VINSSEN test run Korea’s first Hydrogen Electric Boat

Hydrogenia, Korea’s first hydrogen electric boat, test-run at Ulsan Green Hydrogen Mobility Regulation-free Special Zone
Can run for 6 hours with 40-minute charge of 8kg fuel cell, and 8 hours when fully charged

▲Chil-hwan Lee (second from right), CEO of Vinssen is explaining Hydrogenia to Ulsan Mayor Cheol-ho Song (third from left)

VINSSEN Co.,Ltd(CEO Chilhwan Lee), a small boat and green vehicle propulsion system manufacturer, stated it pilot-tested a hydrogen fuel cell electric boat, Hydrogenia in Ulsan Green Hydrogen Mobility Regulation-free Special Zone.

The pilot test conducted in Jangsaengpo Port for small boat in Nam-gu, Ulsan, was attended by Ulsan Mayor Chul-ho Song, Chairman of Ministry of SMEs and Startups Ulsan Regional Office, Nam-woo Ahn, Chairman of Ulsan Technopark Soo-yong Kwon and Head of Korea Register-affiliated research center, Ganghyun, Song. Among them, Mayor Song boarded Hydrogenia upon briefing of the situation and participated in the test-run.

Mayor Song said, “I said that I would like to visit the Taehwa River by hydrogen electric boat in November 2019, when the site was finally designated as a Regulation-free Special Zone and that wish has finally come true today”. He mentioned, “related people strive for technological development based on today’s test to launch a hydrogen fuel cell electric cruise for residents as early as possible”.

▲Ulsan Mayor Cheol-ho Song (first from left) is aboard the hydrogen electric boat Hydrogenia test run.

Hydrogenia is Korea’s first commercial hydrogen electric boat and made its debut at Busan International Boat Show, where a christening ceremony for the boat took place. It won this year’s best boat award at Busan International Boat Show 2021, and Excellence award from H2 Innovation Award. With eight 51-liter hydrogen cells, It can run for 6 hours at 10 knots (18.5㎞/h) on a 40-minute charge of hydrogen cell weighing 8kg. When the battery is fully charged, it can run for 8 hours.

Included in the government’s “1000 leading innovative businesses” and “the list of Prospective Ocean Star Businesses” picked by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, VINSSEN has been highlighted as a Tesla on sea. Hydrogenia, a hydrogen electric boat is chosen as Ulsan City’s project- “development and validation of small eco-friendly boats equipped with hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system”- and is being currently validated at Ulsan Hydrogen Fuel Cell Validation Center, Korea’s only validation facilities specializing in fuel pipe supply.