Cummins Hydrogen Technology Powers the Largest Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Electrolyzer in Operation in the World
January 26 2021 - 07:00AM
Business Wire
Global technology and power solutions leader Cummins Inc. (NYSE:
CMI) has provided a 20-megawatt PEM electrolyzer system to generate
green hydrogen, making it the largest in operation in the world.
The Cummins electrolyzer system is installed at the Air Liquide
hydrogen production facility in Bécancour, Quebec and began
commercial operation in late 2020. The Cummins PEM Electrolyzer can
produce over 3,000 tons of hydrogen annually using clean
hydropower.
“Creating hydrogen technologies at scale is paramount to growing
low-carbon solutions,” said Amy Davis, Cummins Vice President and
President of New Power, the company’s alternative power business.
“We have successfully developed our technology from 1MW to 5MW, and
now have the largest PEM electrolyzer in operation in the world. It
will continue to take enterprises, governments, forward-thinking
customers and utilities all working together to make alternative
power a reality. Here we are seeing how green hydrogen can improve
sustainability for industrial manufacturing and how the demand for
decarbonized hydrogen solutions will grow.”
The HyLYZER® PEM electrolyzer technology is the result of more
than 20 years of development by Hydrogenics, a Canadian company
that was acquired by Cummins in September of 2019. This
installation in Quebec features four compact pressurized
electrolyzer skids that were fitted inside an existing building.
This is a modular and scalable electrolyzer platform designed to
address utility-scale hydrogen production.
Electrolyzers provide a means to address one of the largest
dilemmas in the renewable energy industry, which is how to store
the energy when it is not in demand. Cummins’ PEM electrolyzers
enable the storage of excess energy that would typically be sold
off to the market at a financial loss, or not harnessed at all, and
instead store that energy to sell into a new green hydrogen market.
They can also be used to decarbonize multiple sectors including
zero emission transportation, industrial processes and the green
chemicals sector.
Already a leader in advanced diesel, natural gas and battery
technologies, Cummins is rapidly growing its capabilities to
support the overall hydrogen economy. Cummins uses fuel cell
technologies to power a variety of applications, including transit
buses, semi-trucks, delivery trucks, refuse trucks and passenger
trains and has made several recent investments to support the
overall fuel cell ecosystem. This includes acquiring Hydrogenics,
which provided Cummins with PEM fuel cells and both PEM and
alkaline electrolyzers, forming a joint venture with NPROXX to
produce hydrogen storage tanks, and investing in the development of
solid oxide fuel cells.
For more examples of how Cummins is leading new firsts in the
fuel cell and hydrogen industry and for more information about
Cummins Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technologies, visit
www.cummins.com/hydrogen.
About Cummins Inc.
Cummins Inc., a global power leader, is a corporation of
complementary business segments that design, manufacture,
distribute and service a broad portfolio of power solutions. The
company’s products range from diesel, natural gas, electric and
hybrid powertrains and powertrain-related components including
filtration, aftertreatment, turbochargers, fuel systems, controls
systems, air handling systems, automated transmissions, electric
power generation systems, batteries, electrified power systems,
hydrogen generation and fuel cell products. Headquartered in
Columbus, Indiana (U.S.), since its founding in 1919, Cummins
employs approximately 61,600 people committed to powering a more
prosperous world through three global corporate responsibility
priorities critical to healthy communities: education, environment
and equality of opportunity. Cummins serves its customers online,
through a network of company-owned and independent distributor
locations, and through thousands of dealer locations worldwide and
earned about $2.3 billion on sales of $23.6 billion in 2019. See
how Cummins is powering a world that’s always on by accessing news
releases and more information at
https://www.cummins.com/always-on.
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