Install hydrogen generation equipment to expand demand and achieve a stable supply Toho Acetylene Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tagajo City, Miyagi Prefecture, President and CEO: Etsuya Ikeda) announces that it has decided to newly install manufacturing equipment for hydrogen generation equipment at Toho Sakata Suiso Co., Ltd., a group subsidiary (Headquarters: Sakata City, Yamagata Prefecture, Ownership […]
The hydrogen will be liquefied, and will be transported seaborne to the hydrogen discharging terminal on Kobe Airport Island Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. (referred to as J-POWER) announced on 1 Feb 2021, commencement of hydrogen production from the coal gasification and hydrogen refining facility in the Japan-Australia Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) project. The […]
Jointly with Fortescue Metals Group in Australia and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Iwatani Corporation (head office: Osaka and Tokyo; president: Hiroshi Majima; capital: 35 billion yen) announced that they will start consideration to operationalize green hydrogen production, liquefaction, and import to be performed jointly with Fortescue Metals Group (hereinafter, “Fortescue”), an Australian mining company, and Kawasaki […]
Iwatani Corporation (Head Offices: Osaka and Tokyo, President: Hiroshi Majima, Paid-in Capital:35 billion yen) has begun a study into the production of green hydrogen, liquefaction, and import, with the goals of launching business with Australian power company Stanwell and building a large-scale hydrogen supply chain in the future. In this study, Iwatani plans to produce […]
Extension of term and expansion of consigned companies for NEDO renewable energy system technology development project in Namie town, Fukushima Prefecture Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Head Office: Kawasaki, Kanagawa; President and CEO: Mamoru Hatazawa; hereinafter “Toshiba ESS”), Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. (Head Office: Sendai, Miyagi; President: Kojiro Higuchi; hereinafter “Tohoku Electric Power”), […]
Launched to Study the Potential for Large-scale Hydrogen Use in the Chubu Region Ten private companies working to promote hydrogen utilization (listed below) have established the Hydrogen Utilization Study Group in Chubu (hereinafter “Group”) to create demand for hydrogen and build a supply chain for stable hydrogen utilization in the Chubu region. This Group will […]
Air Liquide Japan Ltd. is opening a hydrogen station in Oguchi in Aichi Prefecture. Oguchi is located in the northwestern part of Aichi prefecture, a convenient place where numerous trunk roads run close by. The station will commence operation from May 25th, and frequent use by the residents and companies in the broader Chubu Area […]
Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (“TNSC”) announces investment to Ally Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. (“ALLY”), a Chinese manufacturer of hydrogen gas generators. TNSC is pursuing expansion of gas-related technologies through M&A under its open innovation strategy under the Ortus Stage 2, medium-term management plan. In recent years, TNSC is striving to strengthen hydrogen and HyCO as one […]
Acquisition Marks Iwatani’s Entry into U.S. Market Iwatani Corporation of America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Iwatani Corporation (8088: Tokyo Stock Exchange) announced on May 10 that it has recently acquired four hydrogenrefueling stations in California from Messer (formerly Linde, LLC). The stations are Open Retail Stations providing hydrogen fuel to consumers in support of […]
On April 22, Air Liquide Japan Ltd. is opening a station inside a Resort Complex facility, “Laguna Ten Bosch” in Gamagori City, Aichi Prefecture. This is the first time that a hydrogen station is opening within a Resort facility. This presence will contribute to meet increasing demand for hydrogen powered vehicles in the Higashi-Mikawa region, […]