Building a Liquefied Hydrogen Supply Chain

「日本水素エネルギー株式会社, in which we hold an investment, entered into a shipbuilding contract with Kawasaki Heavy Industries,Ltd. for a 40,000 m³ liquefied hydrogen carrier, which will be the world's largest. We will continue promoting initiatives to build a system capable of supplying large volumes of hydrogen reliably.」

「当社が出資する日本水素エネルギー株式会社が、川崎重工業株式会社と世界最大となる4万㎥型液化水素運搬船の造船契約を締結しました。」

「Going forward, we will collect data to support the international standardization of specifications for liquefied hydrogen carriers and reduce terminal operating and construction costs at the commercial stage.」

「Through this fund, we will accelerate efforts to build a hydrogen supply chain.」

「As part of our initiatives with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), we participated in a demonstration project to build a large-scale hydrogen supply chain using unused brown coal from Australia. Through marine transportation demonstrations and tests of loading arms at a receiving terminal, we accumulated engineering data concerning liquefied hydrogen carriers and receiving terminals.」

「To help realize a hydrogen energy society, we are promoting the development of a CO2-free hydrogen supply chain using Australian brown coal and have begun basic design work for a project to produce green hydrogen on a large scale from renewable energy in Queensland, Australia.」

「In the “Commercialization Demonstration of a Liquefied Hydrogen Supply Chain” in which our company participates, we made steady progress toward building a CO2-free hydrogen supply chain, including the selection of overseas loading and domestic receiving locations.」

「To help realize a decarbonized society, we decided to invest in 日本水素エネルギー株式会社, the entity leading the liquefied hydrogen supply chain commercialization demonstration project selected for the Green Innovation Fund. We will work with the investing companies to conduct detailed business feasibility studies toward construction of liquefied hydrogen carriers and terminal facilities.」

「We are participating in a demonstration test involving the liquefaction of hydrogen produced from brown coal in Australia and marine transportation and cargo handling between Japan and Australia by liquefied hydrogen carrier. The demonstration test was successfully completed in February 2022.」

「As global efforts to decarbonize accelerate, we are participating in a demonstration test to liquefy hydrogen produced from brown coal in Australia and transport it to Japan toward realizing a hydrogen energy society. Following the first international voyage by a liquefied hydrogen carrier, the vessel arrived at an Australian loading terminal in January 2022. It is scheduled to return to Japan from mid-February onward, and plans call for several future round trips between Japan and Australia. We aim to transport large volumes of CO2-free hydrogen to Japan toward commercialization around 2030.」

「The “Commercialization Demonstration of a Liquefied Hydrogen Supply Chain” proposed for the Green Innovation Fund Project, a public offering by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), was selected for funding. The demonstration project will establish liquefaction and transportation technologies for tens of thousands of tonnes of hydrogen per year and demonstrate an integrated international liquefied hydrogen supply chain from hydrogen production through receipt.」

「As global efforts to decarbonize accelerate, we are working to build a large-scale overseas hydrogen supply chain toward realizing a hydrogen energy society. In addition to the demonstration project to produce liquefied hydrogen from Australian brown coal and import it, we are collaborating with Australian power company Stanwell and iron ore producer Fortescue Metals Group, among others. We opened an office of Iwatani Australia in Brisbane, Queensland, and aim to bring commercialization forward by conducting local market and infrastructure research and strengthening relationships with relevant companies and the state government.」

「In addition, as part of our initiatives with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), we continued to participate in the HySTRA demonstration project to build a large-scale hydrogen supply chain using unused brown coal from Australia. At the Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R) in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, completed in March 2020, we are continuing efforts to establish practical technologies for Power-to-Gas.」

「Meanwhile, sales of industrial gases struggled due to the impact of COVID-19, with air-separation gases at 1.55 billion m3 and liquefied hydrogen at 67 million m3.」

「We began considering the commercialization of a green hydrogen supply chain with Stanwell, an Australian power company, Fortescue Metals Group, an iron ore producer, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries,Ltd. We aim to produce and liquefy green hydrogen derived from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power in Australia and import it on large liquefied hydrogen carriers.」

「To help realize a hydrogen energy society, we established the Kobe-Kansai Hydrogen Utilization Council to put hydrogen utilization into practice in Kobe and the Kansai region and build a hydrogen supply chain. We are also preparing to establish a new organization, the Council for the Promotion of the Hydrogen Value Chain, which will promote global cooperation in the hydrogen field and the development of a hydrogen supply chain.」

「To help realize a hydrogen energy society and strengthen the stable supply system, 株式会社ハイドロエッジ increased its liquefied hydrogen production capacity by 1.5 times.」

「We promoted research and development with a focus on developing hydrogen stations to expand the use of hydrogen energy and building a CO2-free hydrogen supply chain in anticipation of an era of large-scale future consumption.」

「To help realize a hydrogen energy society, we are conducting a demonstration project to produce and import liquefied hydrogen from Australian brown coal in order to secure an inexpensive, abundant source of CO2-free hydrogen. In fiscal 2020, marine transportation of liquefied hydrogen and cargo handling at the import terminal are scheduled to take place.」

「To secure an inexpensive and abundant source of hydrogen, we are conducting a demonstration project to produce liquefied hydrogen from Australian brown coal and import it. The liquefied hydrogen import terminal in Kobe is scheduled for completion during the current fiscal year, and transportation of liquefied hydrogen is scheduled to begin during the next fiscal year.」

「Liquefied hydrogen volume increased 18% to 70 million m3, due in part to the acquisition of new customers.」

「In the hydrogen business, sales of hydrogen-related equipment declined, but sales of liquefied hydrogen grew.」

「With support from the Australian government, we began a demonstration project with 5 Japanese and Australian companies, including our company, to build a supply chain for producing liquefied hydrogen from Australian brown coal and transporting it to Japan.」

「In December, we doubled the liquefied hydrogen production capacity of 山口リキッドハイドロジェン株式会社.」

「In the hydrogen business, we doubled the liquefied hydrogen production capacity of 山口リキッドハイドロジェン株式会社 in December to support the development of a hydrogen energy society and higher demand in the industrial sector.」

「In the hydrogen business, sales volume of liquefied hydrogen increased due to higher demand from existing customers and the acquisition of new customers, while sales of hydrogen-related equipment also grew.」

「In the hydrogen business, sales volume of liquefied hydrogen increased due to higher demand from existing customers and the acquisition of new customers, while sales of hydrogen-related equipment also grew.」

「Sales volume of liquefied hydrogen increased due to higher demand from existing customers and the acquisition of new customers.」

「In addition to strengthening existing businesses and expanding overseas operations through M&A, we continued working on the construction of hydrogen stations and began expanding liquefied hydrogen production facilities in Yamaguchi Prefecture in preparation for future growth in demand.」

「In the hydrogen business, we continued working on the construction of hydrogen stations and began expanding liquefied hydrogen production facilities in Yamaguchi Prefecture in preparation for future growth in demand.」

「In the hydrogen business, sales volume of liquefied hydrogen increased due to higher demand from existing customers and the acquisition of new customers, while sales of hydrogen station-related equipment and other products also remained strong.」

「We will work to build a supply chain centered on liquefied hydrogen.」