Toyota Tsusho Corporation - Reopening the 'local production for local consumption' hydrogen station, which supplies household wastewater-derived hydrogen
August 30, 2022 at 08:38 am EDT
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Fukuoka City (Mayor: Soichiro Takashima), Saibu Gas Co., Ltd. (President: Yukinori Michinaga), Seiko Electric Co., Ltd. (President and Representative Director: Hidetoshi Soeda), Toyota Tsusho Corporation (President & CEO: Ichiro Kashitani), Nishinippon Plant Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd. (President: Yuzo Sasaki), and Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha, Ltd. (President and Representative Director: Toshikazu Tanaka) have established a new cooperative, Fukuoka Green Hydrogen Utilization Promotion Council Limited Liability Partnership ('Fukuoka Green'), with the goal of both working towards enhancing the Fukuoka City Hydrogen Station ('Hydrogen Station') and jointly carrying out activities to expand hydrogen use.
Fukuoka City has been operating the hydrogen station as part of an industry-academia-government collaboration since 2015, when being selected for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's Breakthrough by Dynamic Approach in Sewage High Technology (B-DASH) Project*1. This first hydrogen refueling station of the kind produces hydrogen from biogas generated in the process of treating household wastewater at the Chubu Wastewater Treatment Center and refuels fuel cell vehicles.
Although the study period ended at the end of FY2021, Fukuoka Green plans to restart the local-production, local-consumption hydrogen station operation from September 26 to expand hydrogen use toward a carbon-neutral society by transferring the facility from the national government to Fukuoka City.
In addition, Fukuoka Green signed a partnership agreement on August 19 with Kyushu University (President: Tatsuro Ishibashi) to encourage the use of Fukuoka City's green hydrogen.
With Kyushu University's knowledge and findings in hydrogen research, Fukuoka Green will promote the realization of a hydrogen society through the study of cost reduction and initiatives to increase hydrogen demand, in addition to the hydrogen station operation.
Saibu Gas Holdings Co Ltd, formerly Saibu Gas Co Ltd, is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the gas business, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and other energy business and real estate business. The Company operates through three business segments. The Gas segment is engaged in the manufacture, supply and sale of gas, the internal pipe construction, and the sale of gas equipment and liquefied natural gas. It is also engaged in the gas consumption equipment surveys, internal pipe inspections. The Real Estate segment is engaged in the real estate sales and leasing business, housing land development, construction and sales business. The LPG and Other Energy segment is engaged in the sale of LPG and gas equipment. It is also engaged in heat supply business, gas equipment design and construction business and power generation business. It is also engaged in information processing services, operation of paid nursing homes, management of restaurants, amusement parks, golf courses and others.
Toyota Tsusho Corporation - Reopening the 'local production for local consumption' hydrogen station, which supplies household wastewater-derived hydrogen
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