After 530 days and more than 180,000 driven kilometres, the successful trial operation of the world's first two hydrogen trains was officially completed at the end of February. Two pre-series trains of Alstom's Coradia iLint model have been in passenger service since September 2018.
An official from the Energy Ministry said, "We will make efforts to become a leading country in the global hydrogen economy by establishing an early hydrogen mobility infrastructure without inconvenience to the people."
In this Everything About Hydrogen podcast episode hosted by Inspiratia, Hydrogen Council Co-Secretary Pierre-Etienne Franc, Vice President for the Hydrogen Energy World Business Unit at Air Liquide, and Stephan Herbst, General Manager at Toyota Motor Europe, present the Hydrogen Council, its strategy, vision and perspective on the role that hydrogen can play in the energy transition and how companies can…
"What we aren't seeing is a sort of broad-based opportunity to invest in hydrogen projects and infrastructure. The policy mechanisms that would need to support that sort of investment aren't in place."