LONG BEACH, Calif.,
Nov. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (TMNA) will build the
world's first megawatt-scale carbonate fuel cell power generation
plant with a hydrogen fueling station to support its operations at
the Port of Long Beach. Announced
today at the Los Angeles Auto Show, the Tri-Gen facility will use
bio-waste sourced from California
agricultural waste to generate water, electricity and hydrogen.
When it comes online in 2020, Tri-Gen will generate
approximately 2.35 megawatts of electricity and 1.2 tons of
hydrogen per day, enough to power the equivalent of about 2,350
average-sized homes and meet the daily driving needs of nearly
1,500 vehicles. The power generation facility will be 100%
renewable, supplying Toyota Logistics Services' (TLS) operations at
the Port and making them the first Toyota facility in North America to use 100% renewable power.
"For more than twenty years, Toyota has been leading the
development of fuel cell technology because we understand the
tremendous potential to reduce emissions and improve society," said
Doug Murtha, Group Vice President-
Strategic Planning. "Tri-Gen is a major step forward for
sustainable mobility and a key accomplishment of our 2050
Environmental Challenge to achieve net zero CO2 emissions from our
operations."
Tri-Gen is a key step forward in Toyota's work to develop a
hydrogen society. In addition to serving as a key proof-of-concept
for 100% renewable, local hydrogen generation at scale, the
facility will supply all Toyota fuel cell vehicles moving through
the Port, including new deliveries of the Mirai sedan and Toyota's
Heavy Duty hydrogen fuel cell class 8 truck, known as Project
Portal. To support these refueling operations, Toyota has also
built one of the largest hydrogen fueling stations in the world
on-site with the help of Air Liquide.
Tri-Gen has been developed by FuelCell Energy with the support
of the US Department of Energy, California agencies including the California
Air Resources Board, South Coast Air Quality Management District,
Orange County Sanitation District, and the University of California at Irvine, whose research
helped develop the core technology. The facility exceeds
California's strict air quality
standards and advances the overall goals of the California Air
Resources Board, the California Energy Commission, and the Air
Quality Management Districts of the South Coast and the Bay Area,
who have been leaders in the work to reduce emissions and improve
air quality.
Going forward, Toyota remains committed to supporting the
development of a consumer-facing hydrogen infrastructure to realize
the potential of fuel cell vehicles. Thirty-one retail hydrogen
stations are now open for business in California, and Toyota continues to partner
with a broad range of companies to develop new stations. That
includes a partnership with Shell that represents the first such
collaboration between a major automotive and major oil
company.
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the
cultural fabric in the U.S. and North
America for 60 years, and is committed to advancing
sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus
brands. During that time, Toyota has created a tremendous
value chain as our teams have contributed to world-class design,
engineering, and assembly of more than 33 million cars and trucks
in North America, where we operate
14 manufacturing plants (10 in the U.S.) and directly employ more
than 46,000 people (more than 36,000 in the U.S.). Our 1,800
North American dealerships (nearly 1,500 in the U.S.) sold almost
2.7 million cars and trucks (2.45 million in the U.S.) in 2016 –
and about 85 percent of all Toyota vehicles sold over the past 15
years are still on the road today.
Toyota partners with community, civic, academic, and
governmental organizations to address our society's most pressing
mobility challenges. We share company resources and extensive
know-how to support non-profits to help expand their ability to
assist more people move more places. For more information about
Toyota, visit www.toyotanewsroom.com.
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