Toyota: Completes “Tri-Gen” at Port of Long Beach, US
-Hydrogen extraction from biomass and power generation with FC-
-To green hydrogen generation and CN operation-
We provide a summary of Toyota’s latest timely disclosures.
oyota:
Completed “Tri-Gen” facility with FuelCell Energy.
Generate hydrogen, electricity, and water from biomass.
Contribute to local communities by reducing CO2 and NOx and supplying surplus electricity.
Toyota Motor North America (TMNA)
Toyota Logistics Service, a logistics base at the Port of Long Beach, California
Port of Long Beach TLS:
TLS realizes port operations with “carbon neutrality derived from 100% renewable energy.”
What is Tri-Gen?
Generate three substances (Tri): hydrogen, electricity, and water from renewable energy.
Tri-Gen will have an FC power plant capable of generating 2.3MW and a hydrogen station.
FuelCell Energy generates electricity with FC:
FuelCell Energy, which handles fuel cell power generation, operates Tri-Gen.
Hydrogen is extracted from livestock excrement from livestock farms and waste biomass from surplus food, and electricity is generated using fuel cells.
TMNA and FuelCell Energy:
TMNA has entered into a 20-year contract to purchase hydrogen, electricity, and water from FuelCell Energy.
https://global.toyota/jp/newsroom/corporate/39748839.html
Toyota USA Newsroom:
FuelCell Energy and Toyota: World’s First “Tri-gen” Production System
FuelCell Energy CEO Jason Few said,
“FuelCell Energy is committed to helping our customers surpass their clean energy objectives.
We are extremely pleased to showcase the versatility and sophistication of our fuel cell technology
and to play a role in supporting Toyota’s environmental commitments.”
Tri-gen Supports：
Toyota’s operations at the port through an electrochemical process.
that converts directed renewable biogas into electricity, hydrogen,
and usable water with a highly efficient, combustion-free process that emits virtually no air pollutants.
Tri-gen produces:
2.3-megawatts of renewable electricity.
TLS Long Beach to support its operations at the port,
which processes approximately 200,000 new Toyota and Lexus vehicles annually.
The FuelCell Energy Tri-gen system:
Tri-gen can produce up to 1,200 kg/day of hydrogen which will provide for TLS Long Beach’s fueling needs .
1,400 gallons of water will be co-produced per day from Tri-gen’s hydrogen production process.
and used by TLS Long Beach for car wash operations for vehicles that come into port prior to customer delivery.
This will help decrease the use of constrained local water supplies
by approximately half a million gallons per year.