Hyundai reveals its vision for a hydrogen-powered future

Hyundai Motor Company has presented its vision for a hydrogen-powered transformation beyond mobility applications at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show.

The firm has announced that it will expand its HTWO fuel cell brand into a hydrogen value chain business brand. The firm will leverage the group's capabilities in sectors including the automobile, steel, construction, air mobility, marine, and robotics sectors, and will utilise the group's affiliates to form a hydrogen grid that allows for the development of tailored end-to-end hydrogen solutions.

30 Hyundai XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks are already supporting the decarbonisation of a port in northern California

Through the HTWO brand, Hyundai Motor Group projects that it will off-take three million tonnes of hydrogen per year by 2035, powering businesses such as clean logistics, green steel production and power generation.

Hyundai also states that it will be focusing on resource circulation hydrogen production technology that aims to transform environmental pollutants into clean hydrogen. This technology will involve the fermentation of organic waste, such as food, sludge, and livestock manure, to generate biogas. This biogas is then treated to capture carbon dioxide and produce hydrogen. The firm will also explore the gasification of molten plastics that cannot be recycled to produce hydrogen.

The firm states that it is already transforming waste from local communities in Indonesia into hydrogen via mini-hubs that eliminate the need for hydrogen transportation and storage. The firm is also working in West Java to deploy a HTWO grid solution.

Over in the U.S.A, the firm is also involved in hydrogen-related demonstration projects such as the NorCAL ZERO project in northern California which involves 30 Hyundai XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks, all supporting the decarbonisation of the port of Oakland.

In Georgia, Hyundai is also working on the Clean Logistics Project, which revolves around the development of a hydrogen mobility value chain at Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America. The project will see the plant integrate a comprehensive hydrogen value chain, commencing with the deployment of XCIENT Fuel Cell tractors to manage the logistics of the plant.