BANGKOK (NNT) - Toyota Motor announced on Monday (26 June) that it will begin producing hydrogen in Thailand starting November of this year using biogas.

 

The move marks a step forward in the automaker’s project with local conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group) to utilize hydrogen as part of efforts to decarbonize the kingdom’s transport sector.

 

Toyota said it will install equipment that produces hydrogen using biogas made from chicken manure at Toyota’s Asia-Pacific headquarters in Samut Prakan province, located south of Bangkok.

 

The manure will be provided by Thai poultry farms operated by CP Group and other parties, as well as food waste from the Toyota regional headquarters’ cafeteria.

 

According to the automaker, this will be the first time for Toyota or Thailand to launch a pilot project to make hydrogen using biogas.

 

The equipment, which will be provided by Japanese engineering company Mitsubishi Kakoki, can produce 1,000 liters of hydrogen per hour. Toyota and its trading arm, Toyota Tsusho, will develop a system to compress, store and transport the biogas and hydrogen.

 

The initiative is part of the automaker’s partnership with CP Group, which was launched in December 2022. The two companies agreed to look into making hydrogen from biogas and using it to fuel hydrogen-powered delivery trucks that CP intends to introduce into its fleet to help reduce carbon emissions.

 

By Paul Rujopakarn

 

Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG230628092928841

 

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CP initials don't have a good connotation.... it sounds too much Chinese or previously known USSR, if it was me, I would change it.... just saying 555

 

Great idea, I think hydrogen has a place in the new car market, fully electric isn't the only way to go.

20 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

using it to fuel hydrogen-powered delivery trucks that CP intends to introduce

OMG! LPG and LNG have caused devasting vehicle fires and explosions in Thailand, now liquid hydrogen!!

 

Reference Google:

 

Even small amounts of liquid hydrogen can be explosive when combined with air, and only a small amount of energy is required to ignite it. Both its explosiveness and the extremely low temperatures involved make handling it safely a challenge.

 

 

Explosion at power plant in USA caused by liquid hydrogen when being delivered:

 

https://www.powermag.com/lessons-learned-from-a-hydrogen-explosion/

 

 

 

Edited June 29, 20233 yr by Burma Bill
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