A Victorian manufactured, 10 kW renewable hydrogen generator has been installed 120 km east of Melbourne, as part of a pilot project to provide backup to telecommunications towers disabled by outages.
Victorian-based hydrogen fuel cell manufacturer Energys Australia has had on one of their 10 kW renewable hydrogen generators installed at Neerim North, 120 km east of Melbourne, as part of a $1.1 million (US 740,000) pilot project with Telstra.
The generator is installed with a Telstra mobile tower and equipped with enough renewable hydrogen for a minimum 72-hour running capacity, should the tower be disabled.
Energys says they’re currently sourcing hydrogren for their generators from an undisclosed location in Victoria.
Victorian Minister for Energy and Resources Lily D’Ambrosio said Victoria’s Gas Substitution Roadmap confirms that renewable hydrogen will play a critical, targeted role in the energy…
