/technologies/power-management/b/blog/posts/japan-is-working-on-three-surprising-hydrogen-projectsRendering of the co-firing hydrogen engine built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries. (Image Credit: Kawasaki ) Kawasaki Heavy Industries constructed the first-ever 8MW KG Series co-firing hydrogen engine, which generates electricity. It operates on naturalen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/power-management/b/blog/posts/japan-is-working-on-three-surprising-hydrogen-projectsSat, 21 Feb 2026 19:17:12 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:d876be32-2eab-43da-9ff0-0e1f55d51ecdDAB0<p>Hydrogen is the only future fuel worth pursuing for reliable on demand power.</p> <p>It is easy to get, easy to use, just not easy to store.</p> <p>Once you have hydrogen, it is also fairly simple to make more complex hydrocarbon fuels, that are more easy to store.</p> <p>Kudos to the Japanese for thinking long term, especially since they lack a source of oil.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=29535&AppID=4&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">