Welcome to the H2seed Website

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council) has a vision to establish a hydrogen economy within the Outer Hebrides. The Hebridean Hydrogen Seed (H2seed) project, the second phase of the Hebridean Hydrogen Park, will establish a renewable hydrogen production and distribution facility by July 2008.

The region suffers from the highest fuel costs in the UK and yet is surrounded by the richest renewable energy resources in Europe. Exploitation of this resource for electrical generation is presently constrained by the weak nature of the region’s connection to the national grid.

These circumstances represent a unique opportunity, harnessing the rich renewable and sustainable energy resources for hydrogen generation and demonstrating pre-commercial hydrogen technologies on a near-commercial basis.

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar would welcome approaches from developers wishing to establish demonstration projects of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.