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Hydrogen & Fuel Cells in Scotland

Distributed Generation & Meeting Net Zero

Nigel Holmes, SHFCA EUSEW, 18th June 2019

Hydrogen & Fuel Cells for Net Zero

• Scotland’s ambition = Net Zero by 2045

• More Renewable Energy = Make it Work

• Example H2 deployments in Aberdeen & Orkney

• H2 Opportunity for Heat. What about CHP?

• Next Steps for Scotland

Ambitious Net Zero Climate Targets UK Committee on Climate Change:

Year Scottish CO2 Reduction

2030 70%

2035 80%

2040 90%

2045 100%

The May 2019 CCC report also advises combined use of renewables and CCS for delivering Net Zero

Scotland: 100% Renewable Power by 2020

Scottish Climate Plan, February 2018. Link: www.gov.scot/Publications/2018/02/8867

CCC Report on Setting Net Zero Targets, May 2019: https://www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Net-Zero-The-UKs-contribution-to-stopping-global-warming.pdf

CCC report ‘Quadruple UK renewable power generation by 2050’

Scotland’s Renewable Energy Growth

• 68.1% of Scotland’s gross electricity demand was met from renewables in 2017 (25 TWh)

ABERDEEN

Aberdeen’s Hydrogen Buses

10 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses launched in March 2015 with EU, UK & Scotland Funding

Aberdeen’s Bus Fleet Achievements

1.4MW of Fuel Cell CHP at new AECC

• Three x 440kW Doosan ‘PureCell’ CHP units

• The UK’s (Europe’s?) largest FC-CHP system

• At the new Aberdeen TECA conference hub

• PureCells can also produce H2

ORKNEY

Net Zero Energy Systems for Orkney

By 2014 the Orkney was generating 120% of annual

electrical demand from Renewables

• Renewables generate > 100% of Orkney’s electricity

• Over 50MW of installed renewable capacity

• 1000 renewable installations for 10,000 households

• European Marine Energy Centre

• Orkney features in Energy Strategy

Surf ‘n’ Turf Launch 27th Sept 2017

BIG HIT Grant no.: 700092

Creating an Exemplar Hydrogen Territory in the Orkney Islands

Next: Scaling up

with BIGHIT

So what do we do next…

''Production and sale of green hydrogen to large industrial

customers can help stabilize revenues from offshore wind

farms which rely on the market price of power like Holland

Coast South 3&4 will. We are ready to scale-up and bring

down costs of green hydrogen like we have done with

offshore wind.''

Henrik Poulsen, CEO and President of Ørsted, March 2019

Hydrogen Scotland – What Next?

• ‘Learning by Doing’ in Scotland

• Supporting Net Zero by 2045

• Integrating & Using Renewables

• Offshore Wind for H2 at Scale

• Develop Blue & Green Hydrogen

• Energy Transition from Oil/Gas

• Tackle Heat with Hydrogen

SGN H2A – The Aberdeen Vision

Thanks for listening

nigel.holmes@shfca.org.uk Mobile +44(0)7818 091466