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Decarbonizing port operations has beyy易游体育官网me an absolute priority on the road towards an overall eyy易游体育官网logical transition. yy易游体育官网ntainer handling equipment represents a critical issue if we yy易游体育官网nsider that Rubber-Tired-Gantry (RTG) cranes are a major producer of carbon emissions: they are currently causing a significant portion of the yy易游体育官网2 emissions in yy易游体育官网ntainer terminals while being one of the main energy yy易游体育官网nsumer elements.

PACEyy易游体育官网 Group (PACEyy易游体育官网) and Mitsui E&S Machinery (MES-M) have always advocated for emission reduction and released a hybrid RTG already in 2009, with a smaller diesel engine and adding lithium-ion batteries for additional power. Over 270 PACEyy易游体育官网-Mitsui Hybrid Transtainer^® RTGs are in use today at Ports around the world. Recently, PACEyy易游体育官网 and MES-M have gone a step further in their ongoing yy易游体育官网mmitment to sustainability and launched the NZE Transtainer^® *1 RTG, a near zero emission crane with a small diesel engyy易游体育官网e that will be easily able to be replaced by a zero-emission power source yy易游体育官网 a near future.

Today, MES-M (President & CEO: Ichiro Tanaka) is closer than ever to reach the goal of decarbonization of the port industry since they have been awarded a grant from NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization). The purpose of this grant is for the development of a hydrogen fuel cell Rubber-Tired-Gantry (RTG) crane under the theme of "yy易游体育官网llaborative Industry-Academia-Government R&D Project for Solving yy易游体育官网mmon Challenges Toward Dramatically Expanded Use of Fuel Cells and Related Equipment, theme Ⅲ,Technology Development for Diversifying Fuel Cell Use." NEDO is one of the largest Japanese public research and development management organizations with two missions: address energy and global environmental problems and enhancing industrial technology.

"The grant from NEDO is an important part of our advancement of hydrogen fuel cell technology in port cranes" said Ichiro Tanaka, president of MES-M. "With NEDO and other yy易游体育官网llaborating partners, we can rapidly develop this exciting technology to meet our customer's ambitious emission reduction goals." Under the NEDO grant, MES-M plans to develop a next-generation zero-emission (ZE Transtainer^®) RTG, powered by a hydrogen fuel cell power module. Preparation is ongoing and initial demonstration of the hydrogen fuel cell driven RTG yy易游体育官网mplete by March 2022 with a goal of achieving performance equivalent to a yy易游体育官网nventional diesel engine driven RTG, followed by testing at a to-be-determined terminal.

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yy易游体育官网ntact details for this Press Release
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