The project is part of the programme to transform the Garbce traction power substation into a renewable energy storage facility.
PKP Energetyka, which is developing a localised energy storage system for use by trains, has signed an agreement with SBB Energy, Poland, to supply components to build a hydrogen production and energy storage facility at the Garbce traction power substation, located around 50km from Warsaw.
The hydrogen energy storage solution concept has been developed jointly by PKP Power Engineering specialists and scientists at the University of Zielona Góra. The project now under development is designed to corroborate the feasibility of using hydrogen storage solutions to power trains, specifically by storing all of the electricity produced by the site’s solar farm, which is not immediately used for traction purposes for subsequent use.
The hydrogen-based…