2015No.57

Reporting on Today and Tomorrow’s Energy, Environmental and Industrial Technologies

［Featured Article No. 1］

Hydrogen Society has come:Beginning of the New Age of Hydrogen

［Featured Article No. 2］~Talking with NEDO Representative Office in New Delhi ~

The Real India that Japan Faces

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Cover IllustrationUnder the headline of “New Century of H2 2015”, it represents the dawn of a new era where hydrogen with the great potential as next-generation energy is utilized.

nd2While India has witnessed remarkable economic growth in recent years, it is also said to be a difficult environment for foreign companies to do business in. NEDO is cooperating with Japanese companies to work on a variety of demonstration projects in India, mainly focused on energy and the environment. We asked the NEDO Representative Office in New Delhi about NEDO’s activities in India and the latest developments in the business environment in India.

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We asked NEDO’s staff stationed in India about the projects that NEDO has been conducting in India, as well as the latest situation in India’s energy and environmental sectors as well as daily life there.

［REPORT］~Talking with NEDO Representative Office in New Delhi ~

The Real India that Japan Faces

［TOPIC］15Contributing to Japan-India Energy Cooperation ~ Hosting the “India-Japan Energy Forum”

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2015No.57

Reporting on Today and Tomorrow’s Energy, Environmental and Industrial Technologies

“Focus NEDO” is the public relations magazine of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), introducing the public to NEDO’s various projects and technology development activities related to energy, environmental, and industrial technologies.

NEDO has led the way to the new stage of the hydrogen and fuel cell technology development which has been consistently working since its establishment in 1980. In the first featured article, the interview of two leaders who have been working for realizing the hydrogen society, and the future prospects of hydrogen and fuel cell technology based on the history of their development as of today are introduced.

［SPECIAL DIALOGUE］

［PROJECT REPORT］

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083 Steps to Deeply Understand the Next Stage in Hydrogen and Fuel Cells

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Hydrogen Society comes much closer to reality after the commercialization of Toyota Motor Corporation’s fuel cell vehicle “MIRAI”. They candidly discussed a story behind the development of MIRAI and the future of hydrogen energy.

Yoshikazu TANAKA × NEDO Chairman Kazuo FURUKAWAToyota Motor Corporation Product Planning GroupZF Chief Engineer(Chief engineer for MIRAI development)

Planned site for the new capital of Andhra Pradesh state in India, where NEDO dispatched a technical mission and held technical seminars in the smart community field in March of 2015.

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moving on to the next step while leaving the design as-is could be the root of evil if trouble occurred, we stopped the process, thoroughly investigated the cause, and put measures in place to fix it. Because it was a chemical-related issue, we acted very carefully.

Furukawa: The MIRAI has been a huge hit since the launch, and I hear the wait for delivery of new vehicles is currently more than three years. While this situation seems to be gradually easing, what do you think are the problems facing the spread of FCVs?Tanaka: Our biggest problem is trying to deliver more cars speedily. However, as we use very sophisticated processing and new technologies to produce the fuel cell stack which is the most important unit of the vehicle, it cannot be produced like a gasoline engine. This year we plan to produce about 700 units, next year we plan on 2,000 units, and in 2017 we plan on 3,000 units, which is the maximum possible capacity at this moment. To increase the scale of production by one order of magnitude, it is necessary to achieve new breakthroughs in mass production technologies such as machine processing.

Another important challenge is the hydrogen refueling station. Although it is important to increase the number of refueling stations, I think location, or in other words building them in convenient places, is important. Hydrogen refueling stations and FCVs are often compared to “flowers and bees”, and I hope that hydrogen refueling stations continue to increase. Automakers will be heavily involved in construction of hydrogen refueling stations, carrying out the vision in the joint statement by automakers and energy

companies announced in 2011. Furukawa: Targeting the year 2025, predicting FCVs would start being mass-produced, NEDO launched the “Technology Development for PEFC Highly Utilization” from this fiscal year to develop fuel cells with 10 times the performance of those currently available [→P.09]. Additionally, we believe hydrogen refueling stations are important to the spread of FCVs. Even though we began hydrogen refueling station demonstration projects from FY2006 and we have developed technologies to reduce the cost of equipment, I believe there’s still a lot of work to be done on the problems of hydrogen refueling station’s cost, location and so forth. As a public institution, NEDO can work towards the future by encouraging government-industry-academia collaboration to develop difficult technologies that individual companies cannot develop on their own, and NEDO hopes to continue our world leading activities including adjusting and improvement of domestic regulations and international standards.Tanaka: Regarding international standards, it is unfortunate that multiple standards for electric vehicle (EV) charging plugs exist around the world, but I really appreciate NEDO’s effort to keep Japan one or two steps ahead of the world in case of hydrogen standard. In addition, I mentioned safety, and I would like to evaluate safety standards, third-party organizations like NEDO evaluate safety standards. I think there are many things that you do not understand until you actually use a hydrogen refueling station for the first time, so having the collected data analyzed from a neutral position and providing gained

Furukawa: With the launch of general sales of the fuel cell vehicle (FCV) “MIRAI” at the end of last year, NEDO, which has been promoting the development of fuel cells and hydrogen for many years, has been extremely happy to see the beginning of the hydrogen society. NEDO began research and development of the polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFC) installed in current FCVs back in 1992, and technology development of hydrogen refueling stations began in half of the 1990s. It is said that this year is the first year of hydrogen society, and I think the general sales of the MIRAI have contributed to that. Therefore, I’d like to hear about all sorts of issues from Mr. Tanaka who is in charge of the development of the MIRAI. First off, how did your involvement with FCV development begin?Tanaka: I became responsible for FCV development from 2012. Before then I developed plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHVs) for about six years. Development of PHVs was wrapped up the first phase at the end of 2011, and I was told I would be responsible for FCVs next. However, at that point, the type of car and concept to develop had not yet been determined, so we decided to proceed from scratch. From the beginning I thought that the car not only needed to have superior environmental performance but also needed to be attractive and driveability or it would be no good. In order to drive the hydrogen society forward, you have to make a car that is attractive and everyone longs to own. To that end, we started with the concepts like “Innovation beyond the Prius” and “H2 Pioneer for the Next Century,” which looking back now seems very ambitious, because we wanted a vehicle that would truly become a pioneer for the hydrogen energy society for the next century of automobiles.

When we started development, company revenues were in a very severe situation in the midst of financial turmoil caused by the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers (the “Lehman Shock”). While it was a pretty tough situation to take on a big challenge, management encouraged us to “pursue smart development using your knowledge and wisdom.” At that time, the level of awareness of hydrogen in the society was not so high. Introducing something to the market that we have no experience with carries with it an extremely heavy responsibility towards society. However, taking over the Toyota’s continuous development since

1992, I ran around the company asking people to share their wisdom on smarter development to pursue commercialization no matter what. As a result, all of the internal departments within the company was involved, including people in production technology who endeavored to manufacture something new, people in procurement who asked suppliers to try new production techniques, and so forth. In the end, we managed to produce a car, and I think we accomplished a really good development process. Furukawa: A PHV is powered by a combination of gasoline engine and a motor using battery, but since an FCV has no gasoline engine, was there a need to involve experts from different fields than mechanics and electronics that were needed to develop conventional vehicles? How did you integrate technological wisdom and knowledge based on such different concepts? It couldn't have been an easy task.Tanaka: Because we had knowledge about mechanical parts we had a reasonable understanding of the solutions available there, but for chemical parts like fuel cells there were a lot of things we didn't know. Among those things there were two major points. One was how to think about safety issue. If you plan to install a new fuel like hydrogen in the car, how do you make up a reliable vehicle? It was important to have a clear concept of safety standards and fail-safes.

The other issue was power output to bring out maximum performance. MIRAI has a power output of 114 kW. However, in highly performance zone, changes in the characteristics of fuel cell materials have a direct performance. Even slight changes have huge performance. About a year and a half before we planned to start sales, at the stage we shift to the mass production phase, we encountered a problem with a polymer material. Because the vehicle design freezed at that time, any major changes at that point involved extreme risk. However, thinking that

knowledge that cannot only be applied to hydrogen refueling stations but also vehicles will allow us to create advanced FCVs and become popular.

Furukawa: NEDO is currently advancing a variety of projects aimed at constructing a society that makes further use of hydrogen energy. For example, from FY2015 we have begun working on technological development of hydrogen power generation systems that make use of hydrogen as a fuel for gas turbines and developing a stable hydrogen supply chain for power production in the event such use begins. For example, we have been examining a supply chain such as using unused Australian brown coal to produce hydrogen and then liquefying it and bringing it to Japan [→P.11].

In addition, in response to the problem of increase in renewable energy supply and pending grid connections in recent years, we are thinking of working on so-called “Power to Gas” in earnest to store and utilize power generated from renewable energy systems in the form of hydrogen [→P.11]. In this way, NEDO hopes to build a new social system where hydrogen doesn't simply function as an alternative to existing energy, but we make the most of the characteristics of hydrogen such as its ease of production from a variety of resources. This year there is COP21, but looking at the medium to long term we still expect big things from hydrogen as a form of clean energy.Tanaka: When we were thinking about how to create hydrogen for FCVs, from amongst all the various methods available as Mr. Furukawa mentioned, I feel that NEDO’s

With the advent of the Toyota fuel cell vehicle “MIRAI”, the hydrogen society is now very close to be realized. While hydrogen refueling stations are also being developed, NEDO has launched new projects in FY2015 to expand the use of hydrogen energy. For this issue, Toyota Motor Corporation’s Chief Engineer Yoshikazu Tanaka who is responsible for the development of MIRAI and NEDO Chairman Kazuo Furukawa discussed an inside story of the MIRAI’s development, challenges facing the widespread use of fuel cell vehicles, and the future of hydrogen energy.

A Car as a Pioneer of the Hydrogen Energy Society

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KEYWORD Fuel Cell Vehicle (FCV) Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells (PEFC)

A kind of electric vehicle that generates power to drive from fuel cells between hydrogen stored in a tank and oxygen from the air.

A type of fuel cell that, because of characteristics such as a law operating temperature up to 90ºC and easily turn on and off, can be used not only in stationary systems like Ene-Farm but also in FCVs.

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work with brown coal has great potential. Moreover, if efficient procurement of hydrogen becomes possible, I think it will be greatly benefit for resource poor Japan. As a car manufacturer, it is connected to the customer's value for the car.

By the way, I’ve heard that you are driving a MIRAI as your corporate car. How about your impressions?Furukawa: Actually, I love cars, and the first time I drove the MIRAI I was struck by the feeling of the torque and the racing feeling of the car. Additionally, in 2008 it used to take about 30 minutes to fill the car with hydrogen but now it is complete in three minutes, which is really fantastic.Tanaka: You make me very grateful. There is also the possibility of using hydrogen as an energy carrier. As society becomes ever more sophisticated, hydrogen exists as a very fascinating potential source of energy for local production and consumption. While I feel that there is great possibility for FCVs, cars are only one opportunity for the technology, and I would be happy to see new innovations for the hydrogen society happening through this sort of technology development as well as hydrogen’s possibility for use as energy in a variety ways recognized.Furukawa: Right now there is an opinion among people with concerns about FCVs that CO2 is released when creating hydrogen. We think of hydrogen technology continuing 100 or 200 years in the future, and given the future possibilities, NEDO really thinks that the FCV is the ultimate clean car. NEDO, as a public organization trying to make the use of hydrogen energy more familiar, has an important role to play not only in technology development but in clearly conveying the safety of the new technology to society, and in that sense our responsibility is extremely important.

NEDO will continue striving for the scenario of globally expanding technology for the utilization of hydrogen energy and ultimately making the entire planet clean.

moving on to the next step while leaving the design as-is could be the root of evil if trouble occurred, we stopped the process, thoroughly investigated the cause, and put measures in place to fix it. Because it was a chemical-related issue, we acted very carefully.

Furukawa: The MIRAI has been a huge hit since the launch, and I hear the wait for delivery of new vehicles is currently more than three years. While this situation seems to be gradually easing, what do you think are the problems facing the spread of FCVs?Tanaka: Our biggest problem is trying to deliver more cars speedily. However, as we use very sophisticated processing and new technologies to produce the fuel cell stack which is the most important unit of the vehicle, it cannot be produced like a gasoline engine. This year we plan to produce about 700 units, next year we plan on 2,000 units, and in 2017 we plan on 3,000 units, which is the maximum possible capacity at this moment. To increase the scale of production by one order of magnitude, it is necessary to achieve new breakthroughs in mass production technologies such as machine processing.

Another important challenge is the hydrogen refueling station. Although it is important to increase the number of refueling stations, I think location, or in other words building them in convenient places, is important. Hydrogen refueling stations and FCVs are often compared to “flowers and bees”, and I hope that hydrogen refueling stations continue to increase. Automakers will be heavily involved in construction of hydrogen refueling stations, carrying out the vision in the joint statement by automakers and energy

companies announced in 2011. Furukawa: Targeting the year 2025, predicting FCVs would start being mass-produced, NEDO launched the “Technology Development for PEFC Highly Utilization” from this fiscal year to develop fuel cells with 10 times the performance of those currently available [→P.09]. Additionally, we believe hydrogen refueling stations are important to the spread of FCVs. Even though we began hydrogen refueling station demonstration projects from FY2006 and we have developed technologies to reduce the cost of equipment, I believe there’s still a lot of work to be done on the problems of hydrogen refueling station’s cost, location and so forth. As a public institution, NEDO can work towards the future by encouraging government-industry-academia collaboration to develop difficult technologies that individual companies cannot develop on their own, and NEDO hopes to continue our world leading activities including adjusting and improvement of domestic regulations and international standards.Tanaka: Regarding international standards, it is unfortunate that multiple standards for electric vehicle (EV) charging plugs exist around the world, but I really appreciate NEDO’s effort to keep Japan one or two steps ahead of the world in case of hydrogen standard. In addition, I mentioned safety, and I would like to evaluate safety standards, third-party organizations like NEDO evaluate safety standards. I think there are many things that you do not understand until you actually use a hydrogen refueling station for the first time, so having the collected data analyzed from a neutral position and providing gained

Furukawa: With the launch of general sales of the fuel cell vehicle (FCV) “MIRAI” at the end of last year, NEDO, which has been promoting the development of fuel cells and hydrogen for many years, has been extremely happy to see the beginning of the hydrogen society. NEDO began research and development of the polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFC) installed in current FCVs back in 1992, and technology development of hydrogen refueling stations began in half of the 1990s. It is said that this year is the first year of hydrogen society, and I think the general sales of the MIRAI have contributed to that. Therefore, I’d like to hear about all sorts of issues from Mr. Tanaka who is in charge of the development of the MIRAI. First off, how did your involvement with FCV development begin?Tanaka: I became responsible for FCV development from 2012. Before then I developed plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHVs) for about six years. Development of PHVs was wrapped up the first phase at the end of 2011, and I was told I would be responsible for FCVs next. However, at that point, the type of car and concept to develop had not yet been determined, so we decided to proceed from scratch. From the beginning I thought that the car not only needed to have superior environmental performance but also needed to be attractive and driveability or it would be no good. In order to drive the hydrogen society forward, you have to make a car that is attractive and everyone longs to own. To that end, we started with the concepts like “Innovation beyond the Prius” and “H2 Pioneer for the Next Century,” which looking back now seems very ambitious, because we wanted a vehicle that would truly become a pioneer for the hydrogen energy society for the next century of automobiles.

When we started development, company revenues were in a very severe situation in the midst of financial turmoil caused by the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers (the “Lehman Shock”). While it was a pretty tough situation to take on a big challenge, management encouraged us to “pursue smart development using your knowledge and wisdom.” At that time, the level of awareness of hydrogen in the society was not so high. Introducing something to the market that we have no experience with carries with it an extremely heavy responsibility towards society. However, taking over the Toyota’s continuous development since

1992, I ran around the company asking people to share their wisdom on smarter development to pursue commercialization no matter what. As a result, all of the internal departments within the company was involved, including people in production technology who endeavored to manufacture something new, people in procurement who asked suppliers to try new production techniques, and so forth. In the end, we managed to produce a car, and I think we accomplished a really good development process. Furukawa: A PHV is powered by a combination of gasoline engine and a motor using battery, but since an FCV has no gasoline engine, was there a need to involve experts from different fields than mechanics and electronics that were needed to develop conventional vehicles? How did you integrate technological wisdom and knowledge based on such different concepts? It couldn't have been an easy task.Tanaka: Because we had knowledge about mechanical parts we had a reasonable understanding of the solutions available there, but for chemical parts like fuel cells there were a lot of things we didn't know. Among those things there were two major points. One was how to think about safety issue. If you plan to install a new fuel like hydrogen in the car, how do you make up a reliable vehicle? It was important to have a clear concept of safety standards and fail-safes.

The other issue was power output to bring out maximum performance. MIRAI has a power output of 114 kW. However, in highly performance zone, changes in the characteristics of fuel cell materials have a direct performance. Even slight changes have huge performance. About a year and a half before we planned to start sales, at the stage we shift to the mass production phase, we encountered a problem with a polymer material. Because the vehicle design freezed at that time, any major changes at that point involved extreme risk. However, thinking that

Developing New Production Technology to bring FCVs to more people

Starting Various Projects for the Hydrogen Society

knowledge that cannot only be applied to hydrogen refueling stations but also vehicles will allow us to create advanced FCVs and become popular.

Furukawa: NEDO is currently advancing a variety of projects aimed at constructing a society that makes further use of hydrogen energy. For example, from FY2015 we have begun working on technological development of hydrogen power generation systems that make use of hydrogen as a fuel for gas turbines and developing a stable hydrogen supply chain for power production in the event such use begins. For example, we have been examining a supply chain such as using unused Australian brown coal to produce hydrogen and then liquefying it and bringing it to Japan [→P.11].

In addition, in response to the problem of increase in renewable energy supply and pending grid connections in recent years, we are thinking of working on so-called “Power to Gas” in earnest to store and utilize power generated from renewable energy systems in the form of hydrogen [→P.11]. In this way, NEDO hopes to build a new social system where hydrogen doesn't simply function as an alternative to existing energy, but we make the most of the characteristics of hydrogen such as its ease of production from a variety of resources. This year there is COP21, but looking at the medium to long term we still expect big things from hydrogen as a form of clean energy.Tanaka: When we were thinking about how to create hydrogen for FCVs, from amongst all the various methods available as Mr. Furukawa mentioned, I feel that NEDO’s

Fuel Cell Stack

A device made up of the simplest unit, “cell” (single fuel cell), that composes the fuel cell system arranged in a series of multiple layers. MIRAI’s fuel cell stack is composed of 370 layers of cells, with maximum power generation capacity of 114kW.

An infrastructure facility for the supply of hydrogen, which is compressed and filled as a fuel in FCVs. NEDO is working together with the private sector on regulatory review to assist the spread of FCVs.

Hydrogen Refueling Station Joint Statement

In January 2011, three automakers and ten energy companies announced their aims to begin sale of mass-produced FCVs in 2015 and develop about 100 hydrogen refueling stations by that time.

COP21

“The 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties” to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Scheduled to be held in Paris in December 2015, it plans to reach agreement on a framework of policy measures to confront climate change and global warming after 2020.

Yoshikazu TANAKA Kazuo FURUKAWA

Born 1961 in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Joined Toyota Motor Corporation in 1987. After having been assigned to be in charge of development of “Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid” in 2007, he has been involved in product development activities as a chief engineer for fuel cell vehicles from January 2012.

NEDO is using MIRAI as a corporate car(photographed in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo).

Born 1946 in Tokyo, Japan. Joined Hitachi, Ltd. in 1971. Retired in September 2011 after serving as President and Chief Executive Officer, Vice Chairman and Executive Officer, and Senior Corporate Advisor. Appointed to his current position as NEDO Chairman in October 2011.

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“We hope to build a new social system where we make the best of the characteristics of hydrogen.”

“There is also the possibility of using hydrogen as an energy carrier.”

work with brown coal has great potential. Moreover, if efficient procurement of hydrogen becomes possible, I think it will be greatly benefit for resource poor Japan. As a car manufacturer, it is connected to the customer's value for the car.

By the way, I’ve heard that you are driving a MIRAI as your corporate car. How about your impressions?Furukawa: Actually, I love cars, and the first time I drove the MIRAI I was struck by the feeling of the torque and the racing feeling of the car. Additionally, in 2008 it used to take about 30 minutes to fill the car with hydrogen but now it is complete in three minutes, which is really fantastic.Tanaka: You make me very grateful. There is also the possibility of using hydrogen as an energy carrier. As society becomes ever more sophisticated, hydrogen exists as a very fascinating potential source of energy for local production and consumption. While I feel that there is great possibility for FCVs, cars are only one opportunity for the technology, and I would be happy to see new innovations for the hydrogen society happening through this sort of technology development as well as hydrogen’s possibility for use as energy in a variety ways recognized.Furukawa: Right now there is an opinion among people with concerns about FCVs that CO2 is released when creating hydrogen. We think of hydrogen technology continuing 100 or 200 years in the future, and given the future possibilities, NEDO really thinks that the FCV is the ultimate clean car. NEDO, as a public organization trying to make the use of hydrogen energy more familiar, has an important role to play not only in technology development but in clearly conveying the safety of the new technology to society, and in that sense our responsibility is extremely important.

NEDO will continue striving for the scenario of globally expanding technology for the utilization of hydrogen energy and ultimately making the entire planet clean.

The world’s first mass-produced FCV “MIRAI” made a strong impression of the arrival of the hydrogen society.

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In addition, with respect to cost reduction for commercialization, NEDO published a common specification for peripheral devices other than the fuel cell to promote project participation from manufacturers. As a result, the cost of peripheral devices was reduced to about as much as 25% of the original cost. Furthermore, through a large-scale demonstration study of about 3,500 units, we contributed to efforts to improve operational controls and their reliability as well as the final push until companies could make the devices mass producible.

In 2009, general sales of the world’s first residential fuel cell systems “Ene-Farm” were launched. To promote commercialization of Ene-Farm, NEDO conducted data acquisition necessary for the regulatory reviews to make the installation of fuel cells in private households possible.

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3Steps to Deeply Understand

the Next Stage in Hydrogen and Fuel Cells

Since its establishment, NEDO has consistently advanced the development of technology in the field of hydrogen and fuel cells. In 2015, called the “first year of hydrogen society” due to the start of the spread of fuel cell vehicles (FCVs), NEDO’s projects are also entering a new phase.

Step1 Through Ene-Farm, make hydrogen familiar

Contributing to the “Final Push” for Commercialization

Significance ofhydrogen energy

promotion

Clean EnergyZero emission of greenhouse gas in the use of H2 which contributes to suppress global warming.Useful Secondary EnergyUse and distribution of unconventional energy are promoted by taking advantage of hydrogen's characteristics such as easy to store and transport the power. Can be applied for a variety of applications including power, heat and transportation.Japan is in AdvanceFor over 30 years, Japan has accumulated experience and accomplishments in hydrogen energy research and development.

Government-industry-academia come together through NEDO projects to promote cooperation in element technology development, demonstration study, and regulatory reviews. Societal implementations of new technologies in residential fuel cell systems, FCVs, and hydrogen refueling stations have been achieved.

NEDO’sactivities

Step1 Through Ene-Farm, make hydrogen familiar

Step2 Through FCVs, develop hydrogen infrastructure

Step3 Through large-scale power generation, expand in quantity!

3Steps Towards Realizing the Hydrogen Society

Household fuel cell system for supplying electricity and hot water using hydrogen made from utility gas as a fuel.

Ene-Farm SystemA significant reduction in costs was realized by sharing the specifications of peripheral equipment such as blowers and pumps among the six system manufacturers.

Reduction of Costs through Communalization of Peripherals

Started research and development on different types of fuel cells

General sales of FCV began(December 2014)

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Started various research related to hydrogen as part of WE-NET (World Energy Network: International cooperation in research and development of clean energy system with particular emphasis on hydrogen)

Construction of model hydrogen refueling stations for commercial use

Started demonstration to develop a supply chain for transporting hydrogen to Japan from overseas

Began demonstration tests of FCVs and hydrogen infrastructure under actual use conditions (Japan Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Demonstration Project: JHFC)

Started the revision of regulations and the development of laws for the purpose of promoting the development of hydrogen infrastructures and FCVs

Started demonstration tests of residential fuel cell systems under actual use conditions

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Since FCVs do not exhaust any other than water while running, they have been called the “ultimate eco-car”, and expected to be spread. To that end, it is essential to improve the performance and reduce the cost of the polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) at the heart of the FCV as well as expand the hydrogen refueling station infrastructure. By engaging in common enabling technology development of PEFCs, NEDO is working to improve fuel cell performance and lower costs. Additionally, NEDO worked on FCV and hydrogen refueling station demonstration projects until 2013 and established Japan’s first commercial model hydrogen station. With the aim of making the technology more widespread, we are now working on the development of low cost equipment and conducting a regulatory review for hydrogen refueling stations.

Step2 Through FCVs, develop hydrogen infrastructure

Introduction of the “Ultimate Eco-car” FCV

Technology Development for PEFC Highly Utilization

N E W P R O J E C T

Several technical problems exist to the spread of FCVs, such as reduction of the amount of platinum used in polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFC) to reduce their cost, increased fuel cell performance to expand vehicle lineups, and significant improvement of fuel cell productivity.

Background

Aim for the expansion of fuel cells by presenting design guidelines that can realize highly efficient, highly durable, low cost fuel cells and promoting the development of FCVs by the private sector.

Objective

Work within an all-Japan framework to develop technology to analyze the internal structure and reaction mechanism of fuel cells, to create design guidelines (concepts) to allow the application of new materials to fuel cells to achieve higher performance, and to develop new process technology to significantly reduce the takt time.

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Technology Development for the Realization of the Hydrogen Society1 Technology Development for Large-Scale Hydrogen Systems

Drastic expansion of the use of hydrogen in fields including power generation. In addition to the development of the world’s pioneering hydrogen supply chain around 2030, this project aims to establish the flexibility of the energy supply system and contribute to ensuring energy security.

2 Technology Development of Systems using Renewable Energy-derived Hydrogen

Objective

Project Period

Using Australia’s unused energy, brown coal, to produce hydrogen, this project aims to develop a comprehensive supply chain for liquefied hydrogen from production, storage and transportation through use. Among various technologies used in the supply chain, research and development on brown coal gasification technology, long-distance, large-scale transportation technology, and liquid hydrogen handling technology will be conducted.

Demonstration Project for Establishment of Mass Hydrogen Marine Transportation Supply Chain Derived from Unused Brown coal

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To develop element technology necessary for establishing a supply chain to produce hydrogen from unused resources and transport it to consumers using the organic chemical hydride method, this project includes a scalability study, a durability study of chemical catalysts, and a comprehensive operation review.

Demonstration of the Hydrogen Supply Chain by Organic Chemical Hydride Method Utilizing Unused Energy

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This project includes technological development and demonstration of a new energy system (Integrated EMS) using a power generation facility with a 1MW-class gas turbine that uses hydrogen as a fuel (Hydrogen CGS) with the aim of efficient use of electricity and heat at the local level.

Development of Smart Community Technology by utilization of Hydrogen CGS (Co-Generation System)

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Research and development of a 100MW-class hydrogen and natural gas co-firing gas turbine suitable for an existing power plant will be performed in order to establish the basic design of a plant for stable hydrogen co-firing operation.

Hydrogen and Natural Gas Co-firing Gas Turbine Power Generation Facilities R&D for a Low-carbon Society

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supply sources.

Taking advantage of the excellent characteristics of hydrogen such as the ease of storing and transporting it, NEDO is conducting research and development into a system that converts renewable energy in the form of hydrogen and utilizes, called “Power to Gas”. Using this system, it will become possible to absorb fluctuating output as a result of weather variability as well as transport energy long distances. NEDO aims at introducing it as new society system while untiring renewable energy to the maximum.

In order to be able to take the merits of hydrogen energy more, a dramatic expansion of hydrogen utilization is necessary. As the next pillar of hydrogen utilization following residential fuel cell systems and FCVs, NEDO is focused on hydrogen power generation that can generate power from hydrogen combustion in a gas turbine.

By using hydrogen in gas turbine power generation, we can significantly expand the use of hydrogen and reduce CO2 emissions at the power generation stage.

Moreover, with the introduction of hydrogen power generation, demand for stable and large-scale hydrogen is expected. To develop a large-scale supply chain, NEDO has embarked on technological development to convert unused energy from overseas into hydrogen and transport it long-distance to Japan. If a large-scale hydrogen supply is realized, the reduction in the cost of hydrogen can be expected to have a ripple effect in other fields of hydrogen utilization such as FCVs.

Since hydrogen’s energy density per volume is about one-third that of natural gas, finding a means to maintain hydrogen at high density during transportation and storage will be a challenge. Although there are a variety of ways to transport and store hydrogen, for transport from overseas shipment as liquid hydrogen or organic hydrides is believed to be promising.

For the production of hydrogen, we aim to use unused overseas energy sources such as brown coal, by-product hydrogen, and gases associated with crude oil production to produce hydrogen. As a result, it will become possible to use underutilized energy sources, which will also help with the diversification of energy

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Towards the goal of expanding hydrogen utilization, this project will establish an implementable model for a “Power to Gas” energy system that combines technologies for producing hydrogen by the electricity from renewable energy, storing and transporting hydrogen, and utilizing hydrogen.

Objective

Step3 Through large-scale power generation, expand in quantity!

By Demonstrating New Forms of Use, Turn It into a Society System

●Renewable energy has issues such as fluctuations of the power output depending on the weather and the uneven distribution of suitable sites.

●Hydrogen can be used to store large amounts of electric power for long periods, and it is possible to transport long distances.

●Taking advantage of the excellent characteristics of hydrogen, this system is aimed to resolve issues with renewable energy and promote the maximum use of hydrogen.

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R&D Subjects

2015-2020

A “Power to Gas” system is comprised of technologies for hydrogen production from renewable energy, hydrogen storage and transport, and hydrogen utilization. It expected to have a variety of application sites such as large-scale power storage for grid stabilization, utilization of surplus power occurring in several sites, emergency power supply, and interregional energy transport and use. This project aims to find applications for the system in various settings while also conducting research and development into suitable systems corresponding to the applications.

R&D Subjects

Project Period 2014-2017

Aiming for Large-scale Hydrogen Supply

Utilizing Renewable Energy

Eiji OHIRA

Organic chemical hydride method

demonstration plant

(Chiyoda Corporation)

Hydrogen mixed combustion gas turbine (Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.)NEDO New Energy Technology Department,

Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technology Group

Power to Gas (P2G)

“Technology Development of Systems using Renewable Energy-derived Hydrogen”Project Manager

Kiyoshi YOSHIZUMI

“Technology Development for Large-Scale Hydrogen Systems”Project Manager

Hydrogen is produced by the electricity from renewable energy

Hydrogen is stored and transported in gas or liquid form

Hydrogen is used as energy

Production Storage and Transportation Utilization

Hydrogen(liquid)

Energy Carrier

Electricity

Wind PowerGeneration

PhotovoltaicPower

Generation

Hydrogen(gas)

A system for converting and utilizing renewable energy in the form of hydrogen

NEDO is conducting technological development to establish a supply chain where hydrogen is generated from unused overseas energy sources, transported long-distance, and provided domestically for uses such as hydrogen power generation.

Image of a Large-scale Hydrogen Supply Chain

Transportation and Storage• Liquid hydrogen• Organic hydrides, etc.

• Brown coal• By-product hydrogen• Gases associated with crude oil production, etc.

Unused Hydrogenfrom Overseas

Domestic Hydrogen Use• Hydrogen power generation• Fuel Cell Vehicles, etc.

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India’s economy continues to develop. Even though it is generally said that the country has a difficult environment for foreign companies to do business in, interest from Japanese companies in the country’s growing market is high and the Japanese government regards India as an important country. In the midst of this situation, NEDO is cooperating with Japanese companies to work on a variety of demonstration projects, mainly focused on energy and the environment. We asked the Chief Representative of the NEDO Representative Office in New Delhi Tetsuya Tanaka about NEDO’s activities in India and the latest situation in the country.

What is the main activities of the NEDO Representative Office in New Delhi? Also, please tell us about the projects NEDO is currently conducting in India.Q1

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Q2A2

The mission of the NEDO Representative Office in New Delhi is to demonstrate Japan’s advanced energy and environmental technologies within India and push for the widespread use of those

technologies in the country. Under an agreement with the Government of India, NEDO is conducting demonstration projects in India in cooperation with Japanese companies. Through these demonstration projects, we provide support to Japanese companies seeking to expand their business in the rapidly expanding Indian market. The subject fields of the demonstration projects are focused on energy and the environment. In the past NEDO conducted a lot of projects in the field of energy conservation such as waste heat recovery, but recently the number of demonstration projects in the fields of energy management and smart communities have increased. India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has set a policy to “build 100 smart cities in the country”, and as part of this policy, the Government of India is implementing 14 smart community

India is viewed as a difficult market for Japanese companies to do business in. Please tell us about the characteristics of the Indian business environment. Although India is located within Asia, the business situation is quite different compared to China and Southeast Asia. In the World Bank’s 2014 “Ease of Doing Business Ranking”, of the

189 countries surveyed Vietnam was 78th, China was 90th, Indonesia was 114th, and India was 142nd, showing that India’s business environment has been resigned to a lower rank. Most of the countries that ranked lower than India were developing countries in Africa. Things that can become a problem when doing business in India include complicated regulations and tax systems, ambiguous operation of systems, difficulties in acquiring land, and underdeveloped infrastructure such as power, water, and roads to name only a few. However, now that globalization has progressed, there is no mistaking the fact that India is one of the remaining huge markets, and no one denies the high growth potential of the Indian market. On the other hand, it is difficult to aim for short-term gains in this market. Although India is a democratic country, the economic system was long managed as a former Soviet Union-style

planned economy. To promote the transformation of the economy, the government greatly relaxed restrictions on foreign investment in 1991, and it has still only been a little over 20 years since India’s full-fledged economic liberalization. For this reason, for Japanese companies it is extremely important to look at the long-term to connect with the Indian market.

~Talking with NEDO Representative Office in New Delhi ~

The Real India that Japan Faces

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About India: Basic Statistics on India [Source: Excerpts from Ministry of Foreign Affairs and JETRO materials]

NEDO’s Demonstration Projects in India

demonstration projects led by the Ministry of Power. Among those projects is one in the Panipat region of Haryana state, where NEDO has finished a feasibility study and is scheduled to start a full-scale demonstration project. Since this project has been progressing the fastest among the 14 projects, this has been regarded as a front-runner of all.

Discussions with Indian Ministry of Steel Joint Secretary Shri Sunil Barthwal about a new iron and steel project. In India, projects often progress from top to down.

Discussions with Technical Director Shri SS Mohanty of India’s largest state-owned steel company, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).

Maruti Suzuki, which has grown to be one of the top brands that every Indian knows. Entering the market early before others started paying attention to India as a market, it took a very long period of time to secure its current status. Maruti Suzuki vehicles are frequently used as official vehicles for the Government of India.

A 12-lane high-speed road with six lanes in each direction extends to Cyber City in the New Delhi-suburb of Gurgaon in Haryana state. Japanese companies setting up offices are increasing.

Projects in progress

Completed projects

New DelhiHaryana state

Gujarat state

Rajasthan state

Maharashtra state

Telangana state

Odisha state

Jharkhand stateWest Bengal state

Andhra Pradesh state

Tamil Nadu state

Panipat

Mumbai

Pune

Neemrana

Burnpur

Rourkela

Angul

Visakhapatnam

Vishnupuram

Chennai

Solar Power and Micro-grid System

2010-

2015-

2015-

2014-

2013-

2014-

2014-

2001-2004

2006-2011

2008-20142009-2014

2009-2011

2008-2011

2001-2004

Management System in Telecom Towers (62 sites across India)

Smart Grid Project

ICT Based Green Hospital

Energy Center for Steel Plant

Waste Heat Recovery System of Steel Plant

High-Performance Industrial Furnace

Waste Heat Recovery System of Cement Plant

Micro Hydropower Turbine

Capacity Building Project

Dual-Fuel Generation System

Coke Dry Quenching System

High Efficiency Coal Preparation System

Sinter Cooler Waste Heat Recovery System

NEDO Representative Office in New Delhi

Jamshedpur

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Chief Representative Tetsuya Tanaka (second from left) with the staff of NEDO Representative Office in New Delhi.

The building of the Indian Ministry of Finance, which serves as a nodal ministry at the Government of India regarding NEDO’s demonstration projects.

Area 3,287,469 km2 (including territory under dispute with Pakistan and China)

Population 1,210,570,000 people (2011)Religion Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%,

Sikh 1.9%, Buddhist 0.8%, Jain 0.4% (2001)GDP $1,876.8 billion (2013)Major Industries Agriculture, manufacturing, mining, IT

Trade Exports: Petroleum products, jewelry, machinery and equipment, chemical products, textiles

Imports: Crude oil and petroleum products, gold, machinery products

Number of Japanese Residents 7,883 people (October 2013)Number of Japanese Companies [Locations] 1,209 companies [3,961 locations] (October 2014)Trade with Japan Exports to India: ¥900.2 billion (2014) Imports from India: ¥726.4 billion (2014)

Based on the official map provided by the Ministry of Affairs of Japan

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2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2022 (Year)

100,000[Units: MW]

3,7432,631

1,645941.3

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NEDO hopes to do more demonstration projects that use the advanced technology of Japanese companies to solve the energy and environmental problems in India. Although India is actively promoting the introduction of renewable energy, it is also necessary to have the battery technology to store that energy and the technology to control and transmit the power. Japan is strong in all of these fields, and in the future, NEDO hopes to start demonstration projects such as battery technology like lithium ion batteries and power grid stabilization technology using IT technology. In addition, the garbage problem in cities is also serious. NEDO thinks that there is potential for high-efficiency waste power generation technology in the future.

In addition, in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, we are conducting economic development assistance efforts in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The state of Andhra Pradesh separated from Telangana state in 2014, and they plan to move the capital in 2024 or after. In the future, as the large number of large-scale infrastructure projects are expected for development of the new capital, NEDO

will cooperate with other government agencies and utilize an all-Japan framework to contribute to the development of the new capital while leveraging Japanese smart community technology. Moreover, after the implementation of a demonstration project, NEDO believes we should increase the probability of spreading that technology. To do this, it is extremely important to engage in conversations on post-project business models with participating Japanese companies before the demonstration project begins. NEDO Representative Office in New Delhi hopes to contribute to the further development of the Japan-India relationship from India which is almost certain to become a global super power in the future.

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Q5A5

What is daily life in India like?

Although there are still pieces of old India left here and there, India’s living standards have dramatically improved, and in big cities like New Delhi it has improved even more rapidly.

Currently, the GDP per capita in India is about $1,500, but in New Delhi it is about $3,000. Since it is said that motorization happens when income reaches $2,500 per person, New Delhi has already reached the income level for the full spread of cars among the population. In the suburbs upscale shopping malls are being built one after another, and foreign products are abundant. People mostly don't have to deal with inconveniences in daily life. In addition, medical standards are not a particular problem as there are many excellent doctors, many of whom were educated in Europe and the United States.

Q6A6

Please tell us about NEDO’s future aspirations in India.Q3

A3

With one year passed since the beginning of the Modi administration in May 2014, have there been any changes in the Indian economy and society?

within the Government of India. Thanks to these excellent and stable diplomatic relations, the economic activities of Japanese companies and NEDO’s work have progressed positively without any obstacles. After the Modi administration, state governments have also actively been trying to attract foreign companies and intensifying movement aimed at regional economic development. As competing each other, each state comes up with investment incentives and builds industrial parks only for foreign companies. In India, there is a huge central government body which consists of 50 ministries such as Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of External Affairs, giving us an impression that India is a centralized country. However, in fact, India is a decentralized country where state governments have significant authorities. The importance of developing an environment where it is easy for companies to do business as part of regional economic development has been gradually recognized by many including the top of state governments, and I think this is good for India.

Prime Minister Modi served three terms as the Chief Minister of Gujarat state in western India, where he demonstrated a great influence on state economic development. Reflecting these achievements, last year

the Modi administration was elected with extremely high support from the public. Prime Minister Modi accurately grasps the problems that face India, and particularly, he has been taken positive steps to develop a business-friendly environment in order to encourage investment in India by foreign companies. Additionally, I think that the “Make in India” campaign to encourage manufacturing in India is an appropriate policy, as it emphasizes the manufacturing industry that can have a strong ripple effect on other industries and support broader industries. Of course, it should be noted that it will take time for the Modi administration to produce tangible results, but there is no doubt that India is being improved for the better steadily. Furthermore, the new administration has made a considerable change in foreign relations. In particular, India has been actively developing its diplomatic relationships with not only neighboring countries but major countries such as Japan, the United States, and China. Prime Minister Modi has built a close relationship with Japanese Prime Minister Abe, and the Japan-India relationship is very good. In response to an agreement from the Japan-India Summit Meeting of 2014, a point of contact for Japanese companies called “Japan Plus” has also been established

Q4A4

Please tell us about the current situation in the energy and environment sectors in India. As always when a country is at a stage of rapid development, energy and the environment are problems. India is no exception to that rule. Currently, India’s largest energy source is coal.

With the expansion of economic growth coal consumption is expected to increase more and more, so clean coal technology in which NEDO has been conducted technological development has become a key technology for India. Last year, in the coal producing region of Angul in Odisha state, NEDO completed a demonstration project for the efficient preparation of coal by sorting the coal and ash portions at the coal mining site. Also, in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh NEDO is conducting a feasibility study for the construction of India’s first ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plant from June 2015. Additionally, India is actively introducing renewable energy, and the Indian government plans to raise the country’s current solar power generation capacity of about 3.7GW up to 100GW by 2022. For wind power as well, which is at about 21GW at the moment, the policy is set to expand to 100GW by 2022. Similar to Japan, there is also a feed-in tariff (FIT) system in

T O P I C

I N F O R M A T I O N

Contributing to Japan-India Energy Cooperation ~

Hosting the “India-Japan Energy Forum” In conjunction with Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yoichi Miyazawa’s visit

to India, NEDO held “India-Japan Energy Forum 2015 ‘Conference’” on April 29, 2015. The India-Japan Energy Forum, a public-private Japan-India dialogue focused on the energy sector, has been held in India continuously since 2006, and its importance as the main forum for energy cooperation between Japan and India has been recognized by the governments of both countries.

In addition, from September 23rd to September 25th, 2015, NEDO will be exhibiting the “India-Japan Energy Forum 2015 ‘Exhibition’” for the purpose of business matching as part of the “9th Renewable Energy India Expo (REI2015)”. With more than 20 Japanese companies planning to participate amongst more than 400 companies from around the world, it will boost the development of business for Japan’s advanced energy-related technologies in the Indian market.

Voices from Companies Who Participated in Last Year’s “Exhibition”

Through this exhibition, our company was able to find reliable local construction companies to partner with to carry out demonstration projects in 10 cities in India. This not only helped our demonstration projects, but provided a very big step forward in developing our business in the Indian market. (Pixela Corporation)

We have been participating since 2013. This exhibition has been a very important place for us to conduct business negotiations regarding our projects commissioned by NEDO, and we have received many inquiries from Indian customers related to private-sector demand for PCS, inverters, and so forth. (Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.)

India-Japan Energy Forum 2015 “Exhibition”●9/23/2015-9/25/2015●NEDO’s pavilion will be set up at the “9th Renewable Energy India Expo

(REI2015)” in Greater Noida, near New Delhi, India. It will provide a forum for Japan-India business cooperation.

NEDO hosted a technical seminar on smart community in Andhra Pradesh state in March 2015. The guest of honor Chief Minister Naidu was invited to speak at the seminar.

2015 conference participants Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Miyazawa (center), Indian Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal (second from right), and NEDO Chairman Furukawa (far left).

Exhibition heldin 2014.

[Source: Created by NEDO based on materials by the Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and Ministry of Power]

Change in Indian Solar Power Generation Capacity

Chief Representative Tanaka celebrates at the completion ceremony of the “Model Project for Sinter Cooler Waste Heat Recovery” at the RINL’s Vizag steelworks in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh state.

India, and power companies have been aggressively buying up energy. At the Neemrana Industrial Park in Rajasthan state where many Japanese companies are concentrated, NEDO has been conducting a demonstration project that utilizes power generation from solar panels and energy management technology. There is no mistaking that proportion of energy coming from renewable sources in India is going to keep increasing in the future.

In front of the headquarters of Bharatiya Janata Party which is the party in power and Prime Minister Modi belongs to. People depicted on the billboards include former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee (far left) and Prime Minister Modi (third from left).

At a subway station in India that was constructed with the help of Japanese overseas development assistance (ODA).

In recent years, the number of upscale shopping malls has increased.

An exchange at a sari dealer. Vestiges of the old India.

2015No.57

Reporting on Today and Tomorrow’s Energy, Environmental and Industrial Technologies

［Featured Article No. 1］

Hydrogen Society has come:Beginning of the New Age of Hydrogen

［Featured Article No. 2］~Talking with NEDO Representative Office in New Delhi ~

The Real India that Japan FacesOverseas Offices

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