The British fuel cell manufacturer Ceres has concluded a technological cooperation with the oil and gas group Shell to produce “highly efficient, inexpensive green” hydrogen. To this end, in 2023 Ceres will deliver a demonstration model of a solid oxide electrolyser in the megawatt range to Shell’s research and development center in Bangalore, India.
Together with Shell, Ceres wants to produce hydrogen with an efficiency of up to 90 percent – that is 20 percent more than with other technologies. To achieve this, the waste heat from industrial processes is used.
Ceres is investing £100 million (€116 million) in the development of solid oxide electrolysis technology. The goal is to achieve “market-leading leveled” hydrogen costs of $1.5 per kilogram by 2025. The system is to be installed in Research Center Bangalore and used for industrial processes.
Phil Caldwell, CEO of Ceres, described the agreement with Shell in a press release on Wednesday as a “hugely important step” for the company. “The partnership validates our business strategy and signals the potential of our technology for industrial decarbonization.”
Yuri Segbrets, Shell’s vice president of technology, also stressed the company’s intention to “take a leading role in the energy transition and accelerate the development towards a zero-emission energy company by 2050”.
Goal: more efficient production
Hydrogen plays an “important role” and Ceres, with its “differentiating” technology, has the potential to produce green hydrogen “with an optimal cost and efficiency profile”.
Source: Nachrichten
