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HDF Proposes 1,500MW Of Solar PV Combined With 3,500MWh Of Green Hydrogen Storage
Published 2 days ago
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/10/13/hdf-proposes-1500mw-of-solar-pv-combined-with-3500mwh-of-green-hydrogen-storage/

Relevant excerpt:

The long-term H2 Storage System:

- converts electricity from the photovoltaic park into hydrogen using an electrolyzer system during the day, turning water and oxygen into hydrogen
- stores the gaseous hydrogen produced in horizontal metallic tanks
- produces electricity from stored hydrogen using a Hydrogen Fuel Cell during the night

HDF says its Renewstable® power plant is designed to offer clean baseload power with essential grid stabilizing services in areas where geothermal or hydropower is not available. The plant harnesses the sun’s energy through a solar park and/or wind energy via a wind farm, producing and storing green hydrogen through water electrolysis, and converting it to electricity on-demand, 24 hours a day, using HDF’s proprietary multi-megawatt fuel cells.

For the proposed Mpumalanga project, the setup will have 1,500MW of solar PV combined with 3,500MWh of hydrogen storage. HDF’s Dexter King shared this update via his LinkedIn. This setup is envisioned to provide about 500MW to the grid on a 24/7 basis. HDF says this 500MW is equivalent to half a stage of load-shedding.