiveness in the hydrogen industry through close cooperation with Gangwon State and Donghae-si.”

This article has been translated by GripLabs Mingo AI.