Climate change: Towngas, French energy group to launch Hong Kong’s first green hydrogen project

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The project aims to convert rubbish into energy by using biogas to produce green hydrogen, and to promote a range of hydrogen energy applications

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The projected daily production capacity of around 330kg of hydrogen will be enough to power seven or eight hydrogen buses for a full day. Photo: SCMP Handout

Martin Choi

Published: 7:33pm, 18 Jun 2024

The Hong Kong and China Gas Company (Towngas) has teamed up with the French water, waste and energy group Veolia to launch the city’s first green hydrogen project, which will convert biogas from a landfill site into a sustainable fuel.

Towngas and Green Valley Landfill, a subsidiary of Veolia, signed an agreement on Tuesday to jointly develop the facility at the South East New Territories Landfill Extension (Sentx) in Tseung Kwan O. The launch of the project comes a day after the government released its strategy for hydrogen development.

The initiative aims to convert rubbish into energy by using biogas to produce green hydrogen, and to promote a range of hydrogen energy applications, according to a joint statement from the companies.

The first batch of locally produced green hydrogen is expected to be available next year. The projected daily production capacity of around 330kg of hydrogen will be enough to power seven or eight hydrogen buses for a full day.

“The pilot cooperation between Veolia Hong Kong and Towngas is the first local green hydrogen production demonstration project, playing a pioneering role in advancing Hong Kong’s low-carbon hydrogen energy development,” said Tse Chin-wan, the secretary for environment and ecology, at the launch ceremony on Tuesday.

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“Looking ahead, the government will continue to support and encourage the industry to explore more diverse hydrogen energy trials and collaborative projects, jointly supporting the promotion of hydrogen energy applications and industrial development, with the aim of accelerating Hong Kong’s low-carbon transformation and the development of new quality productive forces.”