Mitsubishi Heavy Industries / Kawasaki Heavy Industries / IHI Hydrogen Strategy: Hydrogen Production Know-how
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Three major Japanese heavy industry companies:
It has begun to move to “improve a hydrogen supply chain that manufactures without emitting carbon dioxide.”
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries invests in overseas companies and incorporates “hydrogen production know-how”.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries supplies “renewable energy and liquefied hydrogen” to Japan.
IHI has also started demonstrating “production and supply of hydrogen using renewable energy” in Kitakyushu City.
The competition for the infrastructure that supports the spread of hydrogen is heating up.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries:
The company has set out a business strategy to switch to energy with a low environmental impact.
From the fall of 2020, we will start collaborating with overseas hydrogen-related companies.
Norwegian Hydrogen Pro:
A Norwegian hydrogen pro that develops equipment that produces hydrogen by electrolysis of water.
US Monolith:
We have invested in US monoliths, which have the technology to extract hydrogen and solid carbon from methane.
Vattenfall, Sweden:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has agreed with three companies including Battenfall to consider a hydrogen production and supply business in Hamburg, Germany, by electrolyzing water with electricity derived from renewable energy.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries:
It is planning to make hydrogen from cheap lignite and transport it in Australia.
Australia Fortescue Metals:
Iwatani Corp., Australia Fortescue Metals Group and will consider importing liquefied hydrogen derived from renewable energy into Japan.
IHI:
Hydrogen is produced from ENEOS and other surplus electricity from solar power generation, wind power generation, and waste disposal power generation in Kitakyushu City.
IHI develops and operates a management system for using renewable energy power sources.
Also handles the basic design of hydrogen production equipment.
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