Tees Valley Hydrogen Trains

Mike LipscombAET Project Lead Engineer,Northern Trains Ltd.

Digital Stakeholders WorkshopHyTunnel-CS project

4-5 May 2020

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• Internal combustion engine damage to both the climate and air quality is a major concern,

• UK Government plans to ban use of diesel-only rail vehicles by 2040,

• Rail must find alternatives to diesel on non-electrified routes,

• Northern Trains (NTL) network is heavily diesel-dependent,

• NTL response: Deployment of a hydrogen train fleet to develop a diesel alternative for routes too long for alternative solutions such as battery power,

• This is not an ‘experiment’, but a revenue-earning fleet,

• This is a UK first and will help to accelerate adoption of hydrogen technology across the UK rail industry.

Tees Valley Hydrogen Trains: The Challenge

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• Hydrogen-powered fleet of trains,

• Compressed hydrogen fuel converted to electricity by on-board fuel cells,

• Emissions – water vapour only, plus virtually silent,

• Fleet size: 10 trains, operational range ~ 600 miles per tank

• Deployment from 2023,

• Project includes a depot with hydrogen fuelling facilities on Teesside,

• Route coverage Bishop Auckland-Saltburn, Middlesbrough-Hartlepool, Middlesbrough-Whitby.

Tees Valley Hydrogen Trains: Scope

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Tees Valley Hydrogen Trains: Deployment

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Tees Valley Hydrogen Trains: Routes

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• Major centre of UK chemicals and gas manufacturing expertise,

• Self-contained network of ideal size to deploy and really test a new fleet,

• Mixture of urban, interurban and rural routes,

• Non electrified network, heavily diesel-dependent,

• Ready skilled local workforce,

• Strong local support,

• Local authorities familiar with planning and safety issues associated with production and storage of hydrogen gas.

Tees Valley Hydrogen Trains: Why Teesside?

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• Project approach is to modify existing rolling stock,

• Use existing well-known and reliable electric trains, converted to hydrogen,

• Allows you to demonstrate the hydrogen systems without worrying about reliability of the host train,

• UK-specific solution required – rail vehicles for mainland Europe don’t fit on our network,

• Supplier engagement – Rolling Stock Leasing Companies (ROSCOs),

• Project undertook a full technical & economic evaluation of offers,

• Eversholt/Alstom ‘Breeze’ Hydrogen Multiple unit (HMU) selected.

Tees Valley Hydrogen Trains: Train Fleet

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Uses Alstom technology already successfully operating in German ‘iLint’ trains

Tees Valley Hydrogen Trains: ‘Breeze’ HMU

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HMU Depot Requirements:

• Existing main line connections,

• Close proximity to Middlesbrough station – local network hub,

• Good road links,

• Suitable for industrial use,

• Ready skilled local workforce,

• Space for future expansion,

• Able to accommodate on-site Hydrogen production & storage at up to 500 bar

Tees Valley Hydrogen Trains: HMU Depot

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Lackenby HMU Maintenance & Fuelling Depot: The Site Today

Tees Valley Hydrogen Trains: Depot Site

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Lackenby HMU Maintenance & Fuelling Depot: Planned layout

Tees Valley Hydrogen Trains: Depot Site

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Fuel Supply Requirements:

• Secure supply required 365 days per year,

• ‘Fuel-cell grade’ high-purity required,

• Must be affordable,

• Baseline cost comparator – continued diesel operation,

• Ability to accept delivery by road to cover for equipment failure,

• Zero-carbon, renewable hydrogen manufacture specified by Project for maximum environmental benefit.

Tees Valley Hydrogen Trains: Hydrogen Fuel

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Tees Valley Hydrogen Trains: Hydrogen Production

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Steam Reforming of Methane (SMR):

Electrolysis of water:(AET Project preferred method)

AET Hydrogen Supply Strategy:

• Encourage equipment makers, hydrogen producers and other relevant parties to combine in to consortia to bid competitively to supply hydrogen,

• Project actively involved in making introductions and encouraging consortium formation,

• Consortia tasked with offering for hydrogen ‘supply at the pump’ at £X/kg,

• Offers competitively evaluated.

Tees Valley Hydrogen Trains: Hydrogen Procurement

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Tees Valley Hydrogen Trains: Proposed Solution for ‘Green’ Hydrogen Fuel

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Thank you for your attention!

Any Questions?

Tees Valley Hydrogen Trains

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This project has received funding from the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant agreement No 826193. The JU receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and United Kingdom, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Spain,Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Norway, Switzerland.

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