本田汽车、德山株式会社和三菱公司近日联合宣布，他们将共同在日本山口县蜀南市开发一项创新示范项目，利用工业副产氢和固定式燃料电池（FC）为数据 center 提供电力。该项目由日本新能源和工业技术开发组织（NEDO）提出，旨在推动氢基创新能源的研究、开发和应用。
该项目计划使用德山株式会社盐水电解业务产生的工业副产氢，以及本田从燃料电池电动汽车（FCEV）回收利用的燃料电池搭建发电站，为三菱运营分布式数据中心提供电力。此举旨在促进数据中心的去碳化以及城市和地方企业的数字化转型。
随着生成式人工智能和自动驾驶等需要大量数据处理的技术的发展，数据中心的电力需求预计将进一步增加。因此，项目成员希望通过利用副产品氢气和燃料电池为分布式数据中心供电，应对这一挑战。
氢燃料电池汽车是电池动力汽车的潜在替代品，但其能源效率不尽相同。本田公司已在加利福尼亚州测试了作为数据中心备用能源的退役氢燃料电池，而日本新项目的目标是建立一个既可作为备用能源又可作为主要能源的固定发电厂。
氢气被认为是一种清洁燃料，因为它只会在燃料电池的电化学反应中产生水作为副产品。商业化生产的氢气是从甲烷气体中提取的，采用的是基于化石燃料的高能耗工艺。三菱公司的项目至少可以证明将氢气和耗尽燃料电池有效整合到能源业务中的可行性。
Title: Honda and Mitsubishi Collaborate on Hydrogen-powered Data Center
Keywords: Honda, Mitsubishi, Hydrogen, Data Center
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Honda Motor Co., Tokuyama Corporation, and Mitsubishi Corporation have recently announced their joint development of an innovative demonstration project that utilizes industrial by-product hydrogen and fixed fuel cells (FC) to power a data center. The project is proposed by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of Japan, aiming to promote the research, development, and application of hydrogen-based innovative energy.
The project plans to use industrial by-product hydrogen generated by Tokuyama’s saltwater electrolysis business and fuel cells recovered from Honda’s fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) to build a power generation plant for Mitsubishi’s operation of a distributed data center. This move aims to promote the decarbonization of data centers and the digital transformation of urban and local enterprises.
With the development of technologies requiring large amounts of data processing, such as generative artificial intelligence and autonomous driving, the power demand of data centers is expected to further increase. Therefore, project members aim to address this challenge by utilizing by-product hydrogen and fuel cells to power distributed data centers.
Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are potential alternatives to battery-powered vehicles, but their energy efficiency varies. Honda has already tested retired hydrogen fuel cells as backup energy for data centers in California, and the goal of the new Japanese project is to establish a fixed power generation plant that can serve as both a backup and primary energy source.
Hydrogen is considered a clean fuel because it only produces water as a by-product in the electrochemical reaction of fuel cells. Commercial hydrogen production is extracted from methane gas, using a high-energy consumption process based on fossil fuels. The Mitsubishi project can at least demonstrate the feasibility of integrating hydrogen and depleted fuel cells into the energy business effectively.
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