ITM Power wins funding for 100 MW hydrogen project

ITM Power, an energy storage and clean fuel company, has announced that it has secured funding from Innovate UK for a feasibility study to deploy a 100 MW Power-to-Gas (P2G) energy storage project, “Project Centurion” in Runcorn, Cheshire, UK.

This  project explores the electrolytic production, pipeline transmission, salt cavern storage and gas grid injection of green hydrogen at an industrial scale. The feasibility study will explore the system design and costs and will assess the business case for deployment.

The vision for Project Centurion is to demonstrate a 100 MW P2G energy storage system which can produce low carbon hydrogen for heat, decarbonisation of industry, and transport fuel. Once successfully demonstrated, such systems can make a significant contribution to the decarbonisation of the electricity and gas networks, and by coupling these two networks together provide energy storage, allowing the UK energy system to accommodate increasing amounts of renewable energy, reducing curtailment and constraints. 

As well as contributing to decarbonisation, P2G systems can improve security of energy supply and improve the UK balance of payments by producing indigenous fuel offsetting the need to import fuel.

The project will also develop a full deployment plan for hydrogen blending on the gas network.