Discussions with Toyota Tsusho Corporation

POWERHOUSE ENERGY GROUP PLC - Discussions with Toyota Tsusho Corporation

PR Newswire

London, November 26

PowerHouse Energy Group plc

("PowerHouse" or the "Company")

Discussions with Toyota Tsusho Corporation 

PowerHouse Energy Group plc (AIM: PHE), the UK technology company pioneering hydrogen production from waste plastic and used tyres and developer of the DMG® System is pleased to announce that it has received a formal invitation from Toyota Tsusho Corporation of Japan to engage in advanced commercial discussions regarding the PowerHouse DMG® technology.

This invitation has been made subsequent to an extensive review of the DMG® technology by Toyota Tsusho’s Chemical Business Development Division and subsequent to PHE having achieved its recent “Statement of Feasibility” by DNV-GL, a leading provider of technical assurance world-wide.

Following Toyota Tsusho’s review of the PHE Basic Engineering Package and the DNV-GL technical qualification process, PHE now welcome the news that Toyota Tusho have positively reviewed the DMG® technology and consider that DMG® and its application within Japan and Asia offers significant potential.

Mr. Takashi Torigoe, General Manager, Chemical Business Development stated:

"We have been reviewing Power House Energy's DMG technology over the last few months and take great interest in it. We are excited and looking forward to a potential partnership in Japan and possibly worldwide."

Discussions with Toyota Tsusho have been led by our UK Project Development Team, Waste2Tricity Ltd. with support from our technical team. It is expected that the next level of work for Toyota Tsusho by PHE will include further technical and commercial application engineering for the Toyota Tusho/W2T Project teams to secure regional early adopters to enhance the project pipeline in a variety of geographies.

Keith Allaun, CEO of PowerHouse commented:

“Whilst there can be no certainty these negotiations will result in a formal agreement, I’m extremely enthusiastic about this opportunity to explore how our DMG® technology can be exploited in Japan - an ideal market for our Systems. 

“Toyota is taking a leading role globally in the use of hydrogen in transport and appears to recognize the value proposition that our distributed system has with it’s small foot-print, its efficiency, and its ability to deliver road-quality hydrogen, at a competitive price, as and when its needed.”

Toyota Tsusho is one of the 17 members of the Toyota Group. On its website, Toyota Tsusho is described, “As the Toyota Group's sole general trading company, we gather information and promote the development of new business from a global perspective. As automotive professionals with unique capabilities and know-how, we strive to lead the Toyota Group in the challenge to develop the evolution of next-generation mobility to contribute to the development of both society and the Toyota Group.” 

For more information, contact:

PowerHouse Energy Group plc  Tel: +44 (0) 203 368 6399Keith Allaun, Chief Executive Officer

WH Ireland Limited (Nominated Adviser) Tel: +44 (0) 207 220 1666James Joyce / Chris Viggor

Turner Pope Investments Ltd (Joint Broker) Tel: +44 (0) 203 621 4120Ben Turner / James Pope

Ikon Associates(Media enquiries) Tel: +44 (0) 1483 271291Adrian Shaw Mob: +44 (0) 7979 900733

About PowerHouse EnergyPowerHouse Energy has developed a proprietary process technology - DMG® - which can utilise waste plastic, end-of-life-tyres, and other waste streams to efficiently and economically convert them into EcoSynthesis gas from which valuable products such as chemical precursors, hydrogen, electricity and other industrial products may be derived. The PowerHouse technology is one of the world’s first proven, modular, hydrogen from waste (HfW) processes.

The PowerHouse DMG® process can generate in excess of 1 tonne of road-fuel quality H2, and more than 28MW/h of exportable electricity per day.

The PowerHouse process produces low levels of safe residues and requires a small operating footprint, making it suitable for deployment at enterprise and community level.

PowerHouse is quoted on the London Stock Exchange's AIM Market under the ticker: PHE, and is incorporated in the United Kingdom.

For more information see www.powerhouseenergy.net

About Waste2tricity Ltd

Established in 2008, Waste2Tricity is a structured solutions provider to the energy-from-waste (EfW) sector, an industry supplying increasing amounts of electricity using feedstock diverted from landfill. Waste2Tricity works with clients and partners to develop, fund and support EfW deployment projects that use proven technology, are profitable and progressive. In the case of PHE these projects will use high temperature gasification and internal combustion engines to efficiently convert waste plastic to energy and in the future can produce hydrogen to support the growth of the hydrogen economy.