London city has gained another publicly accessible hydrogen (H2) refuelling station after ITM Power launched the second one at the Centre of Engineering Manufacturing Excellence (CEME) in Rainham.
The station, which represents ITM Power’s third station deployment, is the first of its kind as it uses solar energy from a solar photovoltaic array at CEME to make renewable H2 onsite.
It is the second of three UK stations to be deployed as part of the pan European HyFive project, mutually funded by the European Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCHJU) and the UK Government Office of Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV).
Preceding the station opening, a 186-mile Hydrogen Rally took place from a wind H2 station in South Yorkshire to the new solar H2 station in Rainham, demonstrating how excess renewable energy can be used and stored as H2 gas to refuel fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs).
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