ITEG will develop and validate an integrated tidal energy and hydrogen production solution for clean energy generation to be demonstrated in Orkney. The project addresses energy related carbon emissions in North West Europe and will tackle grid export limitations faced in remote communities.
Led by the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, the ITEG project brings together partners from across the UK, France, Belgium and the Netherlands and will adopt three low carbon technologies (tidal turbine, electrolyser and Energy Management System)
The cost of pre-commercial demonstration for ocean energy is high and investors are reluctant to invest until the technology has been proven in the sea at scale. ITEG sets out to drive down these costs through the development of an integrated hydrogen production solution.
The integrated solution combines Orbital's next generation 2 MW floating tidal energy converter, the Orbital O2 2MW, with a custom built 500kW Elogen electrolyser and an onshore energy management system (EMS) to be deployed at EMEC's hydrogen production site on the Orkney island of Eday.
The EMS will support the production of hydrogen by routing any excess energy generated by the Orbital O2 turbine on EMEC’s Fall of Warness tidal test site to be used to power an Elogen electrolyser, the first to be deployed in the UK.
The following graphic shows how the three low carbon technologies will form an integrated hydrogen production solution;
Orbital O2 2MW tidal turbine animation
ITEG Consortium in Oostende, October 2019 (Credit University of Ghent)
Hero image at top of web page: Orbital O2 Orkney arrival (Credit Orbital)
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Hatston Pier Road
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60 rue Max-Pol Fouchet
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France
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Stromness
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Lead partner
| Organisation | Address | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|
| European Marine Energy Centre |
1 Old Academy Business Center Stromness KW163AW United Kingdom |
matthew.finn@emec.org.uk | www.emec.org.uk |
| Name | Contact Name | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agence de Développement pour la Normandie | Auriane Mathieu | Auriane.Mathieu@adnormandie.fr | France |
| Orbital Marine Power | James Murray | j.murray@orbitalmarine.com | United Kingdom |
| Energy Valley | Patrick Cnubben | cnubben@energyvalley.nl | Netherlands |
| Université de Caen Normandie | Hamid Gualous | hamid.gualous@unicaen.fr | France |
| Université le Havre Normandie | Brayima Dakyo | brayima.dakyo@univ-lehavre.fr | France |
| Ghent University | Dominique Dhont | dominique.dhont@ugent.be | Belgium |
| Energy Systems Catapult | Richard Halsey | richard.halsey@es.catapult.org.uk | United Kingdom |
| Elogen | Ian Williamson | ian.williamson@elogenh2.com | France |
| Smart Hydrogen Consulting |
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