An innovative community project in Orkney that uses surplus electricity
generated from renewable energy to split water,
making hydrogen gas as a fuel.
First community project to take excess electricity from two renewable energy sources and convert it to hydrogen.
Learn MoreElectrical energy generated from tidal and wind turbines on the island of Eday is stored as hydrogen gas.
Learn MoreThe compressed hydrogen is transported by ship to a fuel cell in Kirkwall where it makes electricity on demand.
Learn MoreHydrogen training will be available through Orkney College UHI, to promote job opportunities.
Learn MoreTidal power devices located at the European Marine Energy Centre test site at the Fall of Warness, in the sea just west of the island of Eday, and the Eday Renewable Energy community-owned onshore wind turbine, route their surplus electricity to a 500kW electrolyser, which generates hydrogen by splitting water.
The hydrogen is stored as compressed gas then transported on a trailer by road and sea to Kirkwall, the capital of Orkney. There it powers a fuel cell to generate clean electricity on demand.
Surf 'n' Turf attracted £1.46m of support from Local Energy Scotland and the Scottish Government's Local Energy Challenge Fund.
The project is led and managed by Community Energy Scotland, alongside partners EMEC, Orkney Islands Council, Eday Renewable Energy and ITM Power.
We work closely with the European Commission's Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, who have funded the €10.9m BIG HIT project to build upon Surf 'n' Turf's hydrogen network.