By: ICN Bureau
Last updated : August 08, 2025 3:28 pm
The initiative aims to leverage both companies' strengths to develop hydrogen fuel cells for a variety of facilities and regions
Fuji Electric Co. and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company have announced that they will jointly study the development and demonstration of a power generation system integrating fuel cells and hydrogen generators using methanol as feedstock.
The initiative aims to leverage both companies' strengths to develop hydrogen fuel cells for a variety of facilities and regions.
The study will evaluate the feasibility of commercializing a fuel cell system that uses hydrogen produced by the methanol-reforming process. The goal is to combine two companies' technologies and expertise to create a fuel cell system that efficiently and cost-effectively generates electricity using methanol-derived hydrogen. The current study targets to begin the demonstration by March 2027.
The envisioned system will use green methanol produced with MGC's Carbopath environmental recycling platform, making it possible to offset CO2 generated during methanol reforming. The system is expected to serve as a clean energy source for backup power during outages at data centers, factories and other facilities or for power generation systems to reduce peak loads.
Through these initiatives, FE and MGC will proactively develop markets for practical applications of the system, aiming to deliver clean energy supplies to a variety of regions and facilities.
Carbopath is an environmental recycling platform that generates materials and energy using methanol produced from CO2 and waste as an alternative to conventional economic activities that consume fossil resources.
Hydrogen fuel cells are expected to contribute significantly to green transformation (GX) as a clean method of power generation that produces electricity through the chemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen. However, current challenges include costs and commercial readiness of technologies for storing and transporting hydrogen.
Methanol, a type of hydrogen carrier, is well-suited for generating hydrogen on demand at the point of consumption. Methanol remains a liquid at room temperature and pressure, so it is easy to store and transport, and it can be used with existing infrastructure.