News: Rotherham energy project "Yorkshire's new claim to fame"

V1 Energy magazine talk to the experts behind the UK's first hydrogen powered building in Rotherham. The Advanced Manufacturing Park Technology Centre is to be the first building in Europe fuelled solely by wind and "green" hydrogen power. TNEI Services Ltd and the Pure Energy Centre were awarded the £2.3 million project from Yorkshire Forward to create the hydrogen mini-grid where electricity generated by an onsite 225kW wind turbine will be used to power the building and any excess stored using innovative hydrogen fuel cells. Generated using an electrolyser, the hydrogen will be compressed from 30 bar to 420 bar for storage at high pressure in state-of-the-art cylinders. This high pressure storage will allow the hydrogen to be used on site or easily sold or transported for use elsewhere. With over 200kg of high-pressure hydrogen stored in purpose built cylinders, it is also set to be the biggest single store of "green" hydrogen in the UK. Dr Jason Stoyel of TNEI also discusses the importance of the ground-breaking project as a knowledge transfer programme, designed to build expertise within the Yorkshire region, and as a catalyst for further investment from the Government. He also told the magazine: "The Hydrogen Mini-grid, based on a hydrogen fuel cell, will be the most technically advanced commercial fusion of renewable energy and state of the art hydrogen technology in Europe. "The energy generated by this installation will make the EETC one of the first truly carbon negative, fully operational commercial developments in the world and demonstrate the important role Hydrogen has to play in providing a secure, reliable and renewable energy supply for the UK."
Hydrogen Yorkshire website
V1 Energy article
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