Ceres and Shell to trial hydrogen production in India
By Bradley Osborne - 8th August 2022
UK / India – Ceres Power Holdings plc, a fuel cell system manufacturer based in Horsham, UK, has signed an agreement with oil multinational Shell plc of London, UK to pilot a solid oxide electrolyser for the production of renewable hydrogen in Bangalore, Karnataka, India next year.
Solid oxide electrolyser cells (SOECs) use a ceramic as the electrolyte in the process of splitting water molecules to produce hydrogen gas. This method of hydrogen production requires a much higher temperature to work than proton-exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysis, which is used in electrolysers made by, for instance, Plug Power. Nevertheless, Ceres aims to produce hydrogen at efficiencies 20% greater than other methods by employing waste heat from other industrial processes.
