Toyota Australia has unveiled a hydrogen production facility and refuelling station at its decommissioned car factory in Altona, Melbourne, ahead of the arrival in Australia of its second-generation fuel-cell car, the Mirai FCEV.
The facility includes a 200-kilowatt electrolyser powered by an on-site 84-kilowatt solar array and a 100-kilowatt battery.The electrolyser has the capacity to make 80 kilograms of hydrogen per day, enough to fill only around 14 Toyota Mirais, which will arrive in Australia in April.
The centre also includes a stationary fuel cell that can be used to generate electricity to power the site. The $7.37 million facility was built with a $3.04 million investment from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).
Toyota is pitching the centre as the “first commercial refuelling station in Victoria”, and given the scarcity of hydrogen refuelling options, it is under no illusions about demand. Instead, it is promoting it as an early-stage testing ground for hydrogen technology - Link
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