When it comes to energy production in Scotland, you might think first of the country’s portion of the prolific North Sea oil fields.
However, despite being one of the world’s largest oil and gas producers, there’s also a strong green energy movement emerging in the country. For example, there’s a new green hydrogen microgrid being developed in the Scottish Highlands that has the potential to transform energy generation and reliability for the country’s rural farming communities.
The HydroGlen demonstration project aims to incorporate on-site wind and/or solar energy generation with a hydrogen microgrid to show how farming communities can generate enough green hydrogen to fully meet their energy needs.
Green hydrogen, also known as clean or renewable hydrogen, is a zero emissions fuel created when renewable energy sources like wind and solar are used to separate hydrogen from water via electrolysis. The only byproduct is water.
The project will be built at the James Hutton Institute’s Glensaugh research farm in Aberdeenshire, about 100 miles northeast of Edinburgh. The James Hutton Institute is a Scotland-based independent scientific research organization dedicated to solving climate-related challenges through the development of tools, interventions and land management practices.
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