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RE Hydrogen is an early stage company with high value intellectual assets i.e. Patent,
prototype designs, pre-commercial electrodes and a functional laboratory for small batch production and testing. REH
operates in the low carbon energy generation and supply industry. Their electrolyser is an emerging technology to support
the growth of wind industry, smart grid application and sustainable transport fuel production.
RE Hydrogen Ltd (REH) is developing low cost electrolysers to produce hydrogen fuel
and to provide services for smart grid applications. Amitava started working on this technology in India as his
Masters Degree project work in 2000, then through his PhD research (2002-2006) at Loughborough University, UK. The PhD
research was undertaken as a part of a field demonstration project on hydrogen and renewable integration (i.e. HARI Project)
in West Beacon Farm, Loughborough. This demonstration project is sponsored by Beacon Energy Ltd. which is still running
as on today June 2010.
Based
on the above research RE Hydrogen Pvt Ltd was first formed in India in 2006 to develop a low cost electrolyser for intermittent
operation. RE Hydrogen Ltd (REH) was then incorporated in the UK in May 2009 as an independent company. REH is based in Dunsfold
Park, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8TB where it has its laboratory unit. REH’s registered address is 20 Laurel Walk, Horsham,
West Sussex, RH13 5NR, UK.
REH has
several strengths to exploits their potential:
i) development of a low cost, more efficient electrolysers
technology,
ii) knowledge of the energy storage market,
iii) secured intellectual property, i.e. filed
patent; further patent applications are in the pipeline,
iv) an operational laboratory,
v) collaboration
with Universities to access their advanced laboratory,
vi) collaboration with material suppliers (membranes,
plastics, raw catalyst powder),
vii) collaboration with end users (e.g. vehicle manufacturers etc),
viii) collaboration with business support partners. REH has research capabilities on functional micro and nano-materials, catalyst development, fast
pyrolysis, hydrogen fuel cells and electrolyser technology. REH has expertise in solar PV performance evaluation
of solar PV modules.
Dr Amitava Roy, Managing
Director
Amitava has 14 years of research and industrial experience in the field of renewable energy, sustainable
development and hydrogen energy. He has been involved in the development of electrolyser and fuel cell technology. He
currently has various affiliations outside RE Hydrogen Ltd.
Amitava has worked for AFC Energy Plc (www.afcenergy.com), an alkaline fuel cell company as the Electrode Department Manager and Business Development Manager for 4 years since
its inception before starting at RE Hydrogen Ltd.
1. Co-founder and Director, Bryte Energy Ltd. Loughborough, UK, (www.bryte-energy.com).
2.
Academic Visitor, Centre for Renewable
Energy Systems Technology (CREST), Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK. (http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/el/staff.html).
3.
Research Fellow, Electrical and
Electronics Department, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK, (http://www.eee.strath.ac.uk/staff-profile.asp?id=7562).
4.
Member of the World Wind Energy
Association (http://www.wwindea.org/home/index.php).
5.
Member of the Advisory panel of
Supergen-14 consortium on hydrogen production funded by Engineering and Physical Sciences Council (EPSRC), UK. This is a consortium
of 14 Universities and 8 industrial partners, in which Dr Roy represents Strathclyde University and Bryte Energy. Contact:
aroy@rehydrogen.com
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Mr Jyotirmoy Roy, Business
Development Manager
Jyotirmoy is
nearing completion of his Doctoral Research at the Centre for Energy Systems Technology (CREST), Department of Electronic
and Electrical Engineering, Loughborough University, UK. He is also a Researcher in Applied Photovoltaic Research Group
there since April 2007. He is investigating the influences of different operating environments on the modelling accuracy of
energy production of photovoltaic (PV) systems under the Engineering and Physical Research Councils, UK and EU FP6 project
scheme. He is involved in data monitoring and data analysis of the performance of large scale PV power station in different
locations in Europe and the USA. Mr. Roy has several publications including invited talks in various conferences, seminars
and organizations in Europe and Asia.
Areas of Research:
1. Performance
monitoring of PV devices in indoor & outdoor conditions.
2. Characterisation of operating environment to draw the correlation between measurement
and modelling accuracy. This is basically to develop and optimise an accurate methodology for Fast Energy Rating (kWh) for
Photovoltaic Devices and Modules (FENRA) of different technologies, considering the influence of all relevant environmental
factors that generally experienced in outdoor conditions.
3. Validation of the proposed IEC 61853 energy rating Standard,
Professional Affiliations:
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Member of Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET),
- Member of UK-ISES,
- Member
of UKERC-NERN,
- Member of the UK-India Engineers for Solar Energy Network (ESEN),
Contact: jyotirmoy.roy@rehydrogen.com
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