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© Fraunhofer IWU
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© Fraunhofer IWU

Hydrogen microgrid project gets underway in Cape Town

A green hydrogen microgrid project in South Africa’s capital last week (July 13) kicked off, offering stable power supply to an aluminium vehicle body manufacturer.

The HyTra project in Cape Town, near the Namibian port city of Walvis Bay, integrates electrolysers for green hydrogen production and fuel cells for the reconversion to electricity for the storage of electricity generated from wind and solar production.

Alu-Cab, the aluminium body manufacturer, will utilise the power produced by the system in Cape Town, using its own solar systems to power the microgrid, allowing renewable electricity to be available when needed.

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