Hydrogenics Corporation announced it has been awarded a CAD 3.8 million contract to supply a micro-grid energy storage application in Canada. This energy storage project will store surplus wind energy as hydrogen using a Hydrogenics HySTAT60(TM) electrolyzer operating at 320 kW of energy absorption. The hydrogen will be stored on-site and then converted back to energy when needed using a Hydrogenics HyPM-R200(TM) fuel cell system generating 200kW of energy.

This project, when complete, will replace a current system that uses diesel generation thus resulting in a much lower carbon footprint.