NEDO Attends Opening Ceremony of the Direct MCH® Large Scale Demonstration Plant

On October 6, Mr. MATSUMOTO Shintaro, Executive Director of NEDO, attended the opening ceremony of the Direct MCH® Large Scale Demonstration Plant in Queensland, Australia, hosted by ENEOS Corporation.

The Direct MCH® Large Scale Demonstration Plant was constructed by ENEOS Corporation as part of “Direct MCH electrosynthesis technology development” under NEDO’s Green Innovation Fund Project “Large-scale Hydrogen Supply Chain Establishment,” specifically its R&D theme “Development of Innovative Liquefaction, Hydrogenation, and Dehydrogenation Technology”.

The project aims to reduce costs across the entire green hydrogen supply chain by enabling the direct, single-step synthesis of methylcyclohexane (MCH), a hydrogen carrier.

The ceremony was attended by many stakeholders, including Mr. MATSUMOTO Shintaro, Executive Director of NEDO; Mr. YAMAGUCHI Atsuji, Representative Director and President of ENEOS Corporation; the Honourable Rosslyn (Ros) Bates MP, Minister for Finance, Trade, Employment and Training, Queensland State Government; Ms. Catherine Zerger, Branch Head, Emerging Industries Branch, Adaptation and Future Industries Division, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW); Dr. KUROMIYA Takayoshi, Minister and Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Japan in Australia; and Ms. SANUKI Ritsuko, Director, Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Strategy Office, Hydrogen and Ammonia Division, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy.

Press release by ENEOS Corporation

Ribbon-cutting ceremony (first from the right: Mr. MATSUMOTO Shintaro, Executive Director of NEDO)

Direct MCH® Large Scale Demonstration Plant