Tri-gen is a large-scale energy platform based on hydrogen fuel cell technology. Tri-gen was built by FuelCell Energy to support Toyota’s vehicle processing and distribution center at Toyota Logistics Services’ (TLS) Long Beach vehicle processing facility.

Tri-gen demonstrates an alternative way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and burden on natural resources with scalable technology. The energy platform produces three products using renewable natural gas: 1) up to 2.3 MW of electricity annually for use at TLS Long Beach, with excess provided back to the grid; 2) up to 1,200 kg/day of hydrogen for use in transportation; and 3) up to 1,400 gallons of fresh water daily, used in place of municipal supply to wash and prepare inbound vehicles for shipment to dealers across the country.

The TLS Port of Long Beach vehicle facility processes approximately 200,000 new Toyota and Lexus vehicles annually and is Toyota’s largest such facility in the United States. With Tri-gen, TLS Long Beach became the first port vehicle processing facility in the world powered by onsite-generated energy, helping to offset up to 9,000 tons of CO2 annually.