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Eday test run checks lie of the land
A first visit to Eday with the hydrogen mobile store unit gave the team a chance to see exactly how the vehicle will operate on the island. The trailer had no hydrogen on board for the test run on April 18th. Staff from Community Energy Scotland, the European Marine Energy Centre and Eday Renewable ....
Test runs about to start
The Surf 'n' Turf truck will soon start trial runs - without any hydrogen on board - travelling to and across the island of Eday. The first provisional date is Tuesday April 18th. The white truck and its empty trailer will make the trip by ferry from Kirkwall to Eday and then cross the island to ....
First trailers reach Orkney
Two of the three specialist trailers that will move hydrogen gas from Eday to Kirkwall have arrived in Orkney and parked up at their routine home, the compound on Kirkwall Pier. They were built in Zaragoza, northern Spain, by Calvera Maquinaria to a design that takes into account the needs of ....
Fuel cell gets factory green light
Arcola Energy and Proton Motors, the suppliers of the hydrogen fuel cell that will sit on Kirkwall pier, have finished the factory construction process on the unit. The equipment passed its 'Factory Acceptance Test' at Proton's factory in Munich, Germany, on March 21st. It will ship to Scotland in ....
Trailers leave Spain for Scotland
Two of three hydrogen trailers that Surf 'n' Turf will use to move hydrogen from Eday to Kirkwall have set off on a much longer voyage – from Bilbao in Spain to Portsmouth in southern England. The manufacturers, Calvera Maquinaria, finished their work in February. Project partners ITM and EMEC ....Search
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