Stuart Nathan

Nuclear generator links up with hydrogen specialist

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Exelon and Nel Hydrogen aim to demonstrate integrated hydrogen production, storage and utilisation at an existing nuclear-power site as part of a US Department of Energy project.

The two companies have, for some time, been collaborating on a project called H2@Scale, a DOE-funded effort to explore the potential for a wide-scale production and utilisation of hydrogen in the US.

Currently, some 10 million tonnes of H2 are produced annually, 95 per cent of which comes from centralised reforming of natural gas (and is, therefore, not low carbon in its production, although no further carbon is released during its use).

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In March of this year, the DOE announced $31m in extra funding to advance the project, and 29 studies were selected in August to receive these funds, which were added to $9m already announced. Exelon is seeking $3.6m of this to finance a three-year demonstration in partnership with Nel Hydrogen, which it will match.

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