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Tokyo’s New Green Hydrogen Certification Scheme

Publication date: Jan 19, 2024

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will introduce a new system to certify users of hydrogen produced from renewable electricity in 2024. This certification scheme is designed to incentivize the use of green hydrogen and promote its wider adoption throughout Tokyo by verifying a company’s previous year’s green hydrogen use.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has set a goal to achieve “carbon half” (reducing CO2 emissions by 50%) by 2030 compared to 2000. Last March, it published a hydrogen roadmap, which identifies this certification scheme as an important step in encouraging the use of green hydrogen in a wide range of industries and bringing down its costs of production.

Tokyo is addressing energy supply threats, aiming for "Carbon Half" by 2030 and a decarbonized society by 2050. The Tokyo Hydrogen Vision emphasizes renewable energy and hydrogen for climate action and stable energy, envisioning widespread hydrogen adoption by 2030 and closer ties between residents and hydrogen.
Tokyo is addressing energy supply threats, aiming for “Carbon Half” by 2030 and a decarbonized society by 2050. The Tokyo Hydrogen Vision emphasizes renewable energy and hydrogen for climate action and stable energy, envisioning widespread hydrogen adoption by 2030 and closer ties between residents and hydrogen.

Certification categories are divided into the following:

  • On-site: A business generates its own renewable energy to produce hydrogen on site in Tokyo
  • Local production and use: A business uses green hydrogen produced by a third party in Tokyo
  • Off-site: A business uses green hydrogen produced outside Tokyo but inside Japan. Transport via EV or fuel cell vehicle, or offsetting transport emissions is a precondition

The application period for companies to be certified for their green hydrogen use in 2023 will begin in April, and the results will be announced in September.

Japanese energy companies are forging ahead with joint projects to produce green hydrogen abroad. However, green hydrogen production inside Japan remains limited, with only two facilities – in Yamanashi and Oita Prefectures – currently in operation.

The number of applicants likely to apply for certification in April is expected to be low, but it is hoped that the scheme will encourage green hydrogen use and numbers will rise quickly over coming years.

Japan's 2017 Basic Hydrogen Strategy targets a "hydrogen society" with increasing consumption to three million tonnes by 2030 and 20 million tonnes by 2050. The plan includes cost reduction, 800,000 fuel cell vehicles, 900 charging stations, and using 800,000 tonnes of hydrogen for power generation (1% of Japan's electricity) by 2030.
Japan’s 2017 Basic Hydrogen Strategy targets a “hydrogen society” with increasing consumption to three million tonnes by 2030 and 20 million tonnes by 2050. The plan includes cost reduction, 800,000 fuel cell vehicles, 900 charging stations, and using 800,000 tonnes of hydrogen for power generation (1% of Japan’s electricity) by 2030.

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