International
Conference, Tuesday, April 12, 2005
"Hydrogen + Fuel Cells on their way to commercialisation"
Hydro, Electrolysers
Company Information:
Hydro Electrolysers is a fully owned subsidiary of
Norsk Hydro ASA, a major Norwegian energy and aluminium company
with a global presence.
Hydro Electrolysers is a world leading supplier of water electrolysis
equipment. They supply complete compression, purification,
storage and gas handling systems for industrial applications,
as well as hydrogen fuelling stations and distributed energy
systems. Their products are based on state of the art technology
and internationally recognised safety and technical standards.
In addition to more than 300 units for internal Hydro applications,
Hydro Electrolysers has supplied nearly 200 hydrogen generating
units throughout the world.
Knut Harg,
Senior Vice President, Managing Director of Hydro,
Electrolysers, Norway
Knut Harg, the new Managing director of Hydro, Electrolysers
will hold this presentation on behalf of Hydro. Harg is a
chartered engineer (Diplomingenieur) and also helds a Master's
degree from the University of Wisconsin. He has worked with
Hydro since 1975, and his most recent position was managing
director of Pronova Biocare AS, the world's leading Omega-3
fatty acids company also producing renowned pharmaceuticals.
Before this he was head of research at Hydro's research centre
at Porsgrunn with around 430 employees.
Utsira - demonstrating the hydrogen society
on renewable terms.
The presentation describes the Utsira project, the
world’s first full scale autonomous renewable energy
system. This is seen in the context of Hydro’s other
research activities, projects and investments within new energy
and hydrogen. The Utsira challenge is presented in detail,
discussing lessons learned and how to meet the future with
new technology developments.
Utsira, a wind swept island off the Norwegian coast is the
site for a small energy revolution: 10 households with an
annual average consumption of approximately 20000 kWh are
supplied by renewable energy only – using hydrogen to
store the surplus renewable energy generated by the wind turbines
when there is plenty of wind. The project is a co-operation
between the Norwegian energy and aluminium company Hydro and
the German Wind turbine producer Enercon. The project, financed
by the partners and Norwegian public funding, recently received
the Platts Global Energy Award “Renewables Project of
the Year”.
The Utsira demonstration project is only one of many remarkable
projects with renewable energy in which Hydro is involved.
Hydro has a 100-year history in renewable energy and about
80 years in producing and handling hydrogen from electrolysis.
The uniqueness of the Utsira project is that it is a full-scale
test with real customers getting their entire energy supply
either by wind power or by wind generated hydrogen.
The project equipment consists of two Enercon E40 wind turbines,
each with a capacity of 600 kW. The highest peak power demand
on the island is measured to be 900 kW. One turbine produces
for the grid only, so that all islanders get most of their
power from wind. The other turbine is connected to the stand-alone
system, serving first the ten households, then the electrolyser
if there is room for hydrogen storage, and then the grid.
To stabilize the intermittent renewable energy, a flywheel
with a 5 kWh capacity and a 100 kVA master synchronous machine
are installed to balance and control voltage and frequency.
In order to store the surplus energy a 10 Nm3/h Hydro electrolyser
with a load of 48 kW, a 5 kW Hofer compressor and a 2400 Nm3
hydrogen storage pressure vessel are installed. This is sufficient
to supply power for two days. To generate power when there
is no wind, or too much, a MAN hydrogen internal combustion
engine and an IRD fuel cell are installed.
Utsira is practically offshore – 1,5 hours with the
local ferry from the nearest town three times a day –
and weather conditions are often severe. This has required
solid engineering and meticulous project execution. The wind
turbines had to be installed before the autumn storms, and
roads and a small port were constructed for equipment transportation.
After start-up, the facility has been remotely operated from
one of Hydro’s inland power plant control centres.
The Utsira project has successfully demonstrated the feasibility
of combining renewable energy and hydrogen in remote locations.
This opens new opportunities for the application of electrolysers
in future energy systems.
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Lebenslauf Arno A. Evers 
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Hans-Olof Nilsson's Off-The-Grid Hydrogen House near Goteborg, Sweden 
Visit at the Italian demonstration plant of MagneGas™ on February 7th and 8th, 2011
Hydrogen Plant of Emirates Industrial Gases Co. Ltd ( EIGC) at Dubai, UAE 
Huerta Solar en Tabernas, Spain, October 2009 
AFCC Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation, Burnaby, BC, Canada June 2009 
How Airbus conquered the 
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