Development of hydrogen storage technologies

Abstract

The use of hydrogen to deliver energy for cars, portable devices and buildings is seen as one of the key steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. South Africa’s national hydrogen strategy, HySA, aims to develop and guide innovation along the value chain of hydrogen and fuel cells nationally. To capitalise on the potential of hydrogen as a clean, alternative energy source, solutions for the storage of hydrogen have to be found, as its low volumetric energy density makes it difficult to store and distribute. To address this, the Department of Science and Technology invested in cutting-edge facilities to conduct hydrogen storage research. Langmi will present an overview of the hydrogen storage projects at the CSIR and outline recent progress in the development of some key storage technologies.