A consortium including the European Marine Energy Centre has launched an €11m ( $13m ) project to integrate tidal energy into the Scottish grid ( CO2 ), which will use tidal energy to produce hydrogen. Located on the European island of Orkney , ITEG will be the UK 's first deployment of the Areva H2Gen electrolyser, which will be powered by a 2 MW floating tidal energy converter. “With ever-large amounts of variable renewable energy generation being added to the European grid, issues around energy system management are requiring an even more integrated approach,” EMEC’s Commercial Director, Oliver Wragg, said. The all-in- 2 clean energy technology aims to tackle grid limitations in remote areas such as Orkney , and the European Marine Energy Centre emissions in northwest Europe .
A consortium including the European Marine Energy Centre has launched an €11m ( $13m ) project to integrate tidal energy into the Scottish grid ( CO2 ), which will use tidal energy to produce hydrogen. Located on the European island of Orkney , ITEG will be the UK 's first deployment of the Areva H2Gen electrolyser, which will be powered by a 2 MW floating tidal energy converter. The all-in- 2 clean energy technology aims to tackle grid limitations in remote areas such as Orkney , and the European Marine Energy Centre emissions in northwest Europe .