A spokesman for the Environment and Ecology Bureau (EEB) said today (August 18) that the Inter-departmental Working Group on Using Hydrogen as Fuel has given an agreement-in-principle to another application of a trial project on hydrogen fuel technology.

     The said project concerns an application jointly submitted by Pacific Gate Development Limited, the Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited and EnerVenue Hong Kong Limited, which involves the supply of electricity for a meeting room through the utilisation of metal hydrogen energy storage technology at a construction site in Central.

     The spokesperson for the EEB stated, "The Working Group has promptly initiated the examination process upon receipt of detailed information regarding the trial project. Following the applicants' enhancement of the designs and technical details according to feedback from government departments to ensure that the trial project can be carried out smoothly and safely, the Working Group gave an agreement-in-principle to the application yesterday (August 17)."

     To date, the Working Group has given an agreement-in-principle in stages to a total of 41 applications of hydrogen energy trial projects. The Working Group will continue to make reference to the operational data and experience collected from the trials, in order to provide advice for the continuous enhancement of the safety and technical guidelines on the local application of hydrogen energy. Details are set out in the thematic webpage (cnsd.gov.hk/en/inter-departmental-working-group-on-using-hydrogen-as-fuel/).

     The Working Group is formed by the EEB, the Transport and Logistics Bureau, the Development Bureau, the Security Bureau, the Environmental Protection Department, the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, the Fire Services Department, the Transport Department, the Marine Department, the Planning Department, the Lands Department, the Buildings Department, the Architectural Services Department and the Labour Department.

Ends/Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Issued at HKT 15:22

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