Technology / Service Summary

Integrated supply and demand control technology for electricity and hydrogen including low-cost hydrogen production, and hydrogen tranportation system, contributes to build a hydrogen value chain and realize a sustainable society to enable optimal hydrogen production and supply of hydrogen at concentrations that meet customer demand.

Purpose

These technologies resolves the temporal and spatial mismatch of renewable energy and hydrogen, and enables stable and reasonably priced energy supply

Feature

- Management of power and hydrogen supply-demand plans and utilization of simulation technologies for power and gas grids to compute optimal operation plans for profitability of each stakeholder and enhancement of grid stability
- Low-cost green hydrogen production technology through utilization of surplus renewable energy and grid stabilization
- Hydrogen transportation system utilizing existing gas grids with gas separation and gas concentration visualization technologies to achieve low cost stable supply of hydrogen

Effect

- Resolving supply-demand mismatches across regions
- Cost reduction of green hydrogen supply

Controlled Substance

Applicable Regions / Countries

  • Japan

Accomplishments

Delivery Phase:Research & Development (Hitachi)

Related SDGs Goals

  • 7. Affordable and Clean Energy
  • 9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities

7-2. [Energy Transition] Integrated power and hydrogen supply and demand control technologies