Cost and Energy Efficiency in Transportation of High Pressure Hydrogen

Abstract

In Japan, the project to set up infrastructure necessary for the supply of hydrogen to Fuel Cell Vehicle (FCV) is moving forward, targeting to start up in 2015. Since supply cost of hydrogen is relatively higher than that gasoline as of today, persistent efforts to achieve cost reduction is required for further spread of FCV. We performed a feasibility study of hydrogen supply in the off-site type hydrogen station under the commission of New Energy and Industrial Development Organization (NEDO), and report the outcome of study.