Towards a Carbon-Free Society Vol. 1

NAMIE
写真提供｜東芝エネルギーシステムズ(株）New-energy based town development

Hydrogen Town Namie
Namie Town issued a Zero Carbon City Declaration on March 5, 2020, aiming to become a city that produces virtually zero CO2 emissions by 2050.
We have opened the research and training Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R),
equipped with hydrogen production capacity that is the largest in the world. In cooperation with a number of corporations,
we are proceeding with a “hydrogen town development” model for a new energy society utilizing hydrogen produced here in Namie.
Damaged by the effects of nuclear power, this town is making great progress towards creating a carbon-free society centered on
the new energy source of hydrogen. These efforts are combined with other projects including Smart Communities using renewable energy,and local energy production for local consumption.

Hydrogen Town
Development Action
Action1From creation, use, and transport of hydrogen to enlightening and spreading widely use.
Namie Town has started a wide range of programs and veriﬁcation testing aimed
at a new type of town development based on hydrogen.

ActionRoadside station Namie
utilizing a pure hydrogen fuel cell2Action

3

RE100 Industrial Park concept
utilizing hydrogen

Factory zero emission
feasibility study

This roadside station that utilizes hydrogen“RE100*” is attracting growing attention amidst

This study is being carried out from theproduced at FH2R opened in 2020 as a symbol

the current global focus on reducing

perspectives of energy efﬁciency and economicof hydrogen use.

environmental impacts. In addition to a supply

viability to determine whether it is possible toA Toshiba pure hydrogen fuel cell (capacity 3.5of renewable energy from new regional electricachieve zero emission factories through thekW) is installed at the site and provides apower systems, it also uses hydrogen fromintroduction of hydrogen generators and pure

portion of the electrical power and heat used by

FH2R for high energy efﬁciency and lower

hydrogen fuel cells inside and outside of thethe facility.

environmental impact.

factories, and through efﬁcient transport and● Partner:
Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation● Partner: Kokusai Kogyou Co., Ltd.

Actionuse of clean hydrogen.

* RE100: International initiative that aims to supply 100%
renewable energy to cover the energy used bycompanies in their own business operations

4ActionIntroduction of new model Mirai
as official vehicles● Partners:
EY Japan / Biomass Resin Holdings Co., Ltd. /Soma Gas Co., Ltd. / Smart Agri Relations Co., Ltd.

5Action6Verification feasibility study forhydrogen deliveries by acooperative association

Verification of a pole-mounted
pipeline for hydrogen transport

Aiming to rapidly create a hydrogen society, theThis veriﬁcation test is evaluating theThis study is examining the possibility ofnew model Mirai has been introduced for use as

installation of a pole-mounted pipeline for

installing large numbers of pure hydrogen fuelofﬁcial government vehicles. This model has thelow-pressure transport of hydrogen as thecells at ordinary households, commercial

largest cruising range of any fuel cell vehicle

optimal mechanism for safe and inexpensive

facilities, and other locations in the Hama-doriproduced in Japan. It will also be used tohydrogen transport. We will continue to study

District of Fukushima Prefecture, and operating

broadly promote the use of hydrogen produced

speciﬁc measures for commercialization ofa business of supplying hydrogen throughin Namie.

hydrogen supply to the RE100 Industrial Park

deliveries by cooperative association trucks.

and the town.

We intend to establish the “Namie Model” for a● Partner: Toyota Corolla Iwaki

hydrogen supply chain that be deployed across● Partners:
Brother Industries, Ltd. / Yokohama National University /Tomoe Shokai Co., Ltd.

Japan, and contribute to the creation of ahydrogen society.
● Partners: Marubeni Corporation / Miyagi Coop

Action7ActionVerification project for a low-costhydrogen supply chain

8Action9Feasibility study for carbon-freetourism aimed at getting more
people involved

Construction of multi-hydrogenstations

We are aiming to construct a low-cost hydrogen

We are accelerating the introduction of FC

We are aiming to get more people involved insupply chain of truck trailers and rack-equipped

mobility by making hydrogen fueling available

similar projects by studying and carrying out

vehicles in order to expand the use offor a variety of FC mobility types. At the same

tourism campaigns focused on zero carbon

commercial pure hydrogen fuel cells that utilize

time, we are studying the business possibility ofemissions and the use of hydrogen. We will alsohydrogen produced at FH2R. These will supply

serving as an energy hub that can supply energy

consider formulating an educational program,heat and electricity to places such as public

to nearby communities not only during normal

getting Fukushima high-school students

bathing facilities, nursing care facilities, andtimes but also at times of disaster.

involved in communicating information, andrecovery project sites, and will be broadly

developing and operating FC mobility that can● Partner: Sumitomo Corporation

promoted to the wider public.

contribute to zero carbon tourism.

● Partner: Obayashi Corporation● Partners: Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. /Kooriyama Kanko Co., Ltd. /Culinary Arts Academy of Nippon /Magonote Travel

In addition to “town development that will make Namie a leader in

Towards a zero carbon city
in 2050

creating a carbon-free society,” we will actively introduce renewableenergy and create Smart Communities in order to further accelerate
the pace of progress toward making Namie Town a zero carbon dioxide
emission town by 2050.

Town development using Namie hydrogen
Construct a model district for creating a hydrogen society using hydrogen
within the town.

Construction of Smart Communities
Maximize the use of renewable energy and construct new waysof living that connect energy and people.
● Manage and visualize renewable energy at Roadside Station
Namie.
● Assign EV as ofﬁcial government vehicles and use them as
mobile power supplies.
● Prepare an EV charging environment in the town.

ZeroCarbon
Namie

Attracting and collaborating withrenewable energy industries● Lithium-ion battery recycling businesses● Vanadium electrolyte manufacturing businesses● Mega solar power producers● Biomass power producers● Wind power producers

Contributing to low-carbon societies

Promoting the introduction of renewable energy● Carry out renewable energy education at town elementary and junior high schools.

● Install solar power generating equipment at schools and public facilities.

● Introduce EV ofﬁcial government vehicles.

● Install LED street lamps that includes built-in solar panels.

● Introduce energy-saving equipment when government ofﬁces are renovated.

● Introduce solar power generating equipment in town-operated housing.

● Introduce subsidies for septic tanks that are compatible with a low-carbon society.

● Provide subsidies for the installation of solar power generating equipment for...others

home power consumption.

....others