AFC Energy partners with Peel Environmetal for hydrogen fuel cell test
Fuel cell power company AFC Energy has teamed up with Peel Environmental to assess the techno-feasibility of a hydrogen fuel cell precinct, which is consistent with the government's Northern powerhouse initiative.
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A positive outcome from the techno-economic assessment, which is to be conducted over several months in 2017, for a development of a 35 megawatts to 50 megawatts fuel cell project at Peel's Protos industrial park could see the development of the UK's largest stationary fuel cell project and one of the largest in the world.
AFC Energy, in collaboration with Peel and others, will review a range of hydrogen sources to see a proposed phasing of fuel cell projects at Protos, starting from one megawatt through to about 35 megawatts to 50 megawatts of installed capacity.
Protos industrial park, located between Manchester, Liverpool and Chester, has 250 hectares of industrial development in the north west of England and has a cluster of businesses in energy intensive industries. Peel hopes to have an energy generation hub that provides secure, low carbon and low cost energy generation to its facilities.
The installation of a fuel cell project of the scale proposed could see investment and potential employment opportunities, which complements the government's Northern Powerhouse initiative.
The company said that the focus on low carbon technologies identifies the north of England as a hub for nuclear power, onshore and offshore wind, and biomass. The use of hydrogen fuel cells would create further opportunities for decarbonisation of the national power sector and utilise surplus hydrogen.
Myles Kitcher, managing director of Peel Environmental and Protos, said: "AFC's hydrogen fuel cell precinct study will complement the existing low carbon energy generation technologies on site at Protos. This type of technology demonstration at Protos, exemplifies the industrial strategy which the UK government is promoting. A successful hydrogen fuel cell project of this scale will be a first for the UK and we hope to be able to support more new technologies in the future to provide regional economic growth and competitive low carbon domestic energy.”
Adam Bond, AFC Energy chief executive said: "Following recent advances in the development of the AFC Energy fuel cell, the board now believes the company is well positioned to capitalise on these project deployment opportunities and hope to make further such announcements in the near future. Protos will provide the ideal opportunity for a scaled and commercial hydrogen fuel cell facility that will play an important part in the long term and sustainable powering of the UK's Northern Powerhouse."
Shares in AFC Energy were up 4.05% to 21.20p at 0932 GMT.