In mid-September, the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) announced that it had successfully completed its project to produce hydrogen gas using electricity generated from tidal energy in Orkney – the first initiative of its kind anywhere in the world.
The initiative, dubbed the Surf’n’Turf project, fed power from the Scotrenewables SR2000 and Tocardo TFS and T2 turbine prototype tidal energy converters currently testing at EMEC’s tidal energy test site into an innovative 0.5MW rapid response ITM Power electrolyser unit located alongside EMEC’s onshore substation.
This unit was then used to generate hydrogen – which can be stored and moved for use as needed. “The electrolyser splits water into its component elements - hydrogen and oxygen - in an electrochemical process. Whilst generating hydrogen isn’t a new process, this is the first time that it has been generated from tidal energy,” said Jon Clipsham, at EMEC.
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Tidal energy used to produce hydrogen gas
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