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The world's largest hydrogen plant has been opened in Fukushima, Japan and it is entirely solar-powered. The plant can produce enough Hydrogen to fill 560 fuel cell vehicles daily and will transport this gas to city centers in special containers. The facility is still in its testing phase and has not found the optimal production cycle yet.

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Sun Mar 08 - FuelCellWorks

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