Striving to contribute to the “inexperienced transformation” (GX) of information facilities and the digital transformation (DX) of municipalities and native companies
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda) has began an indication challenge collectively with Tokuyama Company (Tokuyama) and Mitsubishi Company (MC), to function an information middle utilizing by-product hydrogen and a stationary gasoline cell (FC) energy station designed to reuse FC methods from gasoline cell electrical automobiles (FCEVs). The businesses at this time held a gap ceremony on the demonstration website positioned in Shunan Metropolis, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
The three firms have been discussing and making ready for the launch of the demonstration challenge since June 2023, when this challenge was proposed to and adopted by the New Vitality and Industrial Know-how Growth Group (NEDO) as one of many tasks for the “Growth of Applied sciences for Realizing a Hydrogen Society / Growth of Applied sciences for Regional Hydrogen Utilization.”
On this demonstration challenge, a stationary FC energy station that Honda has developed based mostly on the belief of reusing gasoline cells recovered from FCEVs makes use of by-product hydrogen produced by Tokuyama’s salt water electrolysis enterprise to generate electrical energy and provide the electrical energy to a distributed knowledge middle operated by MC, on the demonstration website positioned in Shunan Metropolis, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
By this demonstration challenge, the three firms will discover the potential of reusing automotive FC methods for stationary FC energy station functions, and confirm the potential for contributing to 1) a discount within the financial burden on prospects who will set up and function stationary FC energy stations and a couple of) the decarbonization of electrical energy, via efficient use of FC methods, that are anticipated to see broader adoption sooner or later.
An extra improve in energy demand for knowledge facilities is predicted in the long term as a result of development of applied sciences that require large-volume knowledge processing, akin to generative AI and automatic driving. Within the face of this market setting, by using 1) by-product hydrogen, which may be produced/equipped stably with low carbon emissions, and a couple of) FCs designed to be reused, to provide electrical energy to distributed knowledge facilities, the three firms will try to contribute to the “inexperienced transformation” (GX) of information facilities and the digital transformation (DX) of municipalities and native companies.
On this demonstration, electrical energy from a number of sources, akin to 1) a stationary FC energy station that makes use of by-product hydrogen, 2) the facility grid, 3) stationary batteries (BESS*¹), and 4) renewable power sources can be mixed to confirm extra environment friendly and optimum energy configuration for various patterns of operation.
The next particular patterns of stationary FC energy station utilization, based mostly on varied doable situations, can be demonstrated by switching amongst these operation patterns through an Vitality Administration System (EMS):
1) Use as a backup energy supply
2) Use as an off-grid major energy supply
3) Use for peak shaving of grid electrical energy consumption
4) Use for grid supply-demand balancing, together with supplying electrical energy again to the grid
Along with verifying the practicality and enterprise viability of stationary FC energy station operation, a variety of potential functions can be explored via this demonstration challenge.
*1 BESS: Battery Vitality Storage System
*2 Peak shaving: Lowering electrical energy consumption throughout peak demand intervals
SOURCE: Honda
