Dutch tech outfit installs initial battery-electrolyser

• RWE's Magnum nuclear power plant will use the hydrogen produced by the Battolyser system to cool its generators

Delft University of Technology spin-off Battolyser Systems has actually installed its very first industrial-scale Battolyser at RWE's Magnum nuclear power plant in the Netherlands.

The Magnum nuclear power plant will certainly utilize the hydrogen generated by the Battolyser system to cool its generators.

The project was know thanks to a give from the Wadden Fund as well as the consortium partners Vattenfall, Orsted, Yara, BASF as well as Pronton Ventures.

RWE signed up with the consortium when the nuclear power plant was gotten from Vattenfall.

A Battolyser is a combination of a battery and an electrolyser in one tool.

As quickly as the system's battery is charged, the Battolyser can make use of the excess power to split water right into hydrogen as well as oxygen.

The hydrogen can be utilized for commercial applications, as an example, to minimize greenhouse gas emissions.

If there are shortages on the grid, a Battolyser can also supply the saved electrical power back to the grid.

This makes the generated hydrogen greener and also at the same time less costly.

The setup at RWE will be used to simulate long-term volatile price scenarios.

When electricity costs continue to be low, the Battolyser will certainly continue to bill as well as produce hydrogen and also when costs climb, the Battolyser will quickly quit generating hydrogen and also sell the kept electrical energy.

" It is a logical choice for us to attach our consortium companions in the initial industrial-scale Battolyser system.

" We are progressively investing in renewable resource sources and also see hydrogen as an essential link to the power change," said Marinus Tabak, Head of Central Asset Management at RWE.

He added: "The technology of the Battolyser system makes it possible for a sustainable as well as much more reliable power system.

" In this manner we can minimize the reliance on fossil fuels and speed up the change to an extra sustainable and efficient energy supply."