Torch of torch relay to use hydrogen fuel in Fukushima, Aichi, Tokyo 18:36 on January 24
The Olympic Organizing Committee has revealed plans to use hydrogen fuel in parts of Fukushima Prefecture, where the domestic relay starts, and Tokyo, the host city, about the torch of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay, which is about to start six months later. .
The torch relay of the Tokyo Olympics will start with the soccer facility "J Village", which became the base of decommissioning work for the nuclear accident in Fukushima, focusing on the "Reconstruction Olympics" from the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 26. .
The torch used for the torch relay uses LP gas = liquefied petroleum gas as fuel, but the Organizing Committee has stated that while climate change is becoming a social problem, it wants to use hydrogen energy that does not emit carbon dioxide as part of the torch. We have officially announced the use of hydrogen fuel.
Hydrogen-powered torches are used in Fukushima Prefecture, the starting point for domestic relays, Aichi Prefecture, where Toyota Motor Corporation's headquarters cooperated with the technology development of hydrogen-powered torches, and Tokyo, the host city. That is.
The Organizing Committee also plans to use the 100% hydrogen fuel for the torch head and to disseminate environmental considerations to the world.