TOKYO -- Japan's Obayashi and Kawasaki Heavy Industries will begin using hydrogen to generate power for part of Kobe in 2018, marking the first-ever use of the alternative low-emissions fuel on that scale.
The duo will work with Kansai Electric Power and the city of Kobe to provide electricity to a roughly 25-hectare area housing hotels and the Kobe International Conference Center. Government subsidies will keep electricity prices around current rates. Operational details will be hashed out between the four partners going forward.
