Located at its Morimachi Factory in Japan, Yamaha will begin development and verification of technologies and techniques for melting aluminium alloy with hydrogen, beginning in 2025.
By the end of 2026, Yamaha expects to complete the development of technologies for melting aluminium alloy and heat-treating cast parts using hydrogen gas, before they gradually implement them at domestic and international casting factories from 2027.
In addition, Yamaha are considering the introduction of equipment for producing green hydrogen and methanation equipment to create e-methane without the use of external heat sources. They plan to achieve this in collaboration with Shizuoka University.
H2 View understands the development of the testing facility will be part of the company’s efforts to minimise scope 1 CO2 emissions across its products.
A statement released by the company said, “We judged that electrification is not suited for the melting process in terms of energy efficiency, as it requires a large amount of heat, so we turned our attention to hydrogen energy.”
Earlier this year, Yamaha unveiled its hydrogen-powered golf buggy in the US, before it was demonstrated at the Yamaha Marine Innovation Centre in April.
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