Thailand's CP Group, Toyota Will Begin Producing Hydrogen From Farm Waste Using Biogas

Toyota's Asia-Pacific headquarters in Samut Prakan province, south of Bangkok, will get hydrogen-making equipment powered by biogas.

The biogas will be produced from chicken manure supplied by CP Group and other parties, as well as food waste from the Toyota regional headquarters cafeteria. According to the automaker, this will be the first time that Toyota or Thailand will launch a pilot project to produce hydrogen using biogas.

Mitsubishi Kakoki will supply the equipment, which can produce 1,000 litres of hydrogen per hour, which is a small amount suitable for such experiments.

Toyota and Toyota Tsusho will develop a system to compress, store, and transport biogas and hydrogen. Toyota has not stated how much money it will invest in the project.

The initiative is part of the automaker's partnership with CP Group, which operates in industries such as retail, distribution, and agriculture. The two companies agreed to investigate producing hydrogen from biogas and using it to power hydrogen-powered delivery trucks that CP plans to add to its fleet in order to reduce carbon emissions. Although there is no set timeline, the equipment will eventually be used for the project.

Toyota's new management team, which took over in April, has bolstered pledges to compete in the electric vehicle market and catch up with rivals such as Tesla of the United States.
However, the automaker maintains that EVs are only one option for achieving carbon neutrality in the transportation sector. It is enthusiastic about developing hydrogen technology for use in fuel cell vehicles.
Source: Forbes