Electrolysis Production of Hydrogen from Wind and Hydropower Workshop Proceedings

Wind and hydropower are currently being evaluated in the U.S. and abroad as electricity sources that could enable large volume production of renewable hydrogen for use in transportation and distributed power applications. To further explore this prospect the Fuel Cell Technologies Office, and the Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program at the Department of Energy held a workshop to bring together stakeholders from wind, hydropower, and the electrolysis industries on September 9-10, 2003.

The main objectives of the workshop were to: 1) discuss with stakeholders their current activities related to hydrogen, 2) explore with industry opportunities for low-cost hydrogen production through integration between wind and hydropower, water electrolysis and the electricity grid, and 3) review and provide feedback on a current Department of Energy/National Renewable Energy Laboratory analysis efforts to study opportunities for wind electrolysis and other renewable electricity sources.

The proceedings and presentations from the Workshop on Electrolysis Production of Hydrogen from Wind and Hydropower are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs (Download Adobe Reader) and Microsoft PowerPoint files.

Workshop Proceedings (PDF 1 MB)

Introductory Remarks

Welcome/Perspective (PowerPoint 995 KB), Steve Chalk, Program Manager, DOE Office of Fuel Cell Technologies

Wind and Hydropower R&D Priorities (PowerPoint 4.4 MB), Peter Goldman, Program Manager, DOE Office of Wind and Hydropower Technologies

Overview of the Office of Electricity Transmission and Distribution (PowerPoint 1.01 MB), Marshall Reed, DOE Office of Electricity Transmission and Distribution

Meeting Objectives and Purpose (PowerPoint 865 KB), Matt Kauffman, DOE Office of Fuel Cell Technologies

Presentations by Participants

Electrolysis Production of Hydrogen from Wind and Hydropower (PowerPoint 36.5 MB), Bill Leighty, The Leighty Foundation

Production of Hydrogen from Renewable Electricity: The Electrolysis Component (PowerPoint 5.95 MB), Matthew Fairlie, Stuart Energy

Large Scale Wind Hydrogen Systems (PowerPoint 3.3 MB), Ellen Liu, GE Wind Energy

Renewable Hydrogen (PowerPoint 29.3 MB), Dan Reicher, Northern Power Systems

Overview of Wind Hydrogen Limited Activities (PowerPoint 904 KB), Declan Pritchard, Wind Hydrogen Limited

Presentations on Wind-Hydrogen Modeling Efforts

Hydrogen Production and Delivery (PowerPoint 1.57 MB), Mark Paster, DOE Office of Fuel Cell Technologies

Analysis of the Production of Hydrogen from Wind Energy (PowerPoint 2.19 MB), Maggie Mann, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

WinDS-H2 MODEL Wind Deployment Systems Hydrogen Model (PowerPoint 7.85 MB), Walter Short, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Overview of Wind-H2 Configuration & Control Model (WindSTORM) (PowerPoint 4.08 MB), Lee Jay Fingersh, National Renewable Energy Laboratory