The arrival of a hydrogen society

It is well known that METI (the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Japan) was first ahead to propose a clean society in 2013 and created several technological themes using hydrogen as an energy source. If you view it now again, every developed country puts hydrogen energy first and then formulates a scenario of renewable energy.
A few decades ago, hydrogen was said to be a dangerous substance (gas). Still, Toyota Motor’s “MIRAI” using hydrogen as an energy source, apart from the price, I think it was an epoch-making demonstration technology and a product, which Japan has shown to the world.
It is no exaggeration to say that this demonstration has triggered the boom the construction of a hydrogen-based society worldwide.

Hydrogen energy and CO2 reduction

Indeed, hydrogen energy does not emit CO2, but it is also a fact that it emits new CO2 because it uses electricity in the process of making hydrogen. Also, even if we can build a hydrogen-based society ten years from now, we must not forget the reality of how to dispose the CO2 emitted in the next ten years.
The current CO2 disposal technology is trying to adopt a method called CCUS, in which the emitted CO2 is separated and buried deep in the ground. However, it can be said that the method for embedding in the ground has not been able to exceed the test stage yet.
Under these circumstances, the CO2 removal and disposal technology we have developed would remove and dispose CO2 contained in natural gas, CO2 emitted from coal-fired power generation, and CO2 emitted from factories. Besides, since it does not require new power for removal and disposing, it does not emit new CO2 either.
We are confident that our developed CO2 removal and disposal technology will significantly contribute to the construction of a hydrogen-based society.