Tokyo’s Actions toward the Realization of a Hydrogen-based Society

Abstract

Tokyo Metropolitan Government regards hydrogen energy as an effective energy in the point of view of reducing environmental impacts, diversifying energy sources, developing industry and responding emergency, so we aim to establish hydrogen-based society.

For promoting hydrogen energy, it is very important to adopt fuel cells vehicles (FCVs) and establish hydrogen stations (HRSs).

Therefore we set targets for establishing HRSs and adopting FCVs: we would like to establish 35 stations by 2020, 80 stations by 2025 and 150 stations by 2030 and adopt 6,000 cars by 2020, 0.1 million cars by 2025 and 0.2 million cars by 2030.

To achieve these targets, we established subsidies for establishing and operating HRSs and purchasing FCVs to support creating initial demands.

In addition, it is also important to enhance social acceptability from general public who use hydrogen energy and is going to establish Tokyo Hydrogen Museum in the summer of 2016 in Koto-ku, Tokyo.