Berwickshire coast plays host to hydrogen economy
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
"The traditional fishing village of Eyemouth, on the exposed Berwickshire coastline, is playing host for the next twelve months to the cutting-edge of twenty-first century technology. Today, Eyemouth took its place on the world stage of hydrogen technology by hosting the first installation of a Home Energy Centre in the UK. The installation has come about through the ambitions of a European consortium seeking to bring forward-looking hydrogen solutions into present-day reality, and to extending the boundaries of using hydrogen by deploying it in a residential setting. A newly built family house, belonging to Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA), has provided an ideal ‘live’ domestic venue for the installation of a prototype hydrogen-powered fuel cell, which uses a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane and separates out hydrogen from natural gas to make heat and power. The consortium, comprising BHA, Aberdeen-based siGEN, Baxi Group, Scottish Power and Scottish Enterprise, wants to test the capacity of the new technology to meet the energy demands of daily family life. The fuel cell is expected to produce 100% of the heating requirements and 70% of the electricity needs of an average household. In addition to assessing the fuel cell’s performance in a ‘live’ situation over the next year, the trial of the prototype will be closely monitored by the Carbon Trust to assess how the technology might help to reduce global carbon emissions." Source: fuelcelltoday.com
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