2020 Olympic Games: Tokyo to Utilise Hydrogen for Games Cauldron and Torch

2020 Olympic Games: Tokyo to Utilise Hydrogen for Games Cauldron and Torch

By Sampson Adedeji

For the first time in the history of the Games, hydrogen will be used to power both the Olympic and Paralympic Cauldrons in Tokyo and the Torch during part of its journey through Japan.

Tokyo 2020 has put sustainability at the heart of its operations and has consistently promoted energy conservation and the use of renewable energy to support the realisation of a carbon-neutral society.

Hydrogen emits no CO2 when it is burned and is therefore expected to be a key in achieving a low-carbon economy. Tokyo 2020 has already been deploying about 500 hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicles for the Games.

It is one symbolic step further for Tokyo 2020 by using hydrogen as fuel for the Cauldron and the Torch. It will include hydrogen produced in a renewable energy sourced production facility in Namie-Machi, Fukushima Prefecture, embodying it with further significance as a new energy for a future full of hope.

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