Air Water to Build New Hydrogen Plant at Chiba Gas Field; Domestic Production to Increase as Demand Expected

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Air Water will build a hydrogen production factory in Chiba Prefecture. The plant will be built on a gas field and hydrogen will be produced by directly reforming natural gas. Although hydrogen is facing headwinds, with a series of plans to import hydrogen from overseas being set back, hydrogen production companies believe that demand will continue to expand in the medium to long term. To ensure supply capacity for new fuels in a decarbonized ag…