An amalgamation of Japanese industry leaders has announced the beginning of a public-private partnership to test an end-to-end low-carbon hydrogen (H2) supply chain, aiming to use H2 produced from renewable energy to power forklifts.
The partnership, which was announced in September, consists of the Kanagawa Prefectural Government, the municipal governments of the cities of Yokohama and Kawasaki, along with three additional private sector companies who have not been named.
The experiment will use electricity generated at the Yokohama City Wind Power Plant to electrolyse H2 which will be compressed, stored and transported to four separate sites, such as warehouses, where the H2 will then be used in fuel cells to power forklifts.
Twelve forklifts will operate in the experiment, which emit zero CO2 during operation. They can fully refuel in just three minutes and can operate consistently for up to eight hours.
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