Future World

Capture the coming era

In response to the growing climate change due to the expansion of human activity, there are active movements worldwide to reduce greenhouse gases and maintain the sustainability of the earth, including the Paris Agreement in 2015.

However, while there is an UN announcement that the goal of the Paris Agreement is "far from being achieved" as it is, the greenhouse gas reduction range will be further increased in each country from the initial goal setting of the reduction target by 2030.

Under such circumstances, consideration is given to the introduction and increase of carbon tax worldwide, and it is expected for the efforts of decarbonization will become more active in corporate activities from the perspective of a going concern.

Vision

The purpose of Co-Creation

Promoting decarbonization and sustainability globally, key factors shall be utilization of clean energy.

Among them, hydrogen, which is clean and exists all over the world, and can be procured from various resources, is attracting attention.

Through the usage of hydrogen, for example, the following problem-solving approaches can be considered.

• Power conversion of mobility devices and equipment, which used to be powered by fossil fuels, to fuel cells.
• Development of infrastructure to deliver hydrogen safely and stably to each facility.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. has world-class hydrogen-related technology for producing, transporting, and utilizing hydrogen, and will take on the challenge of building a sustainable energy ecosystem by utilizing our technology, especially in the field of utilizing hydrogen.

Intellectual Capital

Potentials for the future

In this challenge, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. is planning to utilize the following strengths cultivated over many years of research and development and manufacturing sites.

• High-precision gas control technology and production technology for high-pressure hydrogen gas (70MPa) cultivated through the development of hydrogen gas valves for FCVs
• Knowledge of energy-saving and control system design based on our 100-year track record of "controlling" the movement of various equipment and mobility such as construction machinery, industrial machinery, and marine machinery.
• Hydraulic / electrical control technology that converts natural energy into electrical energy via hydraulic energy and its development results cultivated in the wave power generation system, which is a power generation facility that uses wave energy.

Potential Partner

Partners expecting for Co-Creation

• Players who want to use high-pressure hydrogen gas to break away from existing fossil fuel-powered equipment and products
• Players who want to challenge the manufacture of fuel cell systems
• Players who want to further increase the pressure of hydrogen gas currently in use and take on the challenge of strengthening product functions and improving operational efficiency.
• In addition, we seek all partners who sympathize with the above-mentioned objectives and issues and want to co-create solutions for a sustainable energy society through the utilization of hydrogen.

Asset

Assets provided by the Organizer

High-precision control technology for high-pressure hydrogen gas

Based on the fluid control technology that Kawasaki has developed through its many years of developing and manufacturing hydraulic devices, we have succeeded in development and mass-production of high-pressure gas valves for fuel cell vehicles. It has a highly accurate control technology that can instantly reduce or keep the extremely high-pressure hydrogen gas (70MPa) to a predetermined pressure.This technology can contribute to environments that require high-pressure hydrogen control, including high-pressure hydrogen storage systems in fuel cell systems.

Knowledge of control system design through delivery record of hydraulic system for industrial machinery

In the field of industrial machinery, such as electric power, steelmaking, and forging, we have track records of wide range of delivering hydraulic systems. Through this achievement, we accumulated the knowledge of actuator with highly accurate speed, position, and pressure control. This leads to the construction of various systems with high performance, high accuracy, and high efficiency by utilizing these knowledge for high-pressure hydrogen gas facilities.

Achievements in the development of wave power generation systems that produce clean energy

We have developed a wave power generation system that converts wave energy into electrical energy through the power of hydraulic pressure. We have succeeded in proving energy generation technology not relying on fossil fuels. This contributes to the implementation of facilities and products for clean energy with hydrogen.

Professional team of mechanical and electrical technology

We have highly specialized human resources in both mechanical engineering and electrical engineering fields, and we can form a consistent development team with integrated mechanical and electrical equipment, from electrical commands to machines to mechanical actuator design to move everything. In addition, we have advanced analysis technology and control technology that support high reliability and high performance of products, and by utilizing these technologies, we have realized highly accurate control of high-pressure hydrogen and hydraulic systems.

• Analysis technology: Dynamic behavior analysis, FEM, CFD, etc.
• Control technology: software, IoT compatible, control board, etc.

Global customer & supplier networks

In the fields of construction machinery, industrial machinery, and marine machinery, we have built solid relationship of trust by providing products and solutions to customers all over the world for past 100+ years. In addition, we have a supply chain and a network of dealers that have closely cooperated in the design, SI, and sales of hydraulic equipment to achieve the above.
With the Kawasaki brand, we will be the leading company of effective generation with hydrogen for creating society by sustainable energy.