Hyundai Motor Group is actively pursuing multilateral cooperation for the establishment of a hydrogen ecosystem in Indonesia.
Hyundai Motor Group announced specific plans for the Indonesia W2H hydrogen ecosystem creation project, which is being pursued in collaboration with the Indonesian government and state-owned energy company Pertamina Holdings, during the Global Hydrogen Ecosystem Summit 2025 held on the 15th (local time) in Jakarta, Indonesia.
This event, organized by the Indonesia Fuel cell & Hydrogen Energy (IFHE), was attended by key government officials and business leaders who are promoting the development of the hydrogen economy in Indonesia. It included the announcement of the national hydrogen roadmap and presentations of exemplary cases from major projects. The attendees included Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia, along with officials from the Ministry of National Development, the Ministry of Infrastructure, and the Ministry of Economic Affairs, as well as Pertamina Holdings representatives and Hyundai Motor Group representatives.
Hyundai Motor Group noted that at the CES 2024, it had revealed plans to introduce a Waste-to-Hydrogen (W2H) solution that converts organic waste into hydrogen in West Java, where a key production base of Hyundai Motor Group is located. The W2H process refines methane generated from organic waste such as food waste, sewage sludge, and livestock manure to produce biogas that is then converted into hydrogen, aiming to enhance the independence of hydrogen resources by reducing the cost of transporting and storing hydrogen through the establishment of regional hydrogen production hubs.
Hyundai Motor Group is successfully deploying the W2H model in various locations domestically, including a hydrogen production demonstration project at the Chungju Food Waste Bio Center, the establishment of clean hydrogen production facilities utilizing biogas from organic waste at the Cheongju Public Sewage Treatment Plant, and resource recycling projects aimed at creating mini hydrogen cities in collaboration with Paju City and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.
The Indonesia W2H hydrogen ecosystem creation project is the first demonstration project to produce hydrogen from organic waste in overseas regions for Hyundai Motor Group. Specifically, Hyundai Motor Group plans to utilize biogas extracted from the Sarimukti landfill near Bandung in West Java to produce hydrogen.
The Sarimukti landfill processes about 80% of the 1,500 tons of waste generated daily in Bandung and is also an area prone to natural disasters such as large fires, floods, and landslides due to recent climate anomalies caused by global warming. Hyundai Motor Group aims to achieve land reclamation at the Sarimukti landfill in cooperation with Sejin G&N, a landfill development specialist, to prevent natural disasters, and to convert the biogas extracted from the reclaimed landfill into clean hydrogen using Hyundai Rotem's hydrogen reformer. To this end, a technical feasibility study for landfill development has been completed, and discussions are ongoing with West Java to initiate related facility construction within this year.
In the future, Hyundai Motor Group plans to apply advanced hydrogen policies and safety regulations from South Korea along with technologies related to hydrogen production, operation, and charging through a consortium formed with noteworthy domestic institutions and corporations such as the JAING, the Korea Testing Laboratory for Mechanical and Electrical Equipment, and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.
Additionally, Hyundai Motor Group plans to complete the installation of hydrogen reformers and the construction of hydrogen charging stations at the site provided by Pertamina Holdings by 2027 and to maintain close cooperation with Pertamina Holdings throughout the entire hydrogen value chain, including hydrogen transportation and the utilization of hydrogen mobility. Hyundai Motor Group will also carry out social contribution activities for the local community near the landfill, including drinking water support and health environment improvements in collaboration with the global child rights NGO Good Neighbors.
A Hyundai Motor Group official said, "The Indonesia W2H hydrogen ecosystem creation project is significant as the first case of expanding the resource recycling hydrogen production demonstration project, which is successfully underway domestically, to overseas. I hope to expand hydrogen production in collaboration with the Indonesian government and corporations through the hydrogen business brand HTWO and accelerate the hydrogen society further."
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