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

“零行动”（Operation Zero）和英国运输部海事脱碳路线图（department for transport Maritime Decarbonisation roadmap）等联合行业计划已将海上风电的海事部门确定为基于氢的零排放燃料的首批大规模用户之一。然而，目前交付氢气的零售价格非常高，从150英镑/公斤到700英镑/公斤不等，这是采用氢气取代柴油的主要障碍。enas Global是一家电解槽和氢气压缩机公司，与位于Steyning-West Sussex的沼气农场公司DB Agri Ltd和位于Shoreham的外船制造商Cox Powertrain合作，在Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult的支持下，共同创建了本地化的绿色氢气供应链，以满足当地的需求，而无需从遥远的地方以更低的成本运输氢气，因为创新的技术，如专利的电解槽来制造氢气。氢气压缩机、智能储氢系统、专用氢气拖车，为客户提供快速、经济高效的氢气供应，提供完整的端到端解决方案。该项目将开发和测试绿色氢储存和输送的新商业模式，这种模式可以在英国其他地方推广和复制。这个绿色氢供应链项目是及时的，符合政府实现净零排放的十点计划。采用目前主流的蒸汽-甲烷-重整工艺生产电解绿色氢时，每千克氢可减少约10kg的CO2排放量。预计未来5年绿色氢能行业将出现异常增长，以释放英国的潜力，并将该技术出口到国外。随着越来越多的客户采用绿色氢，该项目的创新解决方案将有助于加速氢技术的发展。每生产1公斤氢气，就会产生7.8公斤作为免费副产品的氧气，这些氧气被水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个集成的商业模式：i)通过创新的电解槽技术降低制氢成本；Ii)由于一种新型的低维护强度的氢气压缩机易于维护，并且不依赖于专门的氢气技能，因此降低了氢气储存的成本；iii)通过远程可读的智能储氢系统实现更好的后勤规划，以及通过引入专用的氢气拖车来实现更快的交付，这些拖车可以在当地道路上行驶，而不需要昂贵的Hi-ab卡车吊装。

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.