Green Hydrogen from Fukushima Fueling Zero-Carbon Initiatives

Solar panels cover the 180,000 square-meter site.

Giant hydrogen containment tanks tower over the solar farm.

A display at the Fukushima facility shows different uses for hydrogen.

The hydrogen production unit produces and stores the element based on forecasted market demand.

Gas holders at the site store up to 150 cubic meters of hydrogen.

Each hydrogen trailer can carry 240 kilograms of hydrogen stored at 200 times atmospheric pressure.

The Olympic Torch Relay at Tokyo 2020 featured torches fueled by hydrogen from the plant.

The mobile supermarket at the Futaba town office.

The brightly colored vehicle is easy to spot.

Aeon Namie is one of the few such shops serving the local community.

Nitta Shin’ya, manager of Aeon Namie.

The mobile supermarket refueling at the Namie town office.

Refueling the hydrogen vehicle is similar to filling the tank of a gasoline-powered car.

Hot drinks are among the many items on offer.

Items are unloaded and displayed from the rear of the vehicle.

The truck makes a stop at the Futaba Business Incubation and Community Center.

Customers often chat with staff while they shop.

Sales staff display popular snacks and drinks.

Town office employees buy lunch at the mobile supermarket.

The recently opened Namie Hydrogen Station is supplied by the Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field.

With new municipal housing going up near Futaba station, demand for the mobile supermarket is unlikely to diminish anytime soon.