● Installation costs: Cost of installing solar power generation equipment
Subsidize the cost of installing on-site solar power generation equipment to produce Green Hydrogen
Promoting the installation of hydrogen refueling stations
Expansion details
(1) Extended subsidies for hydrogen refueling station installation
● Installation costs: Subsidies for buildings, such as administration buildings and canopies
Provide subsidies for buildings, such as administration buildings and canopies
● Operation costs: Additional subsidies for operation costs due to extended business hours
Increase subsidies for operation costs due to extended business hours between 8 p.m. and 9 a.m. (Further increasedsubsidies between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.)
(2) Additional subsidies for expanding the introduction of Green Hydrogen [New]
● Installation costs: Cost of installing water electrolyzers
Subsidize the cost of installing water electrolyzers to produce Green Hydrogen
● Operation costs: Green power purchase costs
Subsidize the price difference between regular electricity and green power when hydrogen is produced through water electrolysis on-site using green power
(3) Additional subsidies for expanding subsidies for small and medium-sized businesses [New]
● Installation costs: Subsidies for schematic design fee
Subsidize the cost of schematic design required for applying for national subsidies
● Operation costs: Subsidies for the purchase of equipment spare parts
Subsidize the cost of purchasing spare parts, such as compressor piston rings and refueling hoses, for the stable operation of hydrogen refueling stations
● Operation costs: Subsidies for unexpected equipment repair costs
Subsidize unexpected equipment repair costs in the event of equipment failure or damage
Installation costs
| Subsidization targets | Subsidy rates | Upper limits | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National govt. & TMG | Large hydrogen refueling station with supply capacity of 500 Nm3/h or more | Full subsidies | 1B yen | |
| Medium-sized hydrogen refueling station | With supply capacity of 300 Nm3/h or more and less than 500 Nm3/h | 4/5 for large enterprises, 5/5 for SMEs | 500M yen | |
| With supply capacity of 50 Nm3/h or more and less than 300 Nm3/h | 360M yen | |||
| Small hydrogen refueling station with supply capacity of less than 50 Nm3/h | 4/5 for large enterprises, 5/5 for SMEs | [Expanded] 200M yen | ||
| TMG | Extension/retrofits for buses/trucks | 4/5 for large enterprises, 5/5 for SMEs | 400M yen | |
| Installation of barrier walls | 4/5 for large enterprises, 5/5 for SMEs | 30M yen | ||
| Removal/relocation of existing equipment | 4/5 for large enterprises, 5/5 for SMEs | 30M yen | ||
| Land development | 4/5 for large enterprises, 5/5 for SMEs | 200M yen | ||
| Construction etc.[Expanded] | 4/5 for large enterprises, 5/5 for SMEs | 100M yen | ||
| Including next-generation canopies | 200M yen | |||
| Hydrogen refueling stations for other fuel cell mobility | 4/5 for large enterprises, 5/5 for SMEs | 300M yen | ||
| Laying of hydrogen pipelines | 4/5 for large enterprises, 5/5 for SMEs | 1B yen | ||
| Schematic design fee not eligible for the national government subsidies [New] | 5/5 for SMEs only | 10M yen | ||
| Installation of solar power generation equipment[New] | 4/5 for large enterprises, 5/5 for SMEs | 200M yen | ||
| Installation of water electrolyzers[New] | 4/5 for large enterprises, 5/5 for SMEs | 1B yen | ||
| Loss expense* | Full subsidies | 5M yen | ||
* Subsidizing loss expense during business suspension due to installation, addition, or retrofits of hydrogen supply equipment
Equipment owning & operating costs
| Subsidization targets | Upper limits |
|---|---|
| Equipment o&o costs for passenger cars | 5M yen for large enterprises, 10M yen for SMEs |
| Equipment o&o costs for one bus line | 10M yen for large enterprises, 20M yen for SMEs |
| Equipment o&o costs for two bus lines | 20M yen for large enterprises, 40M yen for SMEs |
| Equipment owning & operating costs (additional subsidies due to extended business hours) [Expanded] |
2,000 yen/h for large enterprises, 4,000 yen/h for SMEs if they operate between 8 p.m. and 9 a.m. Further increased (1.25-fold) subsidies between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. |
| Equipment spare parts purchase costs [New] | 5M yen for SMEs only |
| Unexpected equipment repair costs [New] | 10M yen for SMEs only |
| Green power purchase costs [New] | Price difference between green power and regular electricity for SMEs only |
| Land rent for stations installed in and after 2022 | Subsidy rates: 4/5 for large enterprises, 5/5 for SMEs |
Fuel costs
| Subsidization targets | Upper limits |
|---|---|
| Hydrogen fuel costs | 2,051 yen/kg for large enterprises, 2,315 yen/kg for SMEs (Price difference between hydrogen and diesel oil) [Expanded] |
| Administrative costs | 132 yen/kg for large enterprises, 290 yen/kg for SMEs [Expanded] |
(Subsidies for fuel costs for fuel cell buses are provided via hydrogen refueling stations)
