SK Innovation E&S

Hydrogen Energy

With Korea's top LNG business capabilities and infrastructure, SK Innovation E&S will complete the hydrogen value chain including the production, distribution, and consumption of clean hydrogen to become a global leader in the hydrogen energy field.
  • Entering the hydrogen market early on by utilizing LNG infrastructure
  • Produce blue hydrogen using CCS technology and owned waste gas fields
  • Entering the Asian hydrogen market through cooperation with the US Plug Power

We are building a hydrogen value chain infrastructure
from the production of hydrogen energy to distribution and consumption.

  • Production of Hydrogen Hydrogen Plant Hydrogen Liquefaction Plant
  • Transportation of Hydrogen Pipeline Tank Lorry
  • Application of Hydrogen Hydrogen Fuel Cell Hydrogen Refueling Station

We are executing a concrete strategy in phase to create a hydrogen ecosystem.

Project Phase 1

  • Incheon Hydrogen Liquefaction Plant

  • Build the world's largest liquefaction plant

    SK Innovation E&S built the world's largest hydrogen liquefaction plant (annual capacity: 30,000 tons) on about 50,000㎡ of land inside SK Incheon Petrochemical Plant. Since it is the only hydrogen liquefaction plant located in the metropolitan area in Korea, it is able to transport and supply economically to the metropolitan area, which is the main demand.
  • Storage tanks of Incheon Hydrogen Liquefaction Plant

  • Supply liquid hydrogen to all parts of the country

    SK Innovation E&S is liquefying byproduct hydrogen produced by SK Incheon Petrochemical and supplying liquid hydrogen to all parts of the country, including the Seoul metropolitan area, from 2024.
  • Liquefaction tank lorries

  • Storing and transporting hydrogen safely and efficiently

    When gaseous hydrogen is cooled to -253°C and liquefied, the mass is down to 1/800, which makes storage and transportation of hydrogen much easier, more efficient and more economically feasible.

Project Phase 2

  • Production of 250,000 tons of clean blue hydrogen per year

    SK Innovation E&S plans to produce 250,000 tons of clean blue hydrogen from natural gas per year. Clean blue hydrogen refers to the hydrogen that captures and removes the carbon dioxide generated when hydrogen is produced.
  • Aerial view of Boryeong Blue Hydrogen Plant

  • Using LNG value chain
    to produce clean blue hydrogen

    Clean hydrogen plant is near Boryong LNG Terminal created jointly by SK Innovation E&S and GS. Natural gas is the source of clean hydrogen and is supplied through LNG value chain infrastructure that SK Innovation E&S has built.
  • Plug Power Inc. Hydrogen fuel cell power packs

  • Entry into the Asian market by building a joint venture with Plug Power, an American firm

    Through the joint venture, we will build a "Giga Factory & R&D Center" in the Seoul metropolitan area and mass-produce key facilities of the hydrogen business such as hydrogen fuel cells and water electrolysis facilities to enter the Asian hydrogen market.

  • Completion of green hydrogen value chains by producing green hydrogen

    In the long run, we will also actively promote green hydrogen production projects using renewable energy such as solar and wind power to complete an eco-friendly hydrogen value chain that does not emit carbon dioxide at all.