The “Centrair Cargo Area H2 Filling Station” which Suzuki Shokan had been developing since the end of 2017 completed in this autumn and started a regular operation. It is the first case across the country that an airport has a hydrogen station for FC forklifts using a renewable energy. They held an opening ceremony at the site on November 2.

The stationary H2 Filling Station of Centrair Cargo Area serves to supply hydrogen to the FC forklift (FCFL) owners in the cargo area.

In the cargo marshalling area, seven FCFLs are planned for handling air cargoes. More utilization of FC in the airport seems to be expected starting with the planned verification and introduction of FC towing tractors for marshalling.

The equipment for Centrair H2 filling station specified in the table has introduced the design and construction technologies of Air Products of USA with which Suzuki Shokan ties up regarding the H2 station for FCFL.

A CO2-free process from production to utilization has been realized as the hydrogen to fill is produced using the PV power system (50kW) in the plant premises. The Aichi Prefectural government issued a certificate to authorize the production plan of low-CO2 hydrogen based on its “Low CO2 Hydrogen Authorization System” which started in April 2018.
The construction cost is estimated to be about 350 million yen.

For reference, part of the construction cost was procured from the subsidy of the Ministry of Environment 2017 and the Aichi Prefectural Government which amounted to 260 million yen in total.

President Yoshihiko Suzuki as sponsor of the ceremony spoke with great confidence in his greeting speech, “In the course of our efforts as a member of the working group to promote introduction of the industrial FC vehicles into Aichi Prefecture, we have reached the completion and awarded the order to manage it at this time and are blessed to inaugurate the opening today. We ourselves kept an eye on the prospective future of renewable energy and hydrogen to prevent global warming. It has led us to the completion of this facility. We would like to make our very best to fill hydrogen in this area.”