Wind Turbine Coupled with Acta Electrolyser to Power English Farmhouse (hydrogen)

[jpak]

http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/news-events/news-archive/2013/july/wind-turbine-coupled-with-acta-electrolyser-to-power-english-farmhouse

Acta is to demonstrate the production of hydrogen from rainwater using its electrolyser technology driven by excess electricity from a wind turbine in a customer-funded project in Cheshire, England. The project has been initiated by Clean Power Solutions Ltd, who will be installing the equipment this summer.

Clean Power Solutions installs and manages domestic wind turbines in the UK and has encountered several instances where turbine permits have not been granted due to the inability of the electricity grid to accept the variable and intermittent electrical output of the turbine.

The project will be based on a farm, where a 20 kW turbine will be coupled with an Acta electrolyser and a hydrogen boiler from Giacomini. The farm house has an electrical demand of 6 kW and 3.68 kW will be exported to the grid; the rest will be directed to the electrolyser to produce hydrogen for the boiler.

The project, dependent on wind speed and changes to feed-in tariffs, is expected to have a pay-back time of less than six years.

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[bigbrother05]

1. Have thought for a long time that producing hydrogen coupled with a fuel cell

Could be superior to batteries. Not only would you be able to have power when the wind (or sun) wasn't giving you direct power, you could fuel a vehicle to reduce dependence on the BP/Shell/etc. as well?