A start-up company spun out of Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) has secured a grant to build a 5kW electrolyzer that will be installed at a UK power station run by French energy company EDF.
May 15, 2024 David Carroll
From Australia's PV Magazine
Hadean Energy has secured an A$10 million ($6.64 million) grant through the Australia-UK Renewable Hydrogen Innovation Partnership Program to produce hydrogen using 30% less electricity than existing alkaline and polymer electrolyte membranes. We have delivered a 5 kW pilot electrolyser with technology (PEM) technology.
The Victoria-based organization has teamed up with EDF's UK arm, software company MCG UK, environmental services company Minviro, Cranfield University and Australian software platform provider Certscape to deliver a 5kW pilot electrolyzer system. It is expected to be.
Hadeen said the initiative will allow the company to showcase its tubular solid oxide electrolysis (SOE) technology, paving the way for industrial decarbonization through affordable green hydrogen production.
SOE technology uses a ceramic tube with electrodes on the inside and outside to generate hydrogen by electrolyzing water using a combination of heat and electricity. Steam flows through the tube, and when an electric current is applied, the steam separates into hydrogen ions and oxide ions. Ceramic membranes are oxide ion conductors and simultaneously separate oxide ions from hydrogen as oxygen when a potential is applied. The rest is pure hydrogen.
Hadean said the technology requires less than 40kWh of electricity to produce 1kg of hydrogen, while alkaline and PEM alternatives require about 60kWh of hydrogen per kg.
“In a world where efficiency is a priority, Hadean has clear advantages,” said Chris Rowland, CEO of Hadean. “Our technology is 30% more efficient than existing electrolyzers, and at system level it produces less than 40 kWh of hydrogen per kilogram.”
The electrolyzer will be constructed at Haydeen's facility in Melbourne before being shipped to the UK.
The EDF installation is the second planned trial of the technology in an industrial setting with Hadean, which will install a pilot-scale demonstration plant at Bluescope's Port Kembla steelworks on the New South Wales south coast. Become. The four-month trial is expected to begin in the coming months.
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