EMEC will deploy an Invinity Energy Systems (AIM:IES) 1.8 MWh flow battery at their tidal energy test site on the island of Eday in 2021. This unique combination of tidal power and flow batteries will be used to power EMEC’s hydrogen production plant, demonstrating the world’s first continuous hydrogen production from variable renewable generation. At EMEC’s site, the system will store electricity generated by tidal turbines during high power periods, and discharge it during low power periods. This will ‘smooth’ tidal generation to create continuous, on-demand electricity to turn into hydrogen using EMEC’s 670 kW hydrogen electrolyser. This will optimise hydrogen production at the site to enable tonnes of green hydrogen generation each year. Projects like this are what will drive the green revolution and allow us to steer away from the burning of fossil fuels for energy. This results in a reduction of carbon into our atmosphere, which should halt the effects of climate change.
