2023-10-18 07:26:42
[월간수소경제 성은숙 기자] Canadian nuclear power company Bruce Power announced on the 12th (local time) that it will support research by engineering consultant Kinectrics and fuel cell manufacturer FuelCell Energy.
Their new research explores the possibility of producing hydrogen using electricity from nuclear power.
Hydrogen produced through nuclear power is called ‘pink hydrogen’. With the clean energy transition, interest in pink hydrogen is increasing globally.
The Korea Institute of Energy Research said in a report titled ‘Nuclear Hydrogen Policy and Industry Trends’ published in May last year that “Major developed countries, excluding Germany, are actively reflecting nuclear hydrogen in their domestic clean hydrogen plans,” and “In the mid- to long-term, next-generation “We are pursuing the development of nuclear reactor technology,” he analyzed.
According to Bruce Power, the proposed project is related to a feasibility study for a hydrogen hub in Toronto, Ontario.
The feasibility of producing hydrogen through electrolysis as an alternative heat source to simulate nuclear power plants will be evaluated, and the use of solid oxide platforms (SOEC, SOFC) as a clean fuel source for power generation and vehicles will be explored.
This study aims to evaluate the economic feasibility, including the construction, maintenance, and operation costs of hydrogen production, storage, distribution, and power generation infrastructure, and provide insight into the opportunities and challenges of hydrogen in the power system.
The project explores the feasibility of using nuclear power as a low-carbon source for hydrogen production through SOEC, demonstrating grid reliability and the ability to manage peak power and local surplus generation, as well as Ontario’s nuclear power plants. Bruce Power explained that it presents a scalable approach that can be deployed in .
On this day, the Ontario government announced the first six projects to receive funding through the new Hydrogen Innovation Fund.
Among the six projects was a feasibility study by Kinetrix to demonstrate and evaluate how low-carbon hydrogen technology could be integrated into the electric grid to balance and strengthen Ontario’s reliable power system.
According to the Ontario Ministry of Energy, Kinetrix will receive $250,000 (approximately 337 million won) in support for a feasibility study that integrates hydrogen production, power generation, and hydrogen fuel charging stations.
Earlier in February, the province of Ontario launched a Hydrogen Innovation Fund that will invest $15 million over the next three years to advance opportunities to integrate hydrogen into Ontario’s clean power system, including hydrogen storage. It was announced that it would be built.
Ontario is presenting a vision to grow into a future clean hydrogen hub by expanding the low-carbon hydrogen economy to decarbonize the energy sector and attract investment.
In this regard, Ontario’s strengths include a competitive power system, piping infrastructure suitable for hydrogen storage and distribution, creation of a regulatory environment for industry revitalization, and abundant biomass resources.
As part of Ontario’s strategy to lead a low-carbon hydrogen economy, Bruce Power has launched a feasibility study to explore opportunities to utilize surplus energy from the Bruce Nuclear Power Plant for hydrogen production and support a regional institution of excellence. The plan is to do so.
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