Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R) is the world's largest hydrogen production facility using renewable energy. It is located in

Fukushima Prefecture Fukushima Prefecture (; ja, 福島県, Fukushima-ken, ) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Fukushima Prefecture has a population of 1,810,286 () and has a geographic area of . Fukushima Prefecture borders Miya ...

in Japan. The construction was started on 2018 and completed in 2018. It was inagurated by

Shinzo Abe Shinzo Abe ( ; ja, 安倍晋三, Hepburn romanization, Hepburn: , ; 21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), President of the Lib ...

in 2020. The facility uses 10 mw of solar electricity which is installed near the production facility. The facility can produce 1,200 Nm³ of hydrogen per hour. It was jointly established by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Tohoku Electric Power and Iwatani Corporation.

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