HyNor Lillestrøm AS

HyNor Lillestrøm AS will build and operate a hydrogen refueling station in Lillestrøm. The company is owned by Institute for Energy Technology, Akershus Energi AS, Kunnskapsbyen Lillestrøm, Campus Kjeller AS and Skedsmo municipality.

The sources of energy for hydrogen production for the project: solar and bio energy, are both locally available and renewable. The goal is to create a “grid-neutral” hydrogen station; that is, the station is to deliver the same amount of electricity to the grid as it uses in the production of Hydrogen. The station will be located in a highly innovative energy park owned by Akershus Energi, and will benefit from available biogas and heat.

Locally available land fill gas will be used for hydrogen production via a novel steam methane reforming process called SE-SMR(Sorption Enhanced Steam Methane Reforming). The technology is being developed by IFE, and it features CO2 capture as a necessary part of the reforming process. Due to the removal of CO2, the hydrogen yield is also higher than for conventional steam methane reforming.

Solar energy will be harvested by photovoltaic panels attached to the production building, and will power a PEM electrolyser, which will be able to follow the intermittency of the solar energy.

Another novel technology which will be demonstrated is Thermal Sorption Metal Hydride Compression. Steam at 120˚C will be utilized for compressing hydrogen from 10 to 200 bar in a metal hydride compressor. Heat for the compression can either come from the central heat plant or from the reforming process. Metal hydride compression can thus lower the electric energy used for compression significantly.

The station is scheduled for opening late fall 2010.

Contact Jan Carsten Gjerløw Chairman Phone: +47 913 74 095 E-mail address: jan@kunnskapsbyen.no

Address Postboks 145 NO-2027 Kjeller Norway

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