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Hydrogen Supply and Utilization Promotion Project
Last Updated September 12, 2024
While global warming countermeasures are a global issue, hydrogen is attracting attention as a next-generation fuel. Hydrogen is a sustainable and clean fuel that exists in large quantities on the earth and can generate energy such as electricity and heat, and does not emit carbon dioxide or air pollution materials at the stage of use. Efforts to utilize hydrogen are rapidly increasing in countries around the world.
Hydrogen is a promising field for Japanese companies to possess excellent technologies and products, and is one of the most important areas for the country to decarbonize.
Japan formulated the "Basic Hydrogen Strategy" in 2017 ahead of the rest of the world, and the revision in 2023 outlined the vision and policy for the early realization of a hydrogen society to achieve carbon neutrality.
In order to realize a hydrogen society, Yokohama City will work together with the national government, business operators, and neighboring local governments to create and accumulate demand for next-generation energy such as hydrogen and build an effective supply chain.
Creation of Yokohama Decarbonization Innovation
Yokohama Decarbonization Innovation Council
The first meeting of the Yokohama Decarbonization Innovation Council
Based on the regional potential of Japan's decarbonization centering on the coastal area of Yokohama City, which plays a central role in the city's regional economy, we are working to establish a base for the import, manufacture, and supply of next-generation energy such as hydrogen, ammonia, synthetic methane, and synthetic fuels that contribute to decarbonization, as well as cooperation with local companies aiming for pioneering use of next-generation energy and research and technology and development.
We aim to form a large-scale base for the supply and demand of next-generation energy such as hydrogen.
Click here for details ⇒ Creation of Yokohama Decarbonization Innovation
Pamphlet “Creation of Decarbonization Innovation in Yokohama Seaside Area” (prepared in FY2022)
Creation of Decarbonization Innovation
Taking advantage of the potential centered on the coastal area, we have created a pamphlet on "Creation of Decarbonization Innovation in Yokohama Seaside Area" in order to introduce the image of creating decarbonized innovation and examples of initiatives in cooperation with various entities such as location companies.
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Building a Hydrogen Supply Chain
ENEOS Collaboration Agreement
Yokohama City aims to decarbonize the coastal area, including the formation of carbon neutral ports, by concluding a partnership agreement with ENEOS Corporation for the construction of a hydrogen supply chain. The two parties will work together to study the development of hydrogen supply infrastructure, including pipelines, and take on the challenge of realizing a hydrogen society ahead of the rest of the country.
Cooperation Agreement for Construction of Hydrogen Supply Chain
Creation of new hydrogen demand
Minato Mirai Hydrogen Project
The 1st Minato Mirai Hydrogen Project
In the Minato Mirai 21 District, which has been selected as one of the country's leading decarbonization regions, we are working together to decarbonize the energy consumed by the region.
In the central district of Minato Mirai 21 district, Japan's largest regional heat supply based on the Heat Supply Business Act is being developed, and cold water and steam used for air conditioning are supplied.
The Yokohama coastal area is working to form a base for next-generation energy such as hydrogen and expand its utilization, and taking advantage of its location in the Minatomirai 21 district in the coastal area of central Tokyo, we will focus on hydrogen as a next-generation energy alternative to gas, which is a fuel for thermal production for "decarbonization of heat," and investigate and examine the possibility of hydrogen supply and utilization.
The Minato Mirai Hydrogen Project will be established and the first meeting will be held.
Methanation demonstration test
Tokyo Gas Cooperation Agreement
Yokohama City and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. have concluded a partnership agreement and methanation at Tokyo Gas Yokohama Techno Station in Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku. ※We are conducting demonstration tests.
We will supply biomass-derived resources (CO2, etc.) from the adjacent Motoichi Sewerage Center and waste incineration plant to support the development of technology that contributes to decarbonization.
※Metanation: This technology generates methane (CH4), which is the main component of city gas, through the reaction of carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen (H2).
Collaboration with Kawasaki City
Kawasaki City Cooperation Agreement
In order to maintain and strengthen industrial competitiveness while realizing carbon neutrality in the coastal area, which plays a central role in the local economy, Yokohama City and Kawasaki City have concluded an agreement with the aim of expanding utilization in cooperation and cooperation.
Utilization of Hydrogen in Ports
Image of supply chain
Ports are logistics bases that handle 99.6% of Japan's imports and exports, and are industrial bases where various companies are located. Yokohama City, which has Yokohama Port, one of Japan's leading ports, forms a carbon-neutral port (CNP) that reduces greenhouse gas emissions as a whole through the advancement of port functions in consideration of decarbonization, such as mass import, storage, and utilization of next-generation energy such as hydrogen and ammonia, and the accumulation of coastal industries, aiming to achieve carbon neutrality in ports by 2050.
Carbon Neutral Port Initiatives
Promote the introduction of hydrogen utilization facilities (hydrogen boilers, etc.)
In order to create hydrogen demand for hydrogen to realize a hydrogen society, Yokohama City provides assistance for the introduction of hydrogen boilers and other equipment.
Information on Hydrogen Equipment Installation Fee Subsidy
Promotion of the development of hydrogen stations
There are five hydrogen stations in Yokohama City, of which ENEOS Yokohama Asahi Hydrogen Station is a station that manufactures and sells CO2-free hydrogen.
In order to further promote the development of hydrogen stations, Yokohama City is providing assistance for the maintenance of hydrogen stations.
Information on Hydrogen Supply Equipment Development Project Cost Subsidy
Promote the spread of FCVs and FC buses
In Yokohama City, we are working to promote the spread of fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) and fuel cell buses (FC buses).
We provide subsidies for the introduction of fuel cell vehicles.
FCV
FC bus
Subsidiary business for fuel cell vehicles
In addition, as a initiative of the city hall, we have introduced 23 FCVs for public cars and 3 FC buses for Yokohama municipal buses. (As of December 2022)
Promote the spread of next-generation vehicles
Introduction of vehicles for bus business environment
Promote the spread of fuel cells
Independent hydrogen fuel cell system
In Yokohama City, commercial fuel cells have been introduced at the City Hall to supply power to the City Hall, and a self-sustained hydrogen fuel cell system has been installed at the Yokohama Port Distribution Center to conduct demonstration experiments such as power peak cuts and utilization of emergency power sources.
Inquiries to this page
Decarbonization / GREEN × EXPO Promotion Bureau Carbon Neutral Business Promotion Division, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department
Telephone: 045-671-4155
Telephone: 045-671-4155
Fax: 045-550-3925
Email address: da-cn@city.yokohama.lg.jp
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