EDF (UK) R&D will enter a partnership with the University of Bristol, Urenco and the UKAEA. The partnership will receive £7.73 million to develop a hydrogen storage demonstrator. This will use depleted uranium at UKAEA’s Culham Science Centre in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Electricity will be converted to hydrogen via electrolysis. It will be stored for future use directly as hydrogen, or converted back to electricity via a fuel cell when required.
The UKAEA’s Monica Jong said:
We see HyDUS as an exciting energy storage technology that will help to drive decarbonisation of the national grid. What’s even more exciting is that this is a U.K. technology and a highly exportable showcase example of how to efficiently cross-bridge technology from the nuclear and fusion sectors into the hydrogen economy proving the UK is still a global leader in energy innovation.
For further details, go to https://www.gov.uk/government/news/energy-storage-backed-with-over-32-million-government-funding