水素エネルギー経済を目指すアイスランドの試み

抄録

This paper describes Island’s challenge toward the world’s first hydrogen society. The small country in the North Atlantic has established a joint venture (JV) named “Icelandic New Energy Ltd” to investigate the potential for replacing the use of fossil fuels with hydrogen. As the first phase of the project, a demonstration project with 3 PEMFC-powered buses is planned in its capital city. The JV also plans to replace all the vehicles and the fishing vessels with fuel cell powered ones by around 2030-2040. The final goal, the transformation into hydrogen society, is expected to lead to economic prosperity of this small country.