Yanmar fuel cells for power generation
During 2024 Yanmar defined fuel cell projects in power generation and maritime. We are convinced that this is not the end of the story
Yanmar studies and tests fuel cells on a thousand application scenarios, including power generation. Yanmar Energy Systems commercialized since the summer 2024 the HP35FA1Z, hydrogen fuel cell power generations system.
Yanmar fuel cells to provide clean energy
With a power output of 35 kW (35 kVA during stand alone operations), the HP35FA1Z hydrogen FC system supports the integrated control of up to 16 units.
And what happens in water?
Barely a year has passed since January last year, when Yanmar Power Technology (YPT) reported two flattering results in marine hydrogen applications. For first, Yanmar Power Technology has achieved a significant milestone as the first company in Japan to receive the Approval in Principle (AiP) for its “Maritime Hydrogen Fuel Cell System” from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK), a Japanese maritime association. And it is YPT itself that has embarked on the development of hydrogen-fuelled 4-stroke high-speed engines for power generation for coastal vessels in Japan.
And, five years ago…
Over the three years from 2015, Yanmar was commissioned by the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to formulate the outline of the “Safety Guidelines for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Ships” in collaboration with the National Maritime Research Institute and others. Five years ago we told you about the Yanmar Group’s efforts to make the wonderful chimera of hydrogen, the energy source that releases… droplets of water when exhausted, operational. Yanmar signed at that time a very Japanese memorandum of understanding with Toyota Motor Corporation to develop a hydrogen fuel cell system for maritime applications based on hydrogen fuel cell system components including high pressure hydrogen tanks on Mirai, a hydrogen fuel cell car manufactured by Toyota.
