With its nuclear sector nearly defunct, Japan has set its sights on hydrogen to fuel its economy. Toyota is leading the charge to spark change with its hydrogen-fueled cars and trucks and efforts to help build hydrogen refueling stations.
, launched a venture called Japan H2 Mobility to build 80 hydrogen fueling stations by 2022. The company says it has nearly completed 12 stations.and other companies announced a project to extract hydrogen from brown coal in Australia and liquefy and ship it to Japan in massive quantities in a bid to lower costs.
"Energy transition will take a long time, and even in 2030 only 800,000 FCVs will be installed," said Eiji Ohira, a director at NEDO."We are working on hydrogen with a view toward 2050. There are many challenges such as cost reduction, improving technology for hydrogen production, storage, transport and utilization. Japan will take a leadership in this field based on our experience in promoting hydrogen.
"Japan will take a leadership in this field based on our experience in promoting hydrogen. Also, we are going to collaborate with other countries to realize a hydrogen-based society."As of the end of 2018, more than 7,500 units had been sold in about 16 countries, according to the automaker. It's now trying to shift to mass production ahead of the next-generation Mirai.
"There is a fundamental need for greater investment in R&D with respect to hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, yet Japan's government is cutting R&D," said Behling, pointing to decreasing government outlays.
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