Feb 11 2011
McPhy Energy, a company known for its solid hydrogen storage expertise, declared that it has contracted an accord with the Enel Group, a power company from Italy, for the delivery of a solid hydrogen storage solution.
The supplied system can store up to 2 kilograms of solid hydrogen as magnesium hydrides that does not require to be compressed before storing thus offering a unique and secure solution for reversible hydrogen storage, with outstanding energy competence.
Hydrogen Storage Container
CEA-LITEN, the French national laboratory located in Genoble, France, designed to test and validate new energy technologies and nanomaterials, has tested and validated the prototype design of the solid hydrogen storage solution. The test tank was linked to an electrolyser and a fuel cell and successfully proved the capability to store renewable energy. Enel will incorporate the solution provided by McPhy in a full-fledged and new technology model, which includes the renewable energy technologies such as solar, wind and hydrogen. The storage solution from McPhy Energy will be placed in the Livorno research center of Enel. The research on the new technology will be conducted by a group of Enel researchers from its Research Center in Pisa.
The interest shown by Enel in the technology developed by McPhy amply proves the plan of McPhy in formulating the industrial power storage applications in association with the major players of the industry.