Japan plans to use hydrogen energy at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

ArabiaWeather.com – The Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2020 will be very different from all the past Olympics.

And at a time when the world wants to move towards relying on green energy, therefore the Japanese government has announced that it intends to take advantage of the Summer Olympics as a venue for demonstrating hydrogen energy technology.

This will undoubtedly be an expensive process, but this will ensure that the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be more environmentally friendly than the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

The Japanese government wants to foster a “hydrogen society” by 2020, with a budget that could exceed $300 million when it comes to building enough hydrogen-powered infrastructure.

Regardless, there are plans to launch at least 100 hydrogen-powered buses in and around the city, apart from other private cars.

Toyota Mirai will be the first hydrogen-powered car in the world to be produced, in addition to other cars from Honda and Nissan. As for the Japanese government, it would like to see 6,000 hydrogen-powered cars by 2020.

The Japanese government has allocated about $385 million in subsidies to potential car buyers, not to mention using that money to build and install hydrogen fueling stations.