May. 17. 2021

【Overview】

Kobe/Kansai Hydrogen Utilization Council
The Study Report (2020)-Organize a Future Vision for a Hydrogen Society andQuantifying Supply and Demand-◼

SpecialNotes◼
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Information handled within this document is the estimated value of the 2020 fiscal
year of this Council✓ Estimated value was calculated by setting various preconditions based on
published literature, and is not a committed value.
Information handled within this document may change in future detailed studies.
The Council will continue to collaborate with related parties and aim to realize andoptimize the contents of the study.
© GoogleFuture Vision and Working Group
Storage/SupplyUtilization

Large-scale LH2 unloading terminalfor ocean-going vessel

Large-Scale H2 Use forPower Generation WG
Large-scale
Power GenerationTransport

Production

Overseas Sources Overseas CO2-free H2 (Oversea■Australian coal, etc.
Portion) WG Ocean-going vessel

Pipeline

Private Power
Generation
Pipeline

Oil Refinery
ChemicalDomestic H2 Distribution WG
Coasting vessel

Domestic Sources

LH2 secondary terminal (includes
Kobe LH2 receiving terminal)■Domestic LH2 Plant（By-product/product）

Steel CompaniesH2 CGS Kobe Smart Community
Commercialization WG
Pipeline / Lorry
H2 CGS

Pipeline*Includes 1MW class power generation
facility demonstrating at Kobe Port Island.

Use in City
■H2 from Oil Refinery/Chemical Plant(By-product/product）

Use in Port

Pipeline
Lorry / Container

Mobility■Domestic Renewable H2 Plant(Solar/Wind, etc.）
Pipeline

Lorry / Container

Industrial Use
Lorry / Container

Overseas CO2-free H2(Domestic Portion) WG

Stationary FC
Expansion of H2 Use WG

2Potential Demand VolumeThe total potential demand of each working group will reach 330,000
tonnes by 2031.
400,000
H2 CGS

350,000
300,000 H2 power generation contributes
to demand expansion

Mixed-combustion
power generation

250,000

200,000

100% H2 powergeneration

Diversification of applications
contributes to demand expansion

Large-Scale H2
Use for Power
Generation WG

Oil and chemicalindustry

150,000

Mobility

Stable demand for CGS, explore
100,000 and stimulate various H demand

Carbon neutral
port

50,000Stationary FC

2H2 CGS Kobe
Smart Community
Commercialization
WG

Expansion of H2Use WG

02021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035

3Potential Supply Cost
Comprehensive Study from Production to Supply.
Production

Transportation

Storage/Supply

Supply Cost
33.3～34.3
JPY/Nm3

Overseas

42.3
JPY/Nm3

AustralianCoal
LH2*1

CostReduction

Primary
2.5～3.5
Receiving JPY/Nm3
Terminal

30.8
JPY/Nm3

Coasting 5.4～13.0
Vessel JPY/Nm3

Pipeline

33.5～37.6
JPY/Nm3

LH2 Lorry

2.6～4.6
JPY/Nm3

37.0～40.2
JPY/Nm3

Domestic

Customer
1.1～1.3
Receiving
JPY/Nm3
Facility

Cost Reduction
60~85JPY/Nm3
90~145JPY/Nm3

Compress
Cost Reductioned H2*2
120JPY/Nm3
50JPY/Nm361.1～86.3
JPY/Nm3

81.1~116.3
JPY/Nm3

80~115JPY/Nm3

Renewabl
Future Outlook
e H240.9～50.5
JPY/Nm3

0.2～3.3JPY/Nm3

90～145JPY/Nm3

LH2*2

Secondary
2.2～3.2
Receiving
JPY/Nm3
Terminal

Mainly via Pipeline

For powerstation
For demandaround secondary
terminal(dose not include
tertiary transport)

For oilrefinery/che
mical plant

For H2 CGS・
port
(cargohandling
equipment,hinterlandtransport)・
mobility・
stationaryFC

50～
JPY/Nm3※Each cost listed above estimated under different research methods (literature, market soundings, etc.), distances and conditions.
*1：Production cost (CIF) of Australian Coal LH2 includes the cost of liquefaction, loading, and marine transportation.
*2：Estimate premise of the costs assumes a stable supply of a fixed quantity.

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Quantification of Supply Chain: Economic Gap around 2030

✓ There will be a gap (approx. 73 billion JPY/a) between calorie equivalent cost of
conventional fuel and the estimated hydrogen supply cost in the initial phase ofcommercialization of Kobe/Kansai regional H2 supply chain around 2030.※•Calorie equivalent cost does not include R&D and demonstration cost for H2 related
infrastructure leading up to commercialization, and newly required H2 related equipment cost.

✓ Kobe/Kansai regional H2 supply chain to become independent and to fill the economicgap, it is required for supply side to make effort on reducing H 2 supply cost, and for
demand side, to create new customers, and to evaluate and certify social impacts
and values of energy transition of customers.
✓ Based on the council’s estimated hydrogen demand, approx. 2.4 million ton-CO2/aemissions can be reduced.
※Estimated based on the hydrogen demand in 2031, current assumption of calorie equivalent cost, and the supply cost around 2030.
Note a cost of some H2 supply infrastructure such as H2 station is not included in the supply cost around 2030.

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