SK Eternix begins commercial operation of Paju Eco Green... Achieved cumulative fuel cell operating capacity of 200MW
Quick Look
- SK Eternix announced that it has begun commercial operation of 'Paju Eco Green', a high-efficiency SOFC fuel cell power plant built in Paju, Gyeonggi-do, and has achieved a cumulative operating capacity of 200MW.
- This power plant, with a capacity of 31 MW, produces approximately 258 GWh of electricity annually, capable of supplying enough electricity for 81,000 households to use for a year.
- When the two HPS plants currently under construction are completed, the operating scale is expected to expand to a total of 228MW.
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Why It Matters
SK Eternix is expanding its scope to the general hydrogen power generation market (HPS) winning bid business, following its business based on the Renewable Energy Supply System (RPS).
SK Eternix announced on the 14th that it has begun commercial operation of 'Paju Eco Green', built in the Nakhari area of Tanhyeon-myeon, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do, and has achieved a cumulative fuel cell operating capacity of 200MW (megawatts).
Paju Eco Green is a high-efficiency SOFC (solid oxide fuel cell) power plant with a facility capacity of 31MW, built by SK Eternix with a total project cost of approximately 224 billion won. Bloom Energy's 94 330kW (kilowatt) fuel cells were applied, and can produce approximately 258GWh (gigawatt hours) of electricity per year. This is the amount of electricity that approximately 81,000 households can use for one year.
Following RPS (Renewable Energy Supply Mandatory System)-based business, SK Eternix is expanding its scope to HPS (general hydrogen power generation market winning business), and when the two HPS plants (28MW) currently under construction are sequentially completed, the total operating scale is expected to reach 228MW.
Fuel cells have relatively little variation in power generation depending on weather conditions or time of day, and can produce electricity stably near power demand sites, reducing dependence on large-scale sites and long-distance transmission networks. In the future, the scope of use is expected to expand to distributed power sources that respond to new power demands such as artificial intelligence (AI) data centers and industrial complexes.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
현재 건설 중인 HPS 사업장 2곳이 순차적으로 준공되면 운영 규모가 총 228MW에 이를 전망이다.
Likely · Within months
In the future, the scope of use is expected to expand to distributed power sources that respond to new power demands such as artificial intelligence (AI) data centers and industrial complexes.
Possible · Within years
Open Questions
- HPS 사업장 2곳의 구체적인 준공 시점은 언제인가?
- 파주에코그린의 총사업비 2천240억원 중 정부 지원 비율은 얼마나 되는가?
