2023 highlights in Solid Oxides

2023 highlights in Solid Oxides.

Solid Oxide Cells are the most efficient solution within hydrogen technologies, and they have the potential to become very cost-competitive very soon as they are made of cheap and abundant materials. In addition to highly efficiently produce hydrogen (up to 95 %), they have the unique property to operate reversibly (both fuel cell and electrolyser mode), to do the electrolysis of CO2 (as MOXIE is doing in Mars to produce O2) or to use hydrocarbons (i.e., natural gas) in fuel cell mode. 

2023 has probably been the more exciting year for Solid Oxide people. As you know, I have been working at different levels with this technology since the beginning of my career, back in 2005. We have shown the world that years of efforts have paid off and that with the help of many others, we are ready to bring this technology to contribute to the fight against climate change. 

Let me highlight in this post as an early Christmas celebration the status of this technology by referring to the more important players ready to the challenge. Keep in mind that all these companies have been around more than 20 years, so I am very glad for their success: 

1️⃣ Bloom Energy. US-based. SOFC and SOEC. More than 1 GW of SOFCs deployed so far worldwide. SOEC modules of 120 kW to build 2 MW blocks. 4 MW system recently installed at a NASA research center.

2️⃣  Ceres. UK-based. SOFC and SOEC. Licensor of technology. Metal-supported solution (“steel cell") that allows them to operate at very low temperatures (around 600 °C). 

3️⃣  Elcogen. Estonia and Finland-based. SOFC, SOEC and reversible SOC. Component manufacturer of cells and stacks with the most efficient technology in fuel cell operation. Unique reversible technology.

4️⃣ Topsoe. Denmark-based. SOEC. After having in the market a CO2-electrolysis product, the company is building a 500 MW manufacturing capacity factory to be ready by 2025. 

5️⃣ FuelCell Energy. US-based. SOFC, SOEC and molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFCs). MCFCs can work as CCS solution allowing them to reduce emissions while increasing electricity output.

6️⃣  Sunfire GmbH. Germany-based. SOEC (both H2O and CO2). One of the largest SOEC systems so far (2.3 MW in port of Rotterdam). Solutions for co-electrolysis (CO2 and H2O) to produce syngas as well.

If you want more information and details, please be in touch with them and keep an eye to my Newsletter as a longer article will follow. 

Finally, to the rest of the SOC players fighting hard to contribute and not included here, please don't be angry with me and use the comments to show the world what you can do. All those hundreds of GWs to be installed will not be possible without more players. 

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