As part of a seven-member consortium, McPhy Energy, which develops and produces solid state hydrogen storage, has announced the launch of the INGRID project, a key research and development and demonstration project with a total budget worth €23 million.
The European Commission will provide €13.8 million grant under the Seventh Framework Programme for European Research and Innovation to the four-year project. Other consortium members include Hydrogenics, a hydrogen generator provider in Belgium; Enel Distribuzione, the largest electricity distribution firm in Italy; Agenzia per la tecnologia e l’Innovazione, the operational arm of Puglia regional authority for the innovation and technology transfer; Engineering Ingegneria Informatica, a provider of ICT technology and coordinator of the INGRID project; TECNALIA; and Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico, a research institute focusing on projects in the areas of power production, transmission and supply.
The key development of the INGRID project will comprise the integration of electrolysis and solid-state high-density hydrogen storage systems with sophisticated ICT technologies for smart grid distribution, monitoring and control in a situation of increased adoption of renewable energy sources to offset power demand and supply.
Utilizing Hydrogenics fuel cell power systems and electrolysis technology and McPhy hydrogen-based solid state storage, the consortium will design, construct, install and run a 39 MWh energy storage facility in the Puglia region in Italy, where more than 3,500 MW of wind, solar and biomass systems are already deployed.
The hydrogen energy storage facility with a capacity of safely storing over one ton of hydrogen and a quickly responding 1.2 MW hydrogen generator will deliver smart and effective balancing support for the regional grid operated by Enel Distribuzione. The project will also explore numerous potential value streams for carbon-neutral hydrogen that is generated.
Source: http://www.mcphy.com/
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