25 Jul 2025
Towngas and HKSTP join forces to usher in a new era of hydrogen charging with Hong Kong’s first public EV automatic hydrogen charging system
Photo 2: Mr Tse Chin-wan (centre), Secretary for Environment and Ecology; Mr Peter Wong Wai-yee (5th from left), Managing Director of Towngas; Mr Albert Wong Hak-keung (5th from right), Chief Executive Officer of HKSTP; Mr Don Cheng Hill-kwong (1st from left), Chief Operating Officer – Hong Kong Business of Towngas; Ms Filla Mak (1st from right), Chief Operations Officer of HKSTP; Ms Elizabeth Quat (4th from right), Legislative Council Member and Member of the Board of Directors of HKSTP; Mr Lau Kwok-fan (4th from left), Legislative Council Member; Mr Chan Siu-hung (3rd from right), Legislative Council Member; Dr Samuel Chui Ho-kwong (3rd from left), Director of Environmental Protection; Mr Chan Pak-cheung (2nd from right), Deputy Director /Regulatory Services of Electrical and Mechanical Services; and Mr Eric Wong Lui (2nd from left), Assistant Director / Gas & General Legislation of Electrical and Mechanical Services, at the project launch ceremony.
Photo 3: Mr Tse Chin-wan, Secretary for Environment and Ecology, states that the collaboration between Towngas and HKSTP on Hong Kong’s first automatic hydrogen charging station project serves as a technical demonstration for utilising the local gas network to support hydrogen applications and development.
Photo 4: Mr Peter Wong Wai-yee, Managing Director of Towngas, hopes that upon the project’s success, it can be replicated in other application scenarios to promote hydrogen applications.
Photo 5: Mr Albert Wong Hak-keung, Chief Executive Officer of HKSTP, expresses hope that the project will serve as a catalyst, encouraging more enterprises to explore hydrogen applications and promote the expansion of hydrogen infrastructure.
Photo 6: Mr Don Cheng Hill-kwong, Chief Operating Officer – Hong Kong Business of Towngas, introduces the hydrogen extraction and storage technology employed in the project.
Photo 7: Ms Filla Mak, Chief Operations Officer of HKSTP, indicates that the Hong Kong Science Park provides application scenarios for hydrogen, promoting new energy development.
Photo 8: Representatives from Towngas and HKSTP introduce the project’s operational model and technological applications to Mr Tse Chin-wan (2nd from right), Secretary for Environment and Ecology, and Mr Chan Siu-hung (3rd from right), Legislative Council Member.
Photo 9: Mr Don Cheng Hill-kwong (left), Chief Operating Officer – Hong Kong Business of Towngas, and Ms Filla Mak (right), Chief Operations Officer of HKSTP, introduce Hong Kong’s first public electric vehicle automatic hydrogen charging system located at the Hong Kong Science Park.
Photo 10: Hong Kong’s first public electric vehicle automatic hydrogen charging system is expected to be officially completed in the second quarter of 2026, with a daily hydrogen production
capacity of 12 kilograms, sufficient to supply five 7kW electric vehicle charging stations. (Digital rendering of the project)
Photo 11: The project will install pipeline hydrogen extraction, power generation and storage, and electrical control equipment at the Hong Kong Science Park. Hydrogen will be extracted
from the existing gas pipeline network to supply hydrogen fuel cells for electricity generation, powering electric vehicle charging stations within the park. (Digital rendering of the project)