SolydEra completed the installation of SOFC/SOE system!

The project partner SolydEra reports that in mid-March the team completed the installation of SolydEra’s reversible Solid Oxide Fuel Cell and Electrolysis system at the premises of HyGear in the Netherlands. The unit, the first of its kind for reversible operation, offers 3 different operation modes: multi-fuel power production, hydrogen production and co-generation of hydrogen and power from gas with the aim to serve as seamless hydrogen generator in HRS. In power generation mode it can run either on natural gas or hydrogen. In hydrogen co-generation mode (CH2P mode), it runs on natural gas and simultaneously provides electricity and hydrogen with a tunable ratio between them: a mode that is intended to be used when renewable power is not available. The system can also switch to steam electrolysis whenever renewable electricity is supplied. The system integrates SolydEra’s large stack modules (LSM) built with 4 G8X stacks, designed and produced for reversible industrial applications. The installed module has a maximum power of 25kW in SOFC mode and 75kW in electrolysis mode. The second generation of modules, under development, will achieve respectively 32KW and 100kW thanks to an increased number of stack power from 6 to 8 kW and will represent the backbone of multi-megawatt installations serving different markets such as green ammonia, steel industry and other power-to-X applications. The system is coupled to a hydrogen compression and purification unit based on a PSA provided by Hygear, that will deliver high-purity hydrogen to the end user. SolydEra reports to be very proud of its team for the achievement of this major milestone!