EMEC completes world-first tidal power, battery storage and hydrogen trial
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has carried out the first global demonstration of a unified energy system that links tidal generation, long-duration battery storage and green hydrogen production. The trial took place at the centre’s test site in Orkney, Scotland. The demonstration at EMEC’s Eday site brought together the O2 tidal turbine developed by Orbital Marine Power, vanadium flow batteries supplied by Invinity Energy Systems and a 670 kW electrolyzer from ITM Power. Each…
