The Ministry of the Environment is promoting a demonstration experiment of low-carbon hydrogen supply chain（hereafter supply chain） with the aim to promote med- to long-term global warming countermeasures through the full-scale utilization of low-carbon hydrogen.

Since 2017, the Miyagi Co-op and Co-op Fukushima (hereafter Miyagi Co-op）have been participating in hydrogen energy utilization demonstration experiment, referred to as the Tomiya Project, for the construction of low carbon hydrogen supply chain. In this experiment, hydrogen was produced from water using the electricity produced by the solar power generation system and stored into hydrogen storage alloy cassettes and delivered to the homes of 3 coop members in Tomiya city, Miyagi Co-op Akashidai Store, and a Tomiya City's children facility. The experiment demonstrated the viability of the supply chain for hydrogen as energy.

Based on the results, Miyagi Co-op and Namie-machi, Futaba-gun, Fukushima, （hereafter Namie-machi） in collaboration with Marubeni Corporation had begun a study on the feasibility and profitability of commercializing the supply chain. Namie-machi suffered extensive damage by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake such as the collapse of houses due to strong ground shaking and tsunami and the subsequent radiation leakage accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. As a result, many residents were forced to move or evacuate, causing a significant decrease in the resident population in the town. As part of the reconstruction project of Namie-machi, Miyagi Co-op is promoting commercialization of the supply chain in the home delivery business which aims to "reduce carbon dioxide emissions to virtually zero by 2050."

In order to supply stable electric power, it is necessary to secure multiple hydrogen supply sources. The survey evaluates and examines a more specific business model for the realization of the supply chain, such as component investigation of various hydrogen sources in Fukushima Prefecture.

Miyagi Co-op and Namie-machi in collaboration with Marubeni Corporation aim to commercialize the hydrogen supply chain from 2021 and contribute to the "reconstruction" and "decarbonization" of Fukushima Prefecture.