Name of the Project
Takasago Hydrogen Park.

Location
In the gas turbine development and manufacturing facility of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Takasago Machinery Works in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.

Project Owner/s
Mitsubishi Power, a subsidiary of MHI.

Project Description
Takasago Hydrogen Park will be the world’s first centre for the validation of hydrogen-related technologies – from hydrogen production to power generation – and will be successively expanded and developed going forward.

The centre will be colocated at MHI’s Takasago Machinery Works to support the commercialisation of hydrogen gas turbines using hydrogen as fuel. The hydrogen production facility will use a water electrolysis system. Mitsubishi Power plans to conduct successive testing and verification of other next-generation hydrogen production technologies; for example, producing turquoise hydrogen through the pyrolysis of methane into hydrogen and solid carbon.

For the combustion chamber, the key component of hydrogen gas turbines, Mitsubishi Power will create a work-flow that includes the development centre, the design and production of an actual machine at the manufacturing plant, and validation testing at the demonstration facility.

Completing this development cycle within the same plant will allow for quicker and more certain product development and commercialisation.

Potential Job Creation
Not stated.

Capital Expenditure
Not stated.

Planned Start/End Date
Mitsubishi Power has started testing and demonstrating technologies, including hydrogen production and storage, and the hydrogen fuelling of gas turbines. It aims to start operations in the 2023 financial year.

Latest Developments
Mitsubishi Power has announced its 30% hydrogen co-firing for large-frame gas turbines and will use Takasago Hydrogen Park to commercialise small- and large- frame gas turbines on a path to 100% hydrogen firing, starting in 2025.

Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
None stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
MHI, email mediacontact_global@mhi.com.