Yamanashi Prefecture and 10 partnering companies recently launched a 16-MW green hydrogen production facility, one of the largest in Japan, as part of a project to decarbonise two sites of beverage company Suntory Holdings Ltd.
The demonstration project, supported by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO), aims to reduce emissions at Suntory’s water plant and distillery in the prefecture. The production of green hydrogen and its use at the water plant started on October 11. The aim is to demonstrate the conversion of part of the heat energy used at the plant from natural gas to hydrogen.
Running until the end of 2026, the initiative will showcase the use of renewable power to produce green hydrogen that is, in turn, used for steam production.
The companies involved in the project also include Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc, TEPCO Energy Partner Inc, Kanadevia Corporation and Siemens Energy KK. The latter two provided electrolysis systems of 6 MW and 10 MW, respectively.
