Toshiba Corporation’s first 100kW pure hydrogen (H2) fuel cell system has started operations in Japan.
The commercial scale system designed by the multinational Japanese conglomerate is supplying electricity to refrigerators and hot water to heating systems at a municipal wholesale flower and vegetable market in Shunan, Yamaguchi prefecture.
Toshiba’s system will utilise the H2 produced as a by-product at a local caustic soda plant operated by Tokyo-based Tokuyama Corporation, which is also installing a 100kW fuel cell to provide energy and heat to a swimming pool in the local area.
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