Japanese trading house Itochu Corp has agreed to supply wind-generated power to Meta Platforms in the United States and solar energy to Amazon in Japan, it said on Wednesday. Itochu would supply wind-generated power to Meta from the Texas-based Prairie Switch Wind project, set to have capacity of 160 megawatts when launched towards the end […]
Itochu, Air Liquide eye hydrogen supply chain in Japan
Japanese trading house Itochu and its energy trading subsidiary Itochu Enex have agreed with French industrial gas supplier Air Liquide to develop a hydrogen supply chain near major Japanese cities and tap potential growth in demand to supply fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). The three firms are planning to jointly discuss the possibility of a […]
Itochu, Air Liquide eye world’s largest scale hydrogen plant in Chubu, Japan
Tokyo Japan’s Itochu said Feb. 26 it was considering building the world’s largest scale liquefied hydrogen plant in Chubu in the central Japan from options including LNG at the earliest possible date with Air Liquide Japan and Itochu Enex under a strategic collaboration to develop hydrogen supply chain. The move follows signing of a memorandum […]
BYD’s EV Battery Recycling Goes Global with Itochu
Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD will transform old EV batteries into power storage for rewnewable energy and factories across the globe in a new partnership with a Chinese startup and Japanese trading house Itochu. The ship-container-sized power units will begin to go on sale as early as fiscal 2021 Asia, the U.S. and Europe. The […]
Dubai plans world-class waste-to-energy plant run by Itochu
Half of the city’s trash to be converted to electricity, serving 140,000 households TOKYO : Japanese trading house Itochu and engineering company Hitachi Zosen have secured an order to build and operate one of the world’s largest waste-to-energy plants in Dubai, tapping new demand in the heart of one of the world’s top oil-producing regions. […]
