Iwatani : Kobe/Kansai Hydrogen Utilization Council Report-Organizing a Future Vision for a Hydrogen Society and Quantifying Supply and Demand-

May 17, 2021

Kobe/Kansai Hydrogen Utilization Council Report

-Organizing a Future Vision for a Hydrogen Society and Quantifying Supply and

Demand-

The Kobe/Kansai Hydrogen Utilization Council (the "Council"), in which Iwatani Corporation (head office: Osaka and Tokyo; president: Hiroshi Majima; capital: 35 billion yen) participates as a member, has published the Kobe/Kansai Hydrogen Utilization Council Report ーOrganizing a Future Vision for a Hydrogen Society and Quantifying Supply and Demand summarizing their activities in FY2020.

Kobe/Kansai Hydrogen Utilization Council Report ーOrganizing a Future Vision for a Hydrogen Society and Quantifying Supply and Demand

・Overview

http://www.iwatani.co.jp/img/eng/pdf/newsrelease/103/20210517_document_overview.pdf

The Council has formulated a future vision for a hydrogen society in the Kobe/Kansai area, and estimated the potential hydrogen demand, supply volume and price based on this vision. The Council subsequently quantified the hydrogen supply chain as it might be around the year 2030, identified potential issues, and formulated an action plan for the realization of this vision.

Since 1941, when we began to handle hydrogen, we have built a comprehensive network nationwide ranging from production to transport, storage, supply, and security. We constructed Japan's first liquid hydrogen plant in Sakai-shi, Osaka in 2006, and are now Japan's only liquid hydrogen supplier that has an annual liquid hydrogen production capacity of 120 million ㎥ (3 bases, 6 plants). In addition, through the utilization of our business foundation including the compressed hydrogen plants we have at 10 locations in Japan, we have a 70% share of the Japanese hydrogen market. As a leading company in the hydrogen business, we will continue to implement activities to achieve a hydrogen energy based society by using our accumulated technologies and expertise.

Council Members (as of FY2020)

Electric Power Development Co., Ltd., ENEOS Corporation, Iwatani Corporation, The Kansai Electric Power Company, Inc., Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., Kobe Steel, Ltd., Marubeni Corporation, Mitsubishi Power, Ltd., Obayashi Corporation, Panasonic Corporation, Shell Japan Limited (In alphabetical order)

Administrative body (as of FY2020)

Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting LLC, Iwatani Corporation, Marubeni Corporation (In alphabetical order)

Contact for inquiries Administrative body/Council Lead

Iwatani Corporation(For press) Public Relations Dept. Tel: [phone] (For sales) Hydrogen Div. Tel: [phone]

Marubeni Corporation(For press) Press Section, Corporate Communications Dept.

Tel: [phone]

(For sales) New Energy Business Development Dept. Tel: [phone]