UNIDO, Bozcaada Island. Wind-Solar hydrogen project
The International Centre of Hydrogen Energy Technologies (ICHET) of UNIDO was established in 2004 by treaty between the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MENR) on behalf of Turkish Government and United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The aim of ICHET is to act as a bridge between developed and developing countries and stimulate appropriate application of the hydrogen energy technologies and related industrial development.
UNIDO-ICHET planned to implement a Renewable to Hydrogen energy installation on Bozcaada, a Turkish island in the North Aegean Sea: “Bozcaada Island Wind-Solar Hydrogen Progect”. The project involves the installation of a 20 kW Photovoltaic system and 30 kW Wind turbine that will be connected to the island electricity grid. When power from these sources is available, a 25 kW electrolyser will start producing hydrogen that will be stored in a medium pressure tank and then will be compressed and stored in high pressure cylinders. The stored hydrogen will be used as fuel in fuel cell applications and hydrogen gen-set.
On July 2010, AccaGen and UNIDO signed the contract for the supply of the energy system which included in AccaGen’s scope of supply the following:
- System design and layout, engineering and implementation of a hydrogen energy production and storage unit;
- Supply of equipment, connection, installation, commissioning of the complete system;
- Provision of technical documentation;
- Training of personnel
- Maintenance service and spare parts
The energy system has been fully factory tested in AccaGen premises and delivered to site where is currently in commissioning and start-up phase under the supervision of our technicians.
