The project Don Quichote (Demonstration of a new qualitative innovative concept of hydrogen out of wind turbine electricity) is set up to demonstrate the technical and economic viability of an integrated hydrogen storage system of renewable energy linked to a hydrogen refueling facility.
The official opening of “Don Quichote”, on Dassenveld Colruyt Group’s distribution center, is taking place on the 9th of March 2016.
The project has reached an important milestone. The existing hydrogen refuelling station of WaterstofNet at the premises of the Colruyt Group in Halle (Brussels) with the following specifications:
Has been now expanded by:
For the first time, it will be able to perform additional tests on both electrolyser systems to find out which type is better to connect to renewable energy sources. As this system will extensively be tested for the next two year (until October 2017). During this testing period, the PEM electrolyser will be benchmarked against the existing alkaline electrolyser.
Up to now, the existing hydrogen refuelling stations has delivered more than 2200 kg of hydrogen to mostly forklift trucks and performed 2.500 refuelings. The technical availability of the fueling stations is more than 95%.
The Don Quichote project (www.don-quichote.eu) is co-financed by the European Union within the FCH JU program under Grant Agreement N°: 303411. The following partners are part of the consortium: Hydrogenics, HyET, Colruyt Group, TÜV Rheinland, Joint Research Centre, Thinkstep, Icelandic New Energy, FAST/European Hydrogen Association and WaterstofNet.
If you are interested in further information on the project, you can contact:
| · Johan Seykens | · Wouter van der Laak | · Ahmed Aly |
| jseykens@hydrogenics.com | wouter.vanderlaak@waterstofnet.eu | ahmed@fast.mi.it |
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