ITEG will develop and validate an integrated tidal energy and hydrogen production solution for clean energy generation to be demonstrated in Orkney. The project addresses energy related carbon emissions in North West Europe and will tackle grid export limitations faced in remote communities. Using excess power generated by Orbital’s 2MW tidal turbine the Orbital O2 2MW (due to be deployed in 2020), the project will see an additional 0.5MW electrolyser built by AREVAH2GEN and a smart onshore energy management system (EMS) installed on Eday which will enable EMEC to determine whether the tidal power generated at the EMEC’s Fall of Warness test site is fed into the grid or into the electrolyser to produce hydrogen.
Project Aims
- Develop and validate an integrated tidal energy and hydrogen production solution for clean energy generation in remote areas
- Open new market opportunities for the ocean energy sector through hydrogen production and energy storage
- Optimise the EMS and fast-track a clean energy generation, management and storage solution towards commercialisation
- Build a roadmap to support the replication of the integrated solution in other remote, grid restricted areas
ITEG Webinar Series
HyEnergy has helped co-ordinate and speak at the ITEG webinar series. Previous Webinars are up on the EMEC Youtube channel.
For information on future webinars look at the projects event page here: