Organisation - Nippon Oil Corp. (NOC)
- Organisation type
- Commercial
- Website
- http://www.eneos.co.jp/
- Country
- JAPAN
- Business Interest
- Manufacturer
- Primary Technology
- SOFC
- Secondary Technology
- PEM
- Geographical Region of interest
- Japan
- Organisation Description
Nippon Oil is one of Japan's larget petroleum refining companies. The company is promoting the use of environment-friendly fuel cells, NOC has undertaken fuel cell-related R&D in cooperation with leading automobile manufacturers. The Company has participated in the operational testing of fuel cell vehicles in February 2001. Also, it is preparing to commercialise stationary fuel cell products for business and residential use. In July 2001, the Company began pilot operations at one of its service stations of a compact stationary fuel cell system. This system is used together with a regular electric power source to supply electricity for fuel pumps and lighting in the case of power outages or emergencies. NOC will pursue additional fuel cell R&D programs, with a view to quickly enabling the practical use of fuel cells that use petroleum fuels. Furthermore, the company is interested in the development of more compact 1kW fuel cell units for home use. In April 2003, they have started a nationwide test with 100 1kW PEM units, powered by LPG. Nippon Oil aims to sell these units by 2005 for about US$ 4,200.
The company is also taking part in the New Energy Foundation project (NEF), a programme which aims to commercialise small stationary fuel cells in Japan. In January 2004, NOC presented a prototype 10kW kerosene powered PEM fuel cell unit which will be part of the NEF project and NOC aims to sell these units by 2006 for Yen 2-3mio- Partners
- Joint development programmes with Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI)
- Fuel Cell Staff
- 0
Contact Information
- Position
- Public Relations Dept
- Address
- 3-12, Nishi Shimbashi 1-chome Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8412
- Country
- JAPAN
- Phone Number
- 81-3-3502-1124
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