On March 21, 2017, President Hisataka Moriwaki gave a summary of a research project, "Development of Low-Cost Hydrogen Production Equipment for Fuel Cell Using Ammonia" in association with a "Gifu University Future Vision Toward 2025." Later, Professor Shinji Kambara, Director of Next-Generation Energy Research Center explained the results and achievements of the project to the reporters.

Professor Kambara (Environmental and Renewable Energy Systems, Graduate School of Engineering) and Sawafuji Electric Co., LTD. (Gunma Prefecture) jointly developed the world's first hydrogen production equipment that generates highly-purified hydrogen from ammonia at normal temperature, normal pressures and catalyst-free through plasma.

The technology to generate hydrogen from ammonia is expected to apply to fuel cell powered electric generators for industry and household use as well as fuel-cell cars by making hydrogen available wherever and whenever necessary in the future.