Japón propone crear una sociedad con energía basada en hidrógeno
After several tests carried out in the Japanese towns of Yokohama and Kawasaki, the group seeks to expand this project nationwide, whose ultimate goal is to “create a hydrogen-based society, generated without carbon dioxide (CO2),” explained those responsible in a Press conference.
A Japanese consortium, in which Toyota car participates, launched a large-scale hydrogen supply chain based on renewable wind energy on a large scale, with which they hope to change the way in which the country’s energy is generated and used.
Hydrogen, a source of energy with a great future ahead, can be created using renewable energy sources, to store, transport and use it later, all with a minimal environmental load, they stressed.
Hydrogen can be extracted from water by electrolysis, a process that requires electricity and is normally produced by fossil fuel-based power plants.
However, in Tokyo Bay, food markets, distribution centers or breweries are already taking advantage of this new form of energy without generating carbon dioxide.
The forklifts of these centers are powered by hydrogen fuel cells, whose origin is in the “Hama Wing” wind turbine, a few kilometers south of the Japanese capital.
With the creation of this hydrogen supply chain, in which Toshiba technology and the Japanese Ministry of Environment have also participated, it is expected to reduce CO2 emissions by at least 80 percent in relation to other industrial vehicles powered by Gasoline or electricity
“The only waste generated in the process is water,” said one of the project managers, Shigeki Tomoyama, of Toyota Motor.
Hidrógeno, la energía del futuro
“En el futuro vamos a tener un problema”, explicó a Efe Yukata Matsuzawa, de la división de cambio climático del Ministerio japonés de Medio Ambiente: “Por eso, necesitamos potenciar la energía que no genere CO2, y entre ella, el hidrógeno “. Dado que el beneficio medioambiental global del hidrógeno depende del método empleado para producirlo, varias iniciativas internacionales de investigación de todo el mundo tratarán de desarrollar proyectos a gran escala con un equilibrio neutro de carbono que utilicen energías renovables para la producción de hidrógeno. Sin embargo, estos proyectos -incluido el liderado por Japón- tienen aún algunos problemas que solventar, como la regulación de esta nueva forma de energía o cómo hacerla más rentable. Aunque los responsables del proyecto no obtuvieron cifras, afirmaron que esperan reducir los costos de generación de hidrógeno a la mitad, para que se produzca en masa, y ayudar así a “atenuar el calentamiento global”. (EFE) Fuente
(internationalpress.jp).
After several tests carried out in the Japanese towns of Yokohama and Kawasaki, the group seeks to expand this project nationwide, whose ultimate goal is to “create a hydrogen-based society, generated without carbon dioxide (CO2),” explained those responsible in a Press conference.
A Japanese consortium, in which Toyota car participates, launched a large-scale hydrogen supply chain based on renewable wind energy on a large scale, with which they hope to change the way in which the country’s energy is generated and used.
Hydrogen, a source of energy with a great future ahead, can be created using renewable energy sources, to store, transport and use it later, all with a minimal environmental load, they stressed.
Hydrogen can be extracted from water by electrolysis, a process that requires electricity and is normally produced by fossil fuel-based power plants.
However, in Tokyo Bay, food markets, distribution centers or breweries are already taking advantage of this new form of energy without generating carbon dioxide.
The forklifts of these centers are powered by hydrogen fuel cells, whose origin is in the “Hama Wing” wind turbine, a few kilometers south of the Japanese capital.
With the creation of this hydrogen supply chain, in which Toshiba technology and the Japanese Ministry of Environment have also participated, it is expected to reduce CO2 emissions by at least 80 percent in relation to other industrial vehicles powered by Gasoline or electricity
“The only waste generated in the process is water,” said one of the project managers, Shigeki Tomoyama, of Toyota Motor.
Hidrógeno, la energía del futuro
“En el futuro vamos a tener un problema”, explicó a Efe Yukata Matsuzawa, de la división de cambio climático del Ministerio japonés de Medio Ambiente: “Por eso, necesitamos potenciar la energía que no genere CO2, y entre ella, el hidrógeno “. Dado que el beneficio medioambiental global del hidrógeno depende del método empleado para producirlo, varias iniciativas internacionales de investigación de todo el mundo tratarán de desarrollar proyectos a gran escala con un equilibrio neutro de carbono que utilicen energías renovables para la producción de hidrógeno. Sin embargo, estos proyectos -incluido el liderado por Japón- tienen aún algunos problemas que solventar, como la regulación de esta nueva forma de energía o cómo hacerla más rentable. Aunque los responsables del proyecto no obtuvieron cifras, afirmaron que esperan reducir los costos de generación de hidrógeno a la mitad, para que se produzca en masa, y ayudar así a “atenuar el calentamiento global”. (EFE) Fuente
(internationalpress.jp).
