Will ITM and HEC soon announce India Trial ?
Indian steam turbine manufacturer Belliss have over 2000 MW of installed capacity across India. So they are well established in the Indian electricity generating market.
They identified a market for wind turbines in remote areas of India which are not on the grid and either have no power or rely on expensive diesel generators
Belliss have an Jan 2007 MOU with an upcoming Canadian Inverter Co Sustainable Energy Technologies
This is to manufacture in India a 240Kw Wind Turbine designed by SE to supply power for remote applications
The wind turbine will be part of a system which includes a hydrogen fuelled engine and generator, an electrolyser and associated bop
The electrolyser will make hydrogen enabling the genset to provide back up power when the wind turbine output is insufficient.
In Sept 2007 Belliss and HEC signed a deal to sell distribute and maintain HEC hydrogen gensets in India
The Sept 2007 Belliss /HEC joint press release contained this interesting comment
“Currently, Belliss provides steam turbines for electricity generation throughout India, where demand for electricity is growing rapidly. Much of the steam reformer generation is fueled by coal, and India is seeking greener ways of generating power. By combining wind turbines with Hydrogen Engine Center's product line, Belliss anticipates it will be able to offer a constant and stable power supply to virtually anywhere in India, even where the national grid doesn't run.
The key is to use excess wind-generated electricity to produce hydrogen that can be used to produce electricity when the wind speeds are not generating sufficient power to meet demand. In this scenario hydrogen is produced by electrolyzing water, splitting the hydrogen from the oxygen. Because there is no carbon in the process, the operation is much cleaner than existing coal-fired generating plants.”
The interesting comment here is
“By combining wind turbines with Hydrogen Engine Center's PRODUCT LINE(my emphasis),
Belliss anticipates it will be able to offer a constant and stable power supply to virtually anywhere in India, even where the national grid doesn't run.”
This can only mean that HEC will be supplying an electrolyser as well as a hydrogen genset
mmmm…….I wonder where HEC will get their electrolyser ?
