[Courtesy of Doosan Fuel Cell]
SEOUL — Doosan Fuel Cell, the clean energy wing of South Korea’s Doosan Group, will lead a joint project to replace existing fuel cells with a structure using blue hydrogen, which is favored by industries due to its reasonable production cost compared to green hydrogen based on renewable energy.Green hydrogen uses electrolysis to split water and release only hydrogen and oxygen. Hydrogen produced by steam reforming is termed grey hydrogen, which is the most common form and is generated from natural gas, or methane. Blue hydrogen is when natural gas is split into hydrogen and CO2 either by steam methane reforming or auto thermal reforming, but the CO2 is captured and stored to mitigate environmental impacts.Doosan Fuel Cell will work with the state-run Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) to develop carbon capture…