The Levenmouth Community Energy Project in Fife will run for four years from 2015 to 2020 in a redevelopment area of the Methil Docks.
Under the project, the participants will use the electricity generated from wind and solar sources to electrolyze water to produce hydrogen.
The produced hydrogen will be stored and supplied to 25 hybrid commercial vehicles (HCV) via hydrogen stations and also reconverted to electricity by fuel cells for use by the project’s facilities.
The Methil Docks site already has a 750kW wind turbine and a 30kW water electrolysis system. A 200kW solar photovoltaic power generation facility, 60kW and 250-kW water electrolysis systems, hydrogen storage tanks, hydrogen stations and fuel cells will be installed for the project.
Nine organizations, including Toshiba, are taking part in the project. The project is being funded by the Local Energy Challenge Fund, created by the Scottish Government in November 2014.
Toshiba will deploy its hydrogen energy management system (H2 EMS), and handle overall system control.
The company will collect operating data from the entire system, including the H2 EMS, water electrolysis systems and HCV, for its use in future projects.
Bright Green Hydrogen will be responsible for the overall management of the project, while Fife Council will support the project and provide some HCVs.
