Fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs) have for decades being described as a solution for green transportation. In 2014, Toyota started the sale of a FCV for personal transportation, MIRAI, to the public in Japan, having gotten about 1500 orders in a month. Hyundai has also sent a commercial FCV, ix35 FCEV, to the market for two years with limited release. Production of FCVs will ramp up in the coming years.
Welcome to a seminar, organized by IVA, the Chemical Society of Japan, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, the Sweden-Japan Foundation and the Embassy of Japan to learn more about fuel-cell vehicle technology and the opportunities it offers.
The keynote presentation will be given by Mr. Koichi Kojima, Project General Manager of Fuel Cell System Engineering & Development Division, Toyota Motor Corporation.
Additional participants include Karin Byman, ÅF, Göran Lindbergh, KTH, Hans G Pettersson, Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation and Cecilia Wallmark, SWECO.
The closing panel discussion will focus on opportunities for Sweden:
- What can we learn from Japan?
- What is the outlook for cost efficient hydrogen production from renewable energy?
- Which are the challenges?
- Is it time for Sweden to start planning for an infrastructure for FCVs?
Programme
17:00 Welcome and Introduction
Professor Göran Lindbergh, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Keynote lecture: “MIRAI”, Toyota FCV toward Hydrogen Society
Mr. Koichi Kojima, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan
Invited lecture: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Transport,
implementation plans in Sweden and Europe
Cecilia Wallmark, SWECO
Panel
Karin Byman, Head of Department Sustainable Building Management, ÅF
Cecilia Wallmark, Section Manager, Energy Strategies, SWECO
Hans G Pettersson, Deputy Director, Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation
19:00 Dinner
