康明斯使用氢技术为华盛顿公共公用事业提供可再生能源，并拥有美国最大的PEM电解仪

全球技术和电力解决方案负责人康明斯公司（NYSE：CMI）将为华盛顿州的道格拉斯县公用事业区（道格拉斯县PUD）提供其5兆瓦PEM电解仪的可再生能源。康明斯电解液将致力于从可再生能源生产氢，并将是美国公用事业公司中最大的，也是首先使用的。

Expected to be operational in 2021, the new renewable hydrogen facility allows the Douglas County PUD to manufacture commercial hydrogen using electrolysis to harvest hydrogen from water from Wells Dam on the Columbia River. The PEM electrolyzer system, which stands for proton exchange membrane, takes the excess renewable energy and through a chemical reaction splits water into hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen acts as an energy carrier and the oxygen is released into the air. The hydrogen can then be stored in a gas or liquid state to be used in a multitude of applications, including fuel cell electric mobility. The electrolyzer is powered by clean hydroelectricity, so the production of hydrogen does not generate any carbon emissions.

“At Cummins, we believe that scaling hydrogen technologies will continue to grow low-carbon solutions,” said Amy Davis, Cummins Vice President and President of New Power, the company’s alternative power business.

“It takes enterprises, governments and utilities working together, like what we have done with Douglas County PUD, to make alternative power a reality and promote a more sustainable world. Douglas County PUD is just one example of how Cummins is expanding the energy market and driving new power solutions for our customers.”

电解学技术提供了一种解决可再生能源行业中最大的困境之一的方法，这是在不需要需求时如何存储能源的方法。Cummins’ PEM electrolyzers, like Douglas County PUD’s electrolyzer plant, enables utilities to store the excess energy that they would typically sell off to the market at a financial loss, or not harness at all, and instead store that energy to sell into a new green hydrogen market. Additionally, it creates a way for utilities to engage in new market opportunities outside of their typical service area, removing growth barriers often faced in the industry.

"Douglas County PUD is excited to work with Cummins’ Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technologies on our 5-megawatt hydrogen electrolyzer project. This hydrogen plant will create efficiencies for our Wells Hydroelectric Project and create a new renewable hydrogen gas resource for our community,” said Gary Ivory, General Manager of Douglas County PUD. “As the first renewable hydrogen production plant in Washington State, we understand the importance of great partners, and we believe Cummins’ will help us build a successful project.”

该电解层项目是去年华盛顿州5588号法案通过5588号法案通过的最初5兆瓦项目的一部分，该法案授权公共公用事业区制造和出售氢。它将建于贝克平地工业园区，该公园位于东韦纳奇（East Wenatchee）外，将使用来自井的大坝设施中的多余水电来生产可再生氢。

“This project is a watershed, a first step into the huge economic and environmental opportunity that our growing use of clean power offers,” said Ken Dragoon, Executive Director of the Renewable Hydrogen Alliance. “For the first time, the Northwest will produce clean fuels from renewable electricity—and the Douglas County PUD’s innovative plan will use their electrolyzer’s flexibility to free up valuable capacity on their dam.”

康明斯已经成为高级柴油，天然气和电池技术的领导者，他正在迅速增强其氢能力，该公司继续加深其在燃料电池技术方面的专业知识。康明斯使用燃料电池和氢技术来为包括公交车在内的各种应用供电，semi-trucks,送货卡车,refuse trucks和乘客火车,在过去的一年中，与氢和燃料电池技术有关。这些包括acquisition of Hydrogenics Corporationin September 2019, providing Cummins with both PEM, alkaline fuel cells, and electrolyzers used to generate hydrogen. Cummins has also投资循环能源, signed a现代汽车公司的理解备忘录，达成协议与Nproxx建立合资企业>并投资于固体氧化物燃料电池的发展。

有关如何如何康明斯支持燃料电池和氢行中的新第一部分有关康明斯燃料电池和氢技术的更多信息，请访问www.cummins.com/new-power.