Tokyo, Japan, October 4, 2022―Rinnai Corporation (Rinnai) and TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (Toyota), along with Woven Planet Holdings, Inc. (Woven Planet), have initiated collaborative efforts on a probably ubiquitous new software of hydrogen for meals preparation. Their shared aim is to contribute to carbon neutrality and popularize extra sustainable approaches to cooking. They intention to realize this by enabling real-world experiences with hydrogen-powered heating strategies in and round Woven City―a residing laboratory being developed by Toyota in Susono City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Rinnai goals to contribute to making a more healthy way of life and a extra sustainable society for individuals all over the world. As a part of these efforts, Rinnai formulated the Rinnai “Innovation Manifesto 2050,” a declaration geared toward reaching carbon neutrality. In May 2022, Rinnai introduced the profitable improvement of the 100% hydrogen combustion expertise for residential water heaters and is actively creating quite a lot of different hydrogen-powered gear.
Toyota is on a mission to rework itself right into a mobility firm, contribute to a sustainable future, and produce well-being for all―for generations to come back. To make this imaginative and prescient a actuality, Toyota is developing Woven City the place individuals will stay, work, and play as companions and residents create and check new innovations. Developing and using sustainable vitality is a part of the mission, together with new hydrogen expertise as a promising choice in the direction of carbon neutrality, that can mix with new mobility improvements to turn into the longer term material of life.
Rinnai, Toyota, and Woven Planet share a powerful want to develop the functions of hydrogen and assist obtain international carbon neutrality. Together, they’ve focused cooking as a major technique to validate the home talents of hydrogen vitality and display its comfort, usefulness, and worth―the general constructive affect it could make on on a regular basis life. Collaboratively, the businesses will apply a scientific strategy and totally discover all doable methods to assist improve the recognition of hydrogen-powered cooking as an advantageous new strategy to meal preparation. They will concentrate on the most secure and most effective combustion methodologies that additionally optimize the style and texture of components with out emitting CO2 within the cooking course of.
President and Executive President of Rinnai, Hiroyasu Naito, stated, “As a manufacturer deeply involved with energy, we strongly identify with Toyota’s vision, and are very pleased to collaborate with Woven City. As Rinnai provides products for home use that are closely related to everyday life, we feel that this joint development will enable us to take advantage of our strengths in the field of cooking equipment and further contribute to the global environment. We are delighted to be a part of such a meaningful project, and will do our utmost to support Woven City in its efforts to achieve carbon neutrality.”
James Kuffner, Board of Directors Member and Chief Digital Officer of Toyota Motor Corporation and CEO of Woven Planet, Inc. said, “Current cooking methods based on propane or natural gas emit CO2. That is why we are developing new hydrogen-powered cooking methods to open the door to sustainable, flavorful food experiences. We are very excited to work alongside Rinnai, a specialist in cooking equipment, to explore novel uses for hydrogen that can become the basis for sustainable societies of the future.”
