Mitsubishi Heavy taps U.S. partner for $2bn hydrogen project

Project with Bakken Energy in North Dakota to sequester 6m tons of CO2 a year

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Bakken Energy will team on a new plant that will extract hydrogen from natural gas, which North Dakota produces along with shale oil. © Reuters

RYOSUKE HANAFUSA, Nikkei staff writer

HOUSTON -- Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is working with U.S.-based Bakken Energy on what is set to be one of North America's largest clean hydrogen projects, aiming to produce more than 300,000 tons of the fuel per year.

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