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An Unprecedented Step Toward Achieving a Carbon-Neutral Society
ENEOS Corporation (ENEOS) and #Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) have signed a joint agreement to explore CO2-free hydrogen production and usage at #wovencity, the prototype city of the future that #Toyota has started to develop in #susonocity, Shizuoka Prefecture, #Japan. Together with Toyota's subsidiary #wovenplanet Holdings, Inc. (Woven Planet), they will accelerate efforts by managing technical logistics.
As described in the Basic Agreement signed in 2021, ENEOS and #Toyota have decided to commence construction and operation of a hydrogen refueling station in close proximity to #wovencity to produce and supply CO2-free hydrogen to #wovencity and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEVs) (Item 1 and 2 set forth below). Together, they will also research and design an efficient hydrogen supply and demand management system (Item 3 described below). The ENEOS hydrogen refueling station is scheduled to begin operations before the opening of #wovencity in 2024-2025.
Items to be considered at the time of the Basic Agreement*1
The ENEOS hydrogen refueling station will "produce" the hydrogen that will meet the energy needs of "users," FCEVs in and around #wovencity and #wovencity as well. This collaboration expedites our progress toward realizing a truly carbon-neutral society and will facilitate and normalize clean energy operations first at #wovencity and eventually the world.
Woven City is the #project of #Toyota aiming to create happiness through mobility of "people," "goods," and "information." It is focused on three pillars. That are: Human-Centered City that makes people happier in their everyday lives, considering the needs of different kinds of people before and during the development of technology; Living Laboratory, the first-of-its-kind test track for mobility where researchers, engineers, and scientists demonstrate innovative ideas and future technologies both virtually and in the real world; and Ever-Evolving City, rooted in Toyota's kaizen (continuous improvement) approach, is focused on new ideas that provide better mobility of information, goods, and people.
*1 Announced on May 10, 2021 "ENEOS and #Toyota Come Together to Make #wovencity the Most Hydrogen-Based Society"
*2 Hydrogen can be supplied to FCEVs even during power outages by using stored hydrogen to operate a hydrogen refueling system with a stationary fuel cell generator. This allows the external power supply function of FCEVs to be utilized to provide power support where electricity is needed.
*3 The "base unit" is a standard of measurement required to ensure a result that is both practically valuable to users and commercially viable.
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