The Icelandic hydrogen house

For the past five years, Iceland has been aiming for creating a hydrogen economy converting its sustainable electric energy into hydrogen (1). A group of three students from the junior college in Ármúli, Reykjavík, is working on a project which involves the definition of the design parameters for a hydrogen house. Solar, hydroelectric wind and geothermal energies have been selected as the main sources of clean and sustainable energy for this project. A hydrogen system is also part of the project. On site hydrogen generation and storage possibilities will be discussed. The use of a fuel cell to assist the power consumption of the house is also discussed. The Icelandic Hydrogen House is 30% more expensive than a regular grid-only connected house but in this project the house has been designed to be a laboratory for future analysis of the technologies used.