Perth based, Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), which supplies electricity and gas to over 9 million UK customers, has signed an agreement to participate in Hydrogen On Site Trials (HOST) with Hydrogen specialists ITM Power. In the trials a transportable high pressure refueling unit will be used to refuel two Revolve Technologies hydrogen Ford Transits.
On the news of the signing, Graham Cooley, CEO of ITM Power, is quoted as saying “We are delighted that SSE, a major electricity and gas provider with a focus on sustainable energy supply to the built environment and transport, has joined the HOST programme in order to appraise the potential of ITM’s energy storage: clean fuel technology, for decarbonising return-to-base logistics fleet vehicles. We have been encouraged by the support that HOST has attracted to date and we expect that support to continue to grow with organisations from other sectors in the near future.”
In turn, SSE’s Head of Sustainable Transport, David Densley, said, “We are pleased to support ITM Power in the development of its Transportable High Pressure Hydrogen Refuelling Station to demonstrate the proposition of decarbonising the return to depot vehicle fleet, using hydrogen derived from renewable energy. This is an exciting trial for SSE as it will give us a much clearer picture of the role of hydrogen for storing energy and as a clean fuel.”
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