Mitsubishi Power's Takasago Hydrogen Park enters full-scale operation
Mitsubishi Power, a unit of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), on September 20 announced that Takasago Hydrogen Park, an integrated hydrogen validation facility, has entered full-scale operation.
The park is located at MHI's Takasago Machinery Works in Hyogo Prefecture in west central Japan. It is divided into three sections according to hydrogen-related functions: hydrogen production, storage, and utilisation.
In the production area, an alkaline electrolyzer with a hydrogen production capacity of 1,100Nm3/h, the highest in the world, has entered operation, the company stated. The hydrogen produced will be stored in storage equipment with a total capacity of 39,000 Nm3.
The validation of hydrogen firing equipment will be done at the T-Point 2 combined cycle power plant validation facility located in the utilisation area, using a Mitsubishi Power JAC large frame gas turbine (450 MW class), as well as small- and mid-sized H-25 gas turbine (40 MW class).
The hydrogen produced at Takasago Hydrogen Park will be used to validate 30% hydrogen co-firing in the T-Point 2 JAC gas turbine combined cycle power plant. This is expected to be completed before the end of the year. Validation of 100% hydrogen firing in the H-25 gas turbine is planned for 2024.
Mitsubishi Power is also developing hydrogen production technologies, including solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOEC), anion exchange membrane (AEM) water electrolyzers, and turquoise-hydrogen production technology. The company plans to conduct verification and validation in these areas sequentially at the Takasago Hydrogen Park with the aim of commercialization.