Mitsubishi Power’s hydrogen validation park enters operation

Mitsubishi Power announced that its hydrogen validation facility in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan has entered full-scale operation.

The company says Takasago Hydrogen Park is the world’s first integrated hydrogen validation facility.

Electrolysis hydrogen production recently began operation at the park, and Mitsubishi Power aims validate hydrogen co-firing and 100% hydrogen firing of gas turbines there.

Takasago Hydrogen Park is divided into sections: hydrogen production, storage and utilisation. The production area features an alkaline electrolyser with a record-breaking hydrogen production capacity of 1,100Nm3/h and storage facilities with a total capacity of 39,000 Nm3.

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Mitsubishi Power said the hydrogen produced at the park will be used to validate 30% hydrogen co-firing at T-Point 2 combined-cycle power plant validation facility, which includes a grid-connected JAC gas turbine. The 30% co-firing validation is expected to be finished by the end of the year, the company said.

Validation of 100% hydrogen firing in a smaller H-25 gas turbine is planned for 2024.

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Mitsubishi Power is also developing advanced hydrogen production technologies, including solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOEC), anion exchange membrane (AEM) water electrolysers and a CO2-free turquoise-hydrogen production method using methane pyrolysis. The company intends to validate these technologies through testing at the Takasago Hydrogen Park.

To unpack the intricacies of how to build a functional hydrogen economy, listen to this episode of the Energy Transitions Podcast with Professor Dr Emmanouil Kakaras, Executive Vice President NEXT Energy Business, Mitsubishi

Originally published on power-eng.com