More vehicles to run on fuel extracted from cow dung in future: Toyota to produce more hydrogen fuel
Japanese carmaker Toyota has announced a new plant to generate hydrogen fuel extracted from bio-waste like cow dung.
At a time when so much has been talked about the cow in India, including the supposed health benefits its urine gives, Toyota has said it will use bio-waste including cowdung to extract large quantities of zero-emission hydrogen fuel to power more vehicles in future.
The Japanese carmaker, which makes hydrogen cars, announced at the Los Angeles Auto Show 2017 that it would “build the world’s first megawatt-scale carbonate fuel cell power generation plant with a hydrogen fueling station to support its operations at the Port of Long Beach.”
The Tri-Gen refinery facility will use bio-waste from California farms, cattle excreta, including cow dungs, and other waste materials to generate water, electricity and hydrogen. Read more…