Keith Allaun, Executive Chairman of PowerHouse LON:PHE, said: “We couldn’t have envisaged a more ideal location for the siting of the G3-UHt, or a better relationship with University of Chester. Their commitment to advanced energy sciences, the enthusiasm of their welcome to their facility, and our intent to be the leader in Modular Distributed Gasification (MDG)© makes this feel like the right home for the demonstration unit. We believe that Protos will be one of the most highly visible advanced and alternative energy facility ecosystem in the world and we’re grateful to be in the conversation as a key contributor to this incredible partnership. We look forward to a long-standing, highly productive, relationship with University of Chester, Thornton, and Peel.”
PowerHouse Energy plc LON:PHE is now pleased to tell DirectorsTalk it has agreed with University of Chester to deploy its G3-UHt unit at its Thornton Science Park, adjacent to the newly constructed Energy Centre of the University – a facility providing flexible space where industry and academia come together to innovate, develop, and demonstrate new, intelligent, energy technologies.
The Company has entered into a heads of terms with the University to take offices at Thornton Science Park to support the G3 Unit and to allow potential customer and partner evaluation of the G3 system.
Working with Waste2tricity, and Peel Environmental, PowerHouse is negotiating a commercial relationship with University of Chester, which would allow the Company to both demonstrate its technology, but to also connect to the facility’s “micro-grid” for the supplying of power to Thornton in situ.
As previously announced, PowerHouse has entered into an MOU to negotiate the establishment of its first commercial facility at the Protos Energy Facility which is adjacent to the Science Park.
The University’s new Faculty of Science and Engineering with circa 700 students, is located on Thornton Science Park alongside 30 commercial businesses from the energy, environmental, advanced manufacturing and automotive sectors. This enables academic and industrial collaboration in a mutually beneficial unique setting. It is anticipated that the G3 Unit will also become the focal point of gasification education at the facility and that University of Chester engineering students will be working alongside PowerHouse personnel in the operation and enhancement of the unit.
The University has been actively building its advanced engineering studies to include Process Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Materials Engineering, and Advanced Manufacturing studies – each of which may play a part in the advancement of PowerHouse technology as the company begins to commercialise the G3-UHt technology.
It is anticipated that an agreement with the University of Chester would enable the University to leverage the G3-UHt unit in its research operations, and educational efforts. Additionally, any electricity generated on-site will be fed into the Science Park micro-grid for the powering of the facility at no charge.
CEO of Thornton Science Park, Paul Vernon said: “This is a very important and exciting development for Thornton Science Park. We are delighted that PowerHouse are committed to becoming our first commercial tenant in the Energy Centre. It is a prime example of how the investment made to the Energy Centre is attracting new and innovative energy solutions to Thornton and Protos”
