The site will be used by Sunfire to validate its latest and most powerful Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell (SOEC) product generation in an industrial environment.
SOEC technology operates at high temperatures of around 850 degrees C and achieves electrical efficiencies of up to 89 percent LHV, AC. Sunfire’s SOEC electrolysers are designed to enable the lowest possible levelized costs of hydrogen (LCOH). As a pioneer in SOEC development, Sunfire has implemented more industrial SOEC projects than any other company worldwide. The establishment of the testing facility in Schwarzheide also further strengthens the Lausitz region as a location for future technologies.
“While our pressurised alkaline electrolysers are already being successfully deployed in large-scale industrial projects across Europe, we also see high-temperature electrolysis as a critical enabler of the energy transition” said Nils Aldag, CEO of Sunfire. “SOEC technology has the potential to become another key technology for industrial decarbonisation. As the global market leader in SOEC, we are playing a key role in shaping this development. With the test facility at BASF’s Schwarzheide site, we are consistently executing our SOEC strategy and advancing the commercialisation of this technology. The site offers ideal conditions to further accelerate the market ramp-up of high-temperature electrolysis.”
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