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Current Projects
1. RABH2 project (2011-2014)

The project - known as rabh2 (www.rabh2.co.uk) is a collaboration between Arcola Energy, RE Hydrogen and industrial gases company BOC, a member of The Linde Group. Backed by the Technology Strategy Board, the project aims to create a manufacturing and distribution network for low-carbon hydrogen and a suite of fuel cell systems that use the hydrogen to power a wide range of products. When fully operational, it will create the UK’s first renewable hydrogen energy end-to-end ‘supply chain’.
 

2. Grid balancing trial using electrolyser (2011-2013)

RE Hydrogen and Flextricity Ltd (www.flexitricity.com) will undertake a grid balancing field trial using their electrolyser to provide Short Term Operating Reserve service to National Grid. This will be the UK's first such field trial where electrolytic hydrogen plays a critical role for the National Grid. RE Hydrogen has secured commercialisation funding from Finance South East Ltd for this field trial. The aim of this project is to establish RE Hydrogen's highly responsive dynamic electrolysers for real world commercial applications. Successful demonstration of the electrolyser and its interface with electricity grid will potentially lead to adoption of MW scale electrolyser for this applcation. The by-product hydrogen will potentially be fed back to the grid by hydrogen gas engines and the by-product heat will be supplied to a nearby warehouse onsite at RE Hydrogen's facility. 

3. Solar Hydrogen

RE Hydrogen and juwi Renewables (http://www.juwi.co.uk/) are jointly developing the project for comercial production of green hydrogen using electricity directly from solar PV at Dunsfold Park, Surrey. juwi will install initially 150kW solar PV on the roof space above RE Hydrogen's building to feed the electrolysers directly. This solar hydrogen project will be integrated with grid balancing field trial.

Past Projects

1. 5kW electrolyser stack (2010-2011)

RE Hydrogen Ltd has developed an extremely low cost and highly efficient electrolyser prototype.  They have won  £25,000 from the Technology Strategy Board, UK to scale up their prototype to build a 5kW stack at £75/kW. These 5kW electrolysers will produce 2.3kg hydrogen per day, which will be adequate for a fuel cell car. RE Hydrogen's electrolyser is considered to provide disruptive solutions in the present hydrogen production and supply industry due to its low cost. They adopt a novel approach to reduce the number of parts in the stack of the electrolyser. It has demonstrated a novel manufacturing method for low cost production, even for small volume manufacturing. The overall stack cost is £75/kW for a small batch production, which is unmatched by other electrolyser manufacturers. Volume production will improve this even further. 

2. Pyrolytic bio-oil via hydrogen enrichment (2009-2010)
Conventional pyrolytic bio-oil is difficult to be used at oil refineries due to its high acidity and high oxygen content. But RE Hydrogen has developed a novel "catalyst assisted in-situ method for hydrogen enrichment during the pyrolysis process" to significantly resolving these issues. Electrolytically produced hydrogen can also be used to upgrade pyrolytic bio oil. The project was funded by the Technology Strategy Board, UK. 


Biomass Gasification: The by-product oxygen produced by RE Hydrogen's electrolyser can be used in advanced gasification of biomass processes to produce high quality syngas without nitrogen dilution. The syngas from oxygen enriched gasifiers will have better energy value than conventional syngas.