Akasaka Heating & Cooling Supply Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of TBS Group, has commenced full-scale operations of its hydrogen warmth supply facility in Tokyo’s Akasaka 5-chome district. This marks the primary occasion of a personal warmth provide operator in Tokyo using inexperienced hydrogen for business functions, integrating it into energy technology and warmth provide programs.
The facility, which started operations in May 2026, makes use of hydrogen gas cells to generate electrical energy with out emitting COâ‚‚, and hydrogen-co-fired boilers to supply thermal power. The initiative is a part of a broader effort to decarbonize city infrastructure and promote using inexperienced hydrogen as a next-generation power supply.
Ryujiro Abe, President & CEO of TBS Holdings, emphasised the importance of this improvement for city decarbonization and expressed gratitude for the help obtained. He said that the corporate goals to proceed accumulating data to make sure security and stability whereas advancing its GX initiatives.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike highlighted hydrogen’s function in addressing power provide stability and decarbonization. She famous that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government helps the power’s introduction as a part of its dedication to realizing a hydrogen society beneath the ideas of ‘produce,’ ‘transport,’ and ‘use.’
The facility makes use of hydrogen storage alloy for protected, low-pressure hydrogen storage. It sources inexperienced hydrogen from Yamanashi Prefecture, with help from a Tokyo Metropolitan Government grant. The hydrogen is utilized in mixture with metropolis gasoline in boilers, lowering COâ‚‚ emissions by roughly 21% at most hydrogen co-firing ratios.
Morimasa Takagi, President of Akanetsu, expressed his enthusiasm for the milestone and shared his imaginative and prescient of increasing hydrogen utilization in Tokyo, together with the potential improvement of hydrogen pipelines within the Akasaka space.