{"id":110,"date":"2020-10-12T01:03:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T01:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mfadhzir\/?p=110"},"modified":"2022-11-04T00:10:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T16:10:37","slug":"fukushima-powers-up-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-hydrogen-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mfadhzir\/2020\/10\/12\/fukushima-powers-up-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-hydrogen-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukushima powers up one of the world&#8217;s biggest hydrogen plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TOKYO<\/strong> &#8212; One of the world&#8217;s largest facilities for producing clean-burning hydrogen marked its opening on Saturday, in a demonstration of northeastern Japan&#8217;s revival from the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami.<\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>Located in the town of Namie, just north of the ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the solar-powered hydrogen station can produce enough gas to fill 560 fuel cell vehicles a day.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended the opening ceremony for the government-backed project, which involves Toshiba, Tohoku Electric Power and natural gas distributor Iwatani.<\/p>\n<p>For Abe&#8217;s government, the effort&#8217;s tie-in with the Olympic Games offers a high-profile chance to counter criticism of foot-dragging in the fight against climate change. Japan has taken heat for its reliance on coal-fired plants and its funding of them overseas.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/hydrogenenergy?__eep__=6&amp;source=feed_text&amp;epa=HASHTAG&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBeXB1BSyqUBN0K9lHYL1ixLbs1NWlyWwiu7xfoSwRObZxdUvI8pCW2HVVQm99_rdKZz1ADBVkcCMowhzu-23pRXcRmBH0ofT_bRLBiTSC3GRqpSlXJhBTRbRJPdpsdGFQ9Z7S_AtmfTPQ47KywY0LMQFdAmL7bA46Q1XwZMqAeDNEfp5m_aMs4iiWukGB-wbDQ566N_5gn9EnIOSv4hPerzEVbcdjunaPfzZg9v9lnQFX6LHzGmQXX8d-BH_zdZurlEcqebG_yoct-aJxuaGSe2gIpT0v17MtEhHIe71AC__lG8hgaSOuxNCtm-BhZcMNghUbg2w41EPwcBF_izW8-zA&amp;__tn__=%2ANK-R\" data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:104,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;}\"><span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cl _5afz\" aria-label=\"hashtag\">#<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">hydrogenenergy<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/greenhydrogen?__eep__=6&amp;source=feed_text&amp;epa=HASHTAG&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBeXB1BSyqUBN0K9lHYL1ixLbs1NWlyWwiu7xfoSwRObZxdUvI8pCW2HVVQm99_rdKZz1ADBVkcCMowhzu-23pRXcRmBH0ofT_bRLBiTSC3GRqpSlXJhBTRbRJPdpsdGFQ9Z7S_AtmfTPQ47KywY0LMQFdAmL7bA46Q1XwZMqAeDNEfp5m_aMs4iiWukGB-wbDQ566N_5gn9EnIOSv4hPerzEVbcdjunaPfzZg9v9lnQFX6LHzGmQXX8d-BH_zdZurlEcqebG_yoct-aJxuaGSe2gIpT0v17MtEhHIe71AC__lG8hgaSOuxNCtm-BhZcMNghUbg2w41EPwcBF_izW8-zA&amp;__tn__=%2ANK-R\" data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:104,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;}\"><span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cl _5afz\" aria-label=\"hashtag\">#<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">greenhydrogen<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-111 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mfadhzir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2351\/2020\/10\/Fukushima.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"817\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mfadhzir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2351\/2020\/10\/Fukushima.png 817w, https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mfadhzir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2351\/2020\/10\/Fukushima-300x247.png 300w, https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mfadhzir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2351\/2020\/10\/Fukushima-768x633.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source: Nikkei Asia<\/p>\n<p>For details, please click the link below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Business\/Energy\/Fukushima-powers-up-one-of-world-s-biggest-hydrogen-plants?fbclid=IwAR1CGjVxZZ10m9QUP9o0CtPyT3c6hEG_C4UwZx-VA8ntHcLwRgjyOMbXn3U\">https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Business\/Energy\/Fukushima-powers-up-one-of-world-s-biggest-hydrogen-plants?fbclid=IwAR1CGjVxZZ10m9QUP9o0CtPyT3c6hEG_C4UwZx-VA8ntHcLwRgjyOMbXn3U<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOKYO &#8212; One of the world&#8217;s largest facilities for producing clean-burning hydrogen marked its opening on Saturday, in a demonstration of northeastern Japan&#8217;s revival from the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Located in the town of Namie, just north of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mfadhzir\/2020\/10\/12\/fukushima-powers-up-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-hydrogen-plants\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25178,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rd","category-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mfadhzir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mfadhzir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mfadhzir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mfadhzir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mfadhzir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mfadhzir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mfadhzir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mfadhzir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mfadhzir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/mfadhzir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}