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Elcogen Partners with AVL to Develop Cutting-Edge Megawatt Scale Solid Oxide Electrolyser Stack Modules

Pioneering hydrogen production with solid-oxide electrolysis 

AVL Partnership with Elcogen

Austria/Estonia, 18 July 2024: Elcogen (“the Company”), the leading European manufacturer of technology that enables delivery of efficient, affordable green hydrogen and emission-free electricity, is pleased to announce a partnership with global technology company AVL to develop solid oxide electrolyser cell (“SOEC”) stack modules for MW scale hydrogen production plants. This project brings together the R&D efforts of both partners in their respective IPCEI (“Important Project of Common European Interest”) Hy2Tech programs in Estonia/Finland and Austria.

AVL, headquartered in Graz, Austria, is one of the world’s leading mobility technology companies for development, simulation and testing in the automotive industry, and in other sectors such as rail, marine, and energy. AVL delivers concepts, technology solutions, methodologies and development tools for a greener, safer, better world of mobility and beyond. AVL has 12,200 employees at more than 90 locations and 45 Tech and Engineering Centers worldwide.

The partners will focus on one of the biggest challenges of the technology – to scale from small cell footprints to multi-megawatt modules. The solution will incorporate multiple Elcogen single SOEC stacks in a stack module which will enable industrial scaling of the technology. The collaboration combines Elcogen’s leading-edge technology in SOEC/solid oxide fuel cell (“SOFC”) cells and stacks with AVL’s industry leading expertise in SOFC/SOEC system and stack module development. 

SOEC is a game-changing electrolyser technology enabling intrinsic higher efficiencies compared to Alkaline, PEM or AEM electrolysers. Moreover, when SOEC is coupled to external heat sources from industrial processes, efficiencies in the range of 90% and beyond can be achieved. This advantage makes SOEC the technology of choice in industrial hydrogen production and also in e-Fuel production, especially where the exhaust heat of the synthesis process can be used.

Martin Skov Skjøth-Rasmussen, CTO, Elcogen, said: “Through this collaboration and combination of complementary specialised expertise under the IPCEI Hy2Tech program, we hope to accelerate the development of modular solutions for the industrial scale deployment of solid oxide technology.”

Jürgen Rechberger, Vice President, AVL, added: “We are happy to join forces under the umbrella of IPCEI Hy2Tech with Elcogen. Together we will address the key challenge of industrialising SOEC –the scale-up to industrial relevant module sizes. We look forward to developing this stack module solution with Elcogen and demonstrating it in our IPCEI Hy2Tech program.”
 

AVL is a world-leading technology company specialising in development, simulation and testing in the automotive industry and other sectors such as rail, marine and energy. Through extensive research, AVL delivers concepts, technology solutions, methodologies and development tools for sustainable, safe and advanced mobility and beyond.

AVL supports international partners and customers in sustainable and digital transformation, with a focus on electrification, software, AI and automation. AVL also supports companies in energy-intensive sectors on their way to green and efficient energy generation and supply.

For more information: www.avl.com

 

Founded in 2001, Elcogen is a manufacturer of clean energy technology that delivers affordable green hydrogen and emission-free electricity. We are a European business with a proud Estonian heritage and a global customer network delivering flexible core solid oxide technology. Elcogen has its registered office in the UK, and manufacturing facilities in Estonia and Finland that have served 160 customers in 30 countries.

Elcogen develops and supplies the technology that sits at the heart of energy security and transition away from fossil fuels. We are focused on driving net-zero ambitions forward with a core, reversible technology that converts fuel sources into emission-free energy and emission-free energy into green hydrogen. Our solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and solid oxide electrolyser cell (SOEC) technology offers an efficient solution to green hydrogen production, reducing commercial costs so customers can deliver affordable energy solutions to meet net-zero targets.

For more information: www.elcogen.com

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Contact
Dr. Markus Tomaschitz, Unternehmenssprecher AVL
Tel.: +43 664 100 0289
E-mail: Markus.Tomaschitz@avl.com