Hydrogen home concept drawing by ITM Power.
James Heathcote is the CEO of ITM Power, a
developer of solid polymeric fuel cell and electrolyser
technologies which is listed on the AIM market
of the London Stock Exchange. He is one of the
UK’s foremost thinkers on energy security and the
hydrogen economy. James discusses his vision of the
hydrogen home – and the hydrogen economy – with
Cleantech magazine editor Anne McIvor.
Q - How is ITM Power working towards
the goal of the hydrogen home?
A - A hydrogen home is a technical
possibility today – and in fact one
has already been built in the US – but
it’s expensive. There are three critical
pieces of technology: the solar panels,
electrolyser and fuel cells. These are all
expensive technologies, but there are
tremendous advances taking place in
the US and Germany to reduce the cost
of solar panels. ITM is working on the
electrolyser and fuel cells. The most
expensive components in an electrolyser
or fuel cell have been the membranes.
ITM has developed a new membrane
technology that is 1% of the cost of
conventional membrane materials and
has higher ionic conductivity. This means
that ITM has been able to develop much
lower-cost fuel cell and electrolyser stack
technology which has achieved long term
durability testing.
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I think ITM Power is doing some cool stuff.
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