ITM Power has signed an Equipment Development and Lease Agreement with Boeing Research & Technology Europe S.L.U. for the development, assembly and field trials of a 1 Nm3/hour (2.1 kg/day) PEM electrolyser. The containerised electrolysis equipment will form part of Boeing’s current off-grid solar refuelling station for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).
Analyst Damian Wachowicz said: “The announcement underpins ITM’s transfer towards the commercialisation of its products and its ongoing dialogues with blue chip companies. “In addition to its current market targets, including vehicle refuelling (both street and depot), hydrogen energy storage, research departments and universities, back-up power systems and welding equipment, ITM has now added the aerospace industry. The announcement continues to demonstrate ITM’s ability to be present in all current and potential hydrogen markets.”
ITM’s chief executive Dr Graham Cooley, said: “ITM Power has had a dialogue with Boeing Research & Technology-Europe for several years and actually completed some of the early ground work that led to the inception of the off-grid solar-based refuelling station for UAS that Boeing Research & Technology Europe is developing in Spain.
“I am delighted that Boeing Research & Technology Europe has now returned to ITM Power to complete the project with our PEM electrolyser technology.”
Sources: Green Car Congress, The Yorkshire Post