Honda Begins Joint Demonstration of Stationary Fuel Cell Power Station Designed to Utilize By-product Hydrogen and Repurposed Automotive Fuel Cells

TOKYO, Japan, August 1, 2025 – (JCN Newswire) — Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda) has actually begun a presentation task collectively with Tokuyama Corporation (Tokuyama) and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), to run an information center utilizing spin-off hydrogen and a fixed fuel cell (FC) power station created to recycle FC systems from fuel cell electrical lorries (FCEVs). The business today held an opening event at the presentation website situated in Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

Honda FC power station to be utilized for this presentation task

The 3 business have actually been talking about and getting ready for the launch of the presentation job because June 2023, when this job was proposed to and embraced by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) as one of the tasks for the”Development of Technologies for Realizing a Hydrogen Society/ Development of Technologies for Regional Hydrogen Utilization.”

In this presentation task, a fixed FC power station that Honda has actually established based upon the presumption of recycling fuel cells recuperated from FCEVs makes use of spin-off hydrogen produced by Tokuyama’s seawater electrolysis organization to create electrical energy and provide the electrical energy to a dispersed information center run by MC, at the presentation website situated in Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

Through this presentation task, the 3 business will check out the capacity of recycling vehicle FC systems for fixed FC power station applications, and confirm the possibility of adding to 1) a decrease in the financial problem on clients who will set up and run fixed FC power stations and 2) the decarbonization of electrical power, through efficient usage of FC systems, which are anticipated to see wider adoption in the future.

An additional boost in power need for information centers is anticipated in the long run due to the improvement of innovations that need large-volume information processing, such as generative AI and automated driving. In the face of this market environment, by using 1) spin-off hydrogen, which can be produced/supplied stably with low carbon emissions, and 2) FCs developed to be recycled, to provide electrical energy to dispersed information centers, the 3 business will make every effort to add to the “green change” (GX) of information centers and the digital change (DX) of towns and regional services.

Numerous patterns of power supply operations to be shown

In this presentation, electrical power from numerous sources, such as 1) a fixed FC power station that uses spin-off hydrogen, 2) the power grid, 3)fixed batteries(BESS * ONE), and 4)renewable resource sources will be integrated to validate more effective and optimum power setup for various patterns of operation.

The following particular patterns of fixed FC power station usage, based upon numerous possible situations, will be shown by changing amongst these operation patterns through an Energy Management System (EMS):

1) Use as a backup source of power
2) Use as an off-grid main power s1ource
3) Use for peak shaving of grid electrical power intake
4) Use for grid supply-demand balancing, consisting of providing electrical energy back to the grid

In addition to confirming the functionality and company practicality of fixed FC power station operation, a wide variety of possible applications will be checked out through this presentation task.

* 1 BESS: Battery Energy Storage System
* 2 Peak shaving: Reducing electrical energy intake throughout peak need durations

About Honda Stationary Fuel Cell Power Station

Honda was among the very first business to concentrate on the capacity of hydrogen towards the awareness of a carbon-neutral society and has actually been carrying out research study and advancement of hydrogen innovations and FCEVs for more than 30 years. Pursuing the awareness of carbon neutrality for all items and business activities Honda is associated with by 2050, Honda has actually determined 4 core domains for its fuel cell system application– fuel cell electrical lorries (FCEVs), industrial automobiles, fixed power station and building and construction equipment– and has actually been working to even more broaden chances for its hydrogen organization.

The Honda fixed FC power station is a fixed power storage system created to provide tidy, hydrogen-derived electrical energy to massive centers such as factories and other organization operations. The fixed FC power station being utilized in this presentation job makes use of fuel cells utilized for a Honda CR-V e: FCEV fuel cell electrical lorry.

The Honda fixed FC power station can providing electrical energy to fulfill the optimum quantity of electrical power intake by the consumer in accordance with their requirements. The compact size of the system attained by the optimization of the cooling system and internal design allows versatile setup choices to accommodate the conditions of the consumer’s setup website. In addition, the Honda fixed FC power station is developed to attain high responsiveness, intending to start power supply within 10 seconds of start-up, to function as a reputable backup source of power in case of an emergency situation.

Through its fixed FC power station, Honda will provide electrical energy that accommodates the different power requirements of consumers, while likewise adding to the decarbonization efforts of each consumer by supplying thorough assistance for the whole procedure– from setup to after-sales services.

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