Electrolyzers

Southern California Gas Company and Bloom Energy announced the powering of a portion of Caltech's grid with an innovative H₂ project that demonstrates how H₂ could potentially offer a strong solution for long-duration clean energy storage and dispatchable power generation.

The electrolyzer component market is poised for significant expansion, with IDTechEx's projections estimating its market value to reach an impressive $31.7 B by 2034.

John Cockerill announced its entry into the North American market with a new gigafactory in Baytown (Texas), where the Group will operate the first alkaline electrolyzer gigafactory in the U.S.

Driven by the opportunities arising from the energy transition and decarbonization trends, Bekaert has established a clear growth strategy in green H₂ production. As part of this strategy, Bekaert announces an equity investment of $5 MM in Ionomr Innovations.

Japanese diversified global manufacturer Asahi Kasei has made an investment in Ionomr Innovations Inc., a Canadian startup that manufactures anion exchange membrane.

Asahi Kasei is launching a demonstration trial of a rental service for chlor-alkali electrolysis cells in Europe with Nobian GmbH and LOGISTEED Europe B.V. Headquartered in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

According to the International Energy Agency, by the end of 2023, China’s installed electrolyzer capacity is expected to reach 1.2 GW, which would be 50% of the entire global capacity. The country is responsible for more than 40% of electrolysis projects that have reached the final investment decision globally.

The December H₂Tech: Tech Spotlight covers a cryogenic ball valve to help control fugitive emissions, an online tool for heat exchanger choice in the H₂ market, electrodes for alkaline electrolyzers and much more.

Fusion Fuel has entered into a sales contract for a 1.25-MW HEVO-Chain Series NC electrolyzer. The system will employ Fusion Fuel’s plug-and-play HEVO technology, which uses modular building blocks to design green H₂ solutions tailored to individual customer needs.

In cooperation with Siemens Energy, work on the water electrolysis at the Ludwigshafen site—the so-called Hy4Chem-EI project—is now entering the next phase of construction.

Metacon AB announces an important milestone in its global expansion strategy by entering into a MoU aimed at a strategic partnership with the Chinese company PERIC Hydrogen Technologies, an electrolyzer manufacturer.

The problem of (oxy)hydroxide's poor electrical properties has been a long-standing challenge towards the achievement of efficient water splitting. A team of researchers led from the Department of Chemistry at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, have found a solution to this issue in the form of Schottky junctions.