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Pairs with Rinnai to develop hydrogen stoves for Woven City Metal Tech News – October 5, 2022
Toyota, Woven Planet, and Rinnai are developing new hydrogen-fueled cooking methods that replace the CO2-emitting stoves and ovens fueled by natural gas and propane.
A rendering of the courtyard at Woven City, a community Toyota is developing in Japan where the residents will live, work, play, and test the latest innovations.
Looking beyond the carbon dioxide emitted from tailpipes, Toyota Motor Corp. is investigating hydrogen as a cleaner and tastier fuel for the stoves and ovens that cook the food for millions of households around the globe.
Teaming up with Rinnai, a Japanese manufacturer of gas appliances, Toyota plans to demonstrate the potential advantages of hydrogen-fueled cooking and home heating in Woven City – a living laboratory that Toyota's human-centered mobility and technology subsidiary Woven Planet is developing in Susono City, Japan.
"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," said James Kuffer, chief digital officer at Toyota and CEO of Woven Planet. "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."
This is a perfect fit for Woven City, a community where the residents will live, work, play, and test innovations that will advance Toyota's mission to develop technologies that will enable a sustainable future and produce well-being for generations to come.
Developing and implementing sustainable energy for this community, poised to be the avant-garde of technological advancement, is part of Toyota and Woven Planet's vision. This includes the development of new hydrogen fuel technologies for household use that will combine with new mobility innovations to become the future fabric of life at Woven City and beyond.
Rinnai, which has already developed 100% hydrogen combustion technology for a water heater that could provide warm showers and homes for Woven City residents, is actively developing a variety of other hydrogen-powered equipment.
Sharing a strong desire to expand the applications of hydrogen and help achieve global carbon neutrality, Rinnai, Toyota, and Woven Planet have targeted cooking as a significant way to validate the domestic abilities of hydrogen energy and demonstrate its convenience, usefulness, and value – the overall positive impact it can make on everyday life.
"As a manufacturer deeply involved with energy, we strongly identify with Toyota's vision, and are very pleased to collaborate with Woven City," said Rinnai Executive President Hiroyasu Naito. "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."
Together, the companies will apply a scientific approach and fully explore all possible ways to help increase the popularity of hydrogen-powered cooking as an advantageous new approach to meal preparation. They will focus on the safest and most efficient combustion methodologies that also optimize the taste and texture of ingredients without emitting CO2 in the cooking process.
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