晓星重工业2月5日宣布，已与世界最大的工业气体公司林德(Linde plc)签署了合资协议，以促进其液化氢业务。

根据合同，林德氢能将在2023年初之前在晓星集团旗下的蔚山的基地建设一座13,000吨的液化氢工厂。这将是世界上最大的单一氢工厂。最早将在二月份破土动工。

晓星氢电计划在全国120多个地点建设氢站，以从合资工厂供应氢。该工厂每年将生产13,000吨液化氢，每年可为100,000辆氢气车提供燃料。它将减少13万吨有害气体排放。

晓星集团董事长Cho Hyun-joon表示：“我们将建立氢能的生产，分配和销售体系，这是促进氢能经济发展的核心。” “我们将巩固我们在制氢领域的领先地位。”

林德韩国董事长Sung Baek-seok表示：“韩国政府对氢动力汽车寄予厚望。” “我们将与晓星一起加快韩国氢工业的发展。”

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Hyosung Heavy Industries announced on Feb. 5 that it has signed a joint venture (JV) deal with Linde plc, the world’s largest industrial gas company, to promote its liquefied hydrogen business.

Under the contract, Linde Hydrogen will build a 13,000-ton liquefied hydrogen plant on the site a site in Ulsan owned by Hyosung Group by early 2023. It will be the largest in the world as a single hydrogen plant. Ground will be broken as early as February.

Hyosung Hydrogen plans to build hydrogen charging stations in more than 120 locations across the country to supply hydrogen from the joint venture plant. The plant will produce 13,000 tons of liquefied hydrogen per year, an amount that can fuel 100,000 hydrogen cars a year. It will reduce 130,000 tons of harmful gas emissions.

"We will establish a hydrogen energy production, distribution and sales system, which is the core of revving up the hydrogen economy," said Cho Hyun-joon, chairman of Hyosung Group. "We will solidify our status as a leading company in the hydrogen sector."

"The Korean government has high expectations for hydrogen electric vehicles," said Sung Baek-seok, chairman of Linde Korea. "We will speed up the growth of the hydrogen industry in Korea with Hyosung."