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TOKYO GOVERNOR EYES ‘HYDROGEN PIPELINE’ FOR THE CAPITAL

By SHIN KASAHARA/ Staff Writer

November 27, 2022 at 07:00 JST

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Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike sees an exhibition on Japan’s decarbonization
technologies at a COP27 venue in Egypt on Nov. 7. (Shinichi Sekine)

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike announced plans to build a hydrogen supply network
of pipelines in the capital as an energy resource to cut down on greenhouse gas
emissions.

Koike made the pitch Nov. 8 at a meeting on “green hydrogen” during the COP27
summit in Egypt.

Green hydrogen is derived from renewable energy sources and has minimal impact
on the environment, unlike fossil fuels.

During the meeting, Koike spoke about green hydrogen being a pillar to achieve a
decarbonated society once the system is up and running in Japan's capital.

“We have plans to build a supply system, including pipelines, to receive ‘green
hydrogen’ generated around the world,” she said.

Plans call for constructing pipelines that connect Kawasaki Port in neighboring
Kanagawa Prefecture to the capital’s waterfront area to supply Tokyo residents
with hydrogen transported to the port from overseas, according to the Tokyo
metropolitan government.

Tokyo officials are now weighing research costs for the plan in its fiscal 2023
budget as an initial step in the undertaking.

During the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics held in 2021, the metropolitan
government operated a hydrogen station in the athletes’ village in the Harumi
district of Chuo Ward in the waterfront area.

Buses to drive athletes to the venues ran on hydrogen supplied from the station.

In July, the metropolitan government laid a pipeline under a public road in the
capital to supply hydrogen to nearby areas.

A senior official of the metropolitan government, commenting on Koike’s
announcement at COP27, said, “It was a declaration at a COP conference where
world leaders congregated, that Tokyo, a huge energy-consuming city, will start
acting seriously (about hydrogen energy).”

During the meeting, Koike also referred to the capital’s new policy to require
large housebuilders to outfit newly built homes with solar panels from fiscal
2025.

“We will submit a bill to revise a bylaw to legislate the requirement to the
metropolitan assembly next month,” she said. “Tokyo will be the first example in
Japan to introduce such a system.”

Koike was the first Tokyo governor to attend a COP conference, metropolitan
government officials said.

Organizers of the COP27 told the Tokyo government they wanted Koike to attend
the meeting because she “is knowledgeable about environmental policies due to
her experience of working as environment minister.”




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