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SSE Joins HOST Trial
SSE Joins HOST Trial.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 4913T ITM Power PLC 29 September 2010 \n \n\nThe Following Announcement replaces RNS Number 4635T released at 0700 today.\n \nThe headline should read \"SSE Joins HOST Trial\" and not as originally shown\n \n \n \nITM Power PLC\n29 September 2010\n \n \nITM Power plc\n(\"ITM Power\" or \"the Company\")\n\nSSE Join ITM Power's Hydrogen On Site Trials\n \nITM Power plc (ITM), the energy storage and clean fuel company, is pleased to announce that SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy) has signed an agreement to become the latest organisation to participate in Hydrogen On Site Trials (HOST). The trials will involve ITM's transportable high pressure refueling unit (HFuel), which will be used to power two Revolve Technologies hydrogen Ford Transit Vehicles for use in operations. Dr Graham Cooley, CEO of ITM, will make reference to the arrangement as part of his presentation at the 'Making Way for Scotland's Hydrogen Energy' Conference, taking place later today.\n \nSSE, has the most diverse range of fuel sources amongst UK generators including 2,370MW of capacity for generating electricity from renewable energy sources, supplies electricity and gas to around 9.45 million customers in Great Britain and Ireland, and is focused on the provision of reliable, sustainable energy.\n \nSSE recently announced that it has developed 10 eco-homes in Slough, in a unique project designed to understand the changing role of the energy supplier in a low-carbon society. SSE's involvement in joining the HOST programme will enable it to analyse the suitability of using green hydrogen to decarbonise its sizeable fleet, which regularly travels the length and breadth of the country on a 'return-to-base' principle. \nCommenting for ITM Power, CEO Graham Cooley stated:\"We are delighted that SSE, a major electricity and gas provider with a focus on sustainable energy supply to the built environment and transport, has joined the HOST programme in order to appraise the potential of ITM's energy storage: clean fuel technology, for decarbonising return-to-base logistics fleet vehicles. We have been encouraged by the support that HOST has attracted to date and we expect that support to continue to grow with organisations from other sectors in the near future.\"\n \nDav...