Japan: ENEOS, Toyota to build a hydrogen station for Woven City project
Both companies have commenced the construction of the facility that they will both operate to produce and supply CO2-free hydrogen before the opening of the city.
ENEOS Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation have signed a joint agreement to explore CO2-free hydrogen production and usage at Woven City, the prototype city of the future that Toyota has started to develop in Japan. Alongside Toyota’s subsidiary Woven Planet Holdings, Inc. they will accelerate efforts by managing technical logistics.
The Basic Agreement signed in 2021 specifies that the site will produce and supply CO2-free hydrogen to Woven City and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles. In addition, they will research and design a hydrogen supply and demand management system. The ENEOS hydrogen station is scheduled to begin operations before the opening of Woven City in 2024-2025.
The Woven City project is what the company calls the “prototype city of the future” to be developed in Susono City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. This collaboration expedites their aim toward realising a truly carbon-neutral society and will facilitate and normalise clean energy operations first at Woven City and eventually the world. The initiative seeks to create “happiness” through mobility of "people," "goods," and "information."
