RE: Kawasaki & Yamaha to jointly develop hydrogen-powered engines12 Jan 2022 15:18
"Strategy
In 2017, Japan issued the Basic Hydrogen Strategy, becoming the first country to adopt a national hydrogen framework. The national government has also issued several strategic documents covering technological and economic aspects, such as the Strategic Roadmap for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells (2014, 2016, 2019), and the green growth strategy.
Japan is focused on expanding its hydrogen market from two million tons per year today to three million tons per year by 2030 and 20 million tons per year by 2050; through scale, the country seeks to drive down the cost of hydrogen to about one-third of the current level by 2030. In March 2019, the Japanese government updated its Strategic Roadmap for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells (initially adopted in June 2014 and previously revised in 2016). The roadmap presented new targets on the specifications of basic technologies and cost breakdowns and defined measures that are needed to achieve these targets. For example, the mobility targets included 200,000 FCVs by 2025 and 800,000 by 2030, as well as 320 fueling stations by 2025 and 900 by 2030."
https://www.csis.org/analysis/japans-hydrogen-industrial-strategy
"TOKYO, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Japan and Russia on Thursday agreed to work together on hydrogen and ammonia production, the Japanese industry ministry said on Thursday, as the long-time partners in oil and natural gas shift the focus to cleaner alternatives to fossil fuels."
"Japan, an investor in Russia's Sakhalin liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility and importer of Russian oil, has a target of carbon neutrality by 2050, while Russia has said it will cut its 2030 emissions to 70% of 1990 levels, a target it should achieve because of de-industrialisation since the Soviet Union broke up in 1991."
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/japan-russia-cooperate-hydrogen-ammonia-fight-climate-change-2021-09-02/
"· Project finance plan being developed further to ongoing discussions with Asian investors"
Quack quack, looks like all of the very top level ducks are lined up to me.
GLA