Hydrogen Optimized advances large-scale Green Hydrogen Technology with demonstration of world’s highest-current water electrolyser.
Hydrogen Optimized, a subsidiary of KEY DH Technologies Inc., announced that it has completed a demonstration of the world’s highest-current water electrolyser since the 1980s.
The operation of a 50,000 ampere RuggedCell™ unipolar electrolyser represents a breakthrough in large-scale Green Hydrogen production technology and a direct pathway toward the commercialization of single electrolysis modules rated up to 100 MW. The demonstration took place at Hydrogen Optimized’s High-Current Demonstration Centre in Owen Sound, Ontario.
Andrew T.B. Stuart, President and CEO, Hydrogen Optimized.
Today we achieved an important milestone toward our goal of deploying high-current unipolar water electrolysis technology for the world’s largest Green Hydrogen production systems.
“Such very large systems will be required by major industrial, chemical, utility and energy end users to significantly reduce their carbon emissions.”
Stuart added, “We will now focus on optimizing the RuggedCell™ design as we advance toward the development of a market-ready product. We will also move toward the scale-up of our technology – a doubling of the RuggedCell™ current rating to 100,000 amperes. This will enable single electrolyser modules up to 200 MW.”
Aurora Energy Research, Europe’s leading dedicated power analytics provider, projects that the global installed base of water electrolysers will grow one-thousand-fold from 0.2 GW today to more than 200 GW by 2040*. The firm also projects that “typical” electrolyser project sizes will grow to 100-500 MWs by 2025 and to 1 GW by 2030. Looking ahead, Hydrogen Optimized believes that its high-current unipolar approach could be a category-leading solution for plants at the scale forecasted by Aurora.
The Hon. Todd Smith, Ontario Minister of Energy.
On my recent visit to Hydrogen Optimized’s Owen Sound facility, I was impressed by the company’s progress on its Green Hydrogen production system.
“Ontario businesses such as Hydrogen Optimized can help place our province at the forefront of clean energy technology and manufacturing.”
Since 2017, when Hydrogen Optimized launched its RuggedCell™ high-current electrolyser development program, the company has progressively scaled the maximum ampere rating of its technology. This has involved a technology development investment of $10 million to date, with another $12 million investment anticipated over the next three years.
The future expenditures will be funded by a $4.8 million grant from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) as announced on June 8, 2021, additional support from Natural Gas Innovation Fund (NGIF) Industry Grants, other funding sources under development, and investors.
Hihglight:
- $22 million program achieves significant milestone on path to developing world’s largest Green Hydrogen production systems
Hydrogen Optimized Advances Large-Scale Green Hydrogen Technology with Demonstration of World’s Highest-Current Water Electrolyser, October 26, 2021
