Calls for law amendments as first Hong Kong hydrogen fuelling station set to be completed in 2024
- ‘We call on the Hong Kong government to allow some private cars to use hydrogen energy during the trial phase,’ Sinopec general manager says
- Station located at 17 Kam Tin Road will provide up to a tonne of hydrogen to commercial vehicles
Operators of Hong Kong’s first public hydrogen station, expected to be completed next year, have called on the government to speed up amendments to laws on fuels.
Energy giant Sinopec on Monday said the station in Au Tau in Yuen Long would help decarbonise the transport sector, the second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions after electricity production.
“Liquefied hydrogen cannot be shipped around nowadays,” Sinopec Hong Kong general manager Li Jicong said during a groundbreaking ceremony at the gas station.
“We call on the Hong Kong government to allow some private cars to use hydrogen energy during the trial phase. We hope to have the opportunity to help enrich the application of hydrogen.”
The station, located at 17 Kam Tin Road, will provide up to a tonne of hydrogen to commercial vehicles, such as public buses, forklifts and street sweepers.
