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Tue Jul 29, 2014, 03:00 PM Jul 2014

Japan Looks at Hydrogen for Power Generation [View all]

Mitsuru Obe Wall St Journal Jul 29, 2014

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Now that Toyota Motor says it will release mass-production fuel-cell vehicles powered by hydrogen, Japan has set an even bigger goal of making hydrogen a main energy source for the nation’s electric utilities.

The nation’s first “hydrogen energy white paper,” released Monday, calls on the country to become a “hydrogen economy” by adopting the fuel for utility power generation.

The paper was produced by the government-affiliated New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization...

...Japan isn’t alone in looking at hydrogen for utility power. Germany, for instance, has been experimenting with a project to inject hydrogen into natural gas grids...
Full article + video: http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2014/07/29/japan-looks-at-hydrogen-for-power-generation/

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