RE: US "Scale Up" by Proton OnSite (US NEL) Wallingford24 Nov 2020 08:42
HYDROGEN US News flow to come very son.
"Exelon, meanwhile, kicked off development its own $7.2 million nuclear-hydrogen project in August 2019, backed with up to $3.6 million in federal funding from the DOE’s H2@Scale program under the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), and technical expertise from INL, Argonne National Laboratory, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The three-year demonstration, which is slated to begin this year, will entail installation of a Nel Hydrogen 1-MW PEM electrolyzer at one of Exelon Nuclear’s 14 boiling water reactors (BWRs), likely in an organized power market, to demonstrate “dynamic production” of hydrogen from nuclear power.
However, because both Exelon and the consortium’s projects are being developed under the DOE’s cross-cutting initiatives, the four utilities and their federal partners are sharing expertise to develop the nuclear hybrid projects. They also share common goals, foremost among them to improve nuclear economics, which have lately been challenged by the proliferation of cheap renewable and natural gas power.
If successfully scaled up and replicated, they could, for example, transform nuclear generators into chemical energy storage facilities—leveraging their flexibility and participation in grid services, including for reserves and grid regulation. As hydrogen producers, the nuclear generators could also cement new sources of revenue and establish a foothold in burgeoning “green” hydrogen markets for use in chemicals and fuels synthesis, steel manufacturing, ammonia-based fertilizers, and transportation. "
https://www.powermag.com/hydrogen-may-be-a-lifeline-for-nuclear-but-it-wont-be-easy/