EDF (UK) R&D, in partnership with the University of Bristol, Urenco and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), will receive £7.73 million to develop a hydrogen storage demonstrator utilising depleted uranium at UKAEA’s Culham Science Centre in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Electricity will be converted to hydrogen via electrolysis and stored for future use – either 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
