McPhy Energy, a company known for its solid hydrogen storage expertise, declared that its solution for mid-term renewable energy storage has been chosen for use in a residential micro-grid under the Nottingham University sponsored Creative Energy Homes (CEH) project.
The project is aimed to motivate eco-friendly design solutions and to support new initiatives to provide eco-friendly and cost- effective innovative housing designs.
MCP series Stationary adiabatic storage tank. Credit: McPhy Energy
The company has developed a secure, novel and eco-friendly solution for keeping aside solid hydrogen energy. The new solution will be utilized for storing excessively produced wind and solar energy under the current stage of CEH project, which aims to achieve improved energy freedom for the homes by utilizing an exclusive micro-grid.
The CEH homes comprise a variety of low carbon technologies, which includes micro power production utilizing geothermal, wind and solar energy. The CEH homes have worked by utilizing the renewable power produced at the house. For the use of such technology in multi-home projects proper energy storage solution is required to meet the peak hour demands after the sun set and no wind period.
In order to meet the challenges, the current part of the CEH project is constructing a micro-grid capable of supplying energy management facility for a number of houses. The project will examine the storing of surplus energy in the form of solid hydrogen in MCP-N-4, a magnesium hydride (MgH2)-based storage facility of McPhy Energy within the micro-grid. The stored hydrogen will be utilized to supply the requirements of fuel cells as and when required. McPhy Energy also supplies safe and energy neutral solid hydrogen storage tanks that can quickly charge and discharge, be easily transported and cost- effective.
Source: http://www.mcphy.com