driven to deliver clean energy through hydrogen fuel cells

THE HYDROGEN ECONOMY

Hydrogen is an abundant resource
High efficiency and powerful energy production
Hydrogen fuel cells are highly fuel efficient
Hydrogen is a renewable source of energy
Hydrogen offers new options for the generation, storage and distribution of energy.
Hydrogen is an energy carrier and is used to store and distribute energy and can be combined with the use of fuel cell technologies to produce electricity.
Optimising security of energy supply.
An important option for long-term decarbonisation of energy and transport systems.
Modelling studies often suggest that hydrogen could be an important part of an affordable and achievable transition to a low carbon economy.
The hydrogen economy is undergoing serious consideration in South Africa
Concerted effort to develop safe, clean and reliable alternative energy sources to fossil fuels.
Another driving force behind this technology is the prevalence of platinum reserves found in South Africa.
Platinum group metals (PGMs) are the key catalytic materials used in fuel cells. More than 75% of the world’s known platinum reserves found within South African borders

A fuel cell is a device that generates electricity by a chemical reaction.
Sir William Grove demonstrated the concept of the fuel cell in 1839.
However, it was not until 1932 that Francis Bacon developed the first successful fuel cell.
Every fuel cell has two electrodes called, respectively, the anode and cathode.
The reactions that produce electricity take place at the electrodes.
Every fuel cell also has an electrolyte, which carries electrically charged particles from one electrode to the other, and a catalyst, which speeds the reactions at the electrodes.
Hydrogen is the basic fuel, but fuel cells also require oxygen. One great appeal of fuel cells is that they generate electricity with very little pollution – much of the hydrogen and oxygen used in generating electricity ultimately combine to form a harmless byproduct, namely water.
One detail of terminology: a single fuel cell generates a tiny amount of direct current (DC) electricity.
In practice, many fuel cells are usually assembled into a stack.
Alternative energy options have gained importance owing to the depletion of fossil fuels.

Saldanha Bay is one of the largest and deepest natural harbours in southern Africa with dredged depths to 23 m below chart datum.
An artificial breakwater improves the conditions within the bay.
Future developments expected to centre around the oil and gas industry and the energy sector

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