Biogas powered electrolysers for green hydrogen production, compression and creating a localised supply chain.

零排放行动和运输部海上脱碳路线图等联合行业计划已确定，离岸风能的海事部门是基于氢的零排放燃料的首批规模化用户之一。然而，目前交付氢气的零售价极高，从GB 150/kg到GB 700/kg不等，这是采用氢气取代柴油的主要障碍。Engas Global是一家电解氢和氢气压缩机公司，与位于苏塞克斯斯泰宁-西苏塞克斯的沼气农场公司DB Agri Ltd合作，以及总部位于肖勒姆的舷外制造商Cox PowerTrain，在Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult的支持下，正在共同创建一个本地化的绿色氢气供应链，以满足当地需求，而不需要以低得多的成本从远距离输送氢气。由于专利电解器制造氢气、氢气压缩机、智能氢气存储系统等创新技术，以及专用氢气拖车，及时、经济地向客户供应氢气，从而提供完整的端到端解决方案。这个项目将开发和测试绿色氢气储存和交付的新商业模式，可以在英国其他地方扩大和复制。这个绿色氢气供应链项目是及时的，并与政府的净零十点计划一致。电解绿色氢气采用目前占主导地位的蒸汽甲烷转化法生产，每公斤氢气可减少约10公斤二氧化碳排放。预计未来5年绿色氢气行业将出现例外增长，以释放英国的潜力并将技术出口到国外。随着越来越多的客户采用绿色氢气，该项目的创新解决方案将有助于加速氢气技术的发展。每生产1公斤氢气，还将产生7.8公斤氧气作为免费副产品，氧气被水务公司用于废水处理或高温加工工业(钢铁/水泥/玻璃等)。该项目的重点是通过以下方式创建一种综合商业模式：i)通过创新的电解槽技术降低制氢成本；ii)由于新型低维护、坚固耐用的氢气压缩机，易于维修且不依赖专门的氢气技能，从而降低储氢成本；Iii)由于远程可读的智能氢气存储系统，实现了更好的物流规划，以及v)通过引入专用氢气拖车，可以更快地交付，这些氢气拖车可以在当地道路上行驶，而不需要使用Hi-ab卡车进行昂贵的搬运。

The joint industry programmes such as Operation Zero and the Departments for Transports Maritime Decarbonisation roadmap have identified the Offshore Wind's Maritime sector as a one of the first users at scale for zero emissions fuels based on Hydrogen. However the retail price of delivered hydrogen is extremely high at the moment which varies from £150/kg to £700/kg, which is a major barrier for the adoption of hydrogen to displace diesel.Engas Global an electrolyser and hydrogen compressor company, in collaboration with DB Agri Ltd a biogas farm company in Steyning-West Sussex, and Cox Powertrain an outboard manufacturer based in Shoreham, supported by Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult are creating together a localised green hydrogen supply chain to meet the local needs without transporting hydrogen from far-away places at much lower cost due the innovative technologies such as a patented electrolyser to make hydrogen, hydrogen compressor, smart-hydrogen storage system, and dedicated hydrogen-trailers to supply hydrogen to the customers promptly and cost effectively, thus offering a complete end to end solution. This project will develop and test new business models of green-hydrogen storage and delivery which can be scaled up and replicated elsewhere the UK.This green hydrogen supply chain project is timely and consistent with government's Ten-Point-Plan towards net zero. Electrolytic green-hydrogen prevents about 10kg CO2 emission/kg hydrogen when it is produced by currently dominant method of Steam-methane-reformation process.Exceptional growth is forecast in the next 5 years in green hydrogen sector to unlock the potential in the UK and exporting the technology abroad. The innovative solutions of this project will help to accelerate hydrogen-technologies as more and more customers adopt green hydrogen.For every 1kg hydrogen produced there is also 7.8kg Oxygen produced as a free by-product and oxygen used by water companies for waste water treatment, or in high-temperature process-industries (steel/ cement/ glass etc).The focus of this project is to create an integrated business model by:i) lowering the cost of hydrogen production due to an innovative electrolyser technology;ii) lowering the cost of hydrogen-storage due to a novel low maintenance robust hydrogen compressor that is easy to service and not dependent on specialised hydrogen-skills;iii) enabling better logistical planning due to remotely readable smart-hydrogen storage system, andiv) faster delivery by introducing dedicated hydrogen trailers that can be driven around in local roads without the need for expensive lifting by Hi-ab trucks.