First ‘Tri-Gen’ Renewable System Opens at Port of Long Beach

First ‘Tri-Gen’ Renewable System Opens at Port of Long Beach

The first “tri-gen” system to create renewable hydrogen, electricity and water is now operating at Toyota Motor North America’s vehicle processing operations at the Port of Long Beach. Toyota and FuelCell Energy, a company that designs, manufactures, operates and services direct fuel cell power plants, joined local civic and port leaders May 2 for the grand opening of the new system, which uses biogas from landfill waste to make renewable energy and water for the carmaker’s Long Beach vehicle processing and distribution center. Toyota Logistics Services, which annually processes roughly 200,000 new Toyota and Lexus vehicles, is the carmaker’s largest…
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