Introduction
K-water, established in 1967 as a water-specialized public company, has played a leading role in securing safe water in the country and ensuring water-oriented welfare for the people. Kwater is also striving to cope with climate change, perform its social responsibility and resolve water-related issues around the world. Hydrogen is one of solution to respond to climate change, it can be produced through various routes, and used as a fuel. K-water has the largest amount of renewable energy (2,102 GWh/year from hydro, tidal, solar and wind power generation) in Korea and is also developing water-based renewable energy such as floating photovoltaic system and hydrothermal energy system.
Therefore, it is possible to play a key role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions by producing, and distributing green hydrogen using renewable energy. By 2026, it aims to install 3.3GW of floating solar power and supply 2.66 million tons of green hydrogen per year. Accordingly, various hydrogen demonstration projects are ongoing, and some of them are introduced.