Honda Begins Joint Demonstration of Stationary Fuel Cell Power Station Designed to Utilize By-product Hydrogen and Repurposed Automotive Fuel Cells – Data Centers

Honda Begins Joint Demonstration of Stationary Fuel Cell Power Station Designed to Utilize By-product Hydrogen and Repurposed Automotive Fuel Cells – Data Centers

Honda Begins Joint Demonstration of Stationary Fuel Cell Power Station Designed to Utilize By-product Hydrogen and Repurposed Automotive Fuel Cells

Striving to contribute to the “green transformation” (GX) of data centers and the digital transformation (DX) of municipalities and local businesses

TOKYO, Japan, August 1, 2025 – (JCN Newswire) – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda) has started a demonstration project jointly with Tokuyama Corporation (Tokuyama) and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), to operate a data center using by-product hydrogen and a stationary fuel cell (FC) power station designed to reuse FC systems from fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). The companies today held an opening ceremony at the demonstration site located in Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. 

Honda Begins Joint Demonstration of Stationary Fuel Cell Power Station Designed to Utilize By-product Hydrogen and Repurposed Automotive Fuel Cells

Striving to contribute to the “green transformation” (GX) of data centers and the digital transformation (DX) of municipalities and local businesses

TOKYO, Japan, August 1, 2025 – (JCN Newswire) – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda) has started a demonstration project jointly with Tokuyama Corporation (Tokuyama) and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), to operate a data center using by-product hydrogen and a stationary fuel cell (FC) power station designed to reuse FC systems from fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). The companies today held an opening ceremony at the demonstration site located in Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. 

In this demonstration, electricity from multiple sources, such as 1) a stationary FC power station that utilizes by-product hydrogen, 2) the power grid, 3) stationary batteries (BESS*¹), and 4) renewable energy sources will be combined to verify more efficient and optimal power configuration for different patterns of operation.

The following specific patterns of stationary FC power station utilization, based on various possible scenarios, will be demonstrated by switching among these operation patterns via an Energy Management System (EMS):

1) Use as a backup power source
2) Use as an off-grid primary power s1ource
3) Use for peak shaving of grid electricity consumption
4) Use for grid supply-demand balancing, including supplying electricity back to the grid

In addition to verifying the practicality and business viability of stationary FC power station operation, a wide range of potential applications will be explored through this demonstration project. 

*1 BESS: Battery Energy Storage System
*2 Peak shaving: Reducing electricity consumption during peak demand periods

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