Imagine trying to build a complex battery-like device by hand, which is slow and expensive. This project creates a high-speed assembly line, similar to how cars are made, to churn out hydrogen energy components. It uses digital twins to track every part and ensures everything is perfect without slowing down the line.
Current Solid Oxide Cell production is too slow and expensive for mass market adoption. The lack of automated assembly and quality control prevents the scale-up needed to make green hydrogen economically competitive.
Automated material handling for nickel oxide and a method to recycle cell production waste. The project is building high-speed production lines for cells, interconnect plates, and stacks.
If you are a stack manufacturer dealing with slow manual assembly and high waste — this project developed automated high-speed assembly and quality control that targets a production volume of 100 MW/year.
If you are an equipment producer dealing with a lack of specialized tools for clean energy — this project developed automated material handling for nickel oxide and coating systems to establish a European supply chain.
If you are a plant operator dealing with high capital costs for electrolyzers — this project developed mass-manufacturing methods to bring stack costs below 800 €/kWel.
The project aims to demonstrate a target stack manufacturing cost of less than 800 €/kWel.
The systems are designed for a production volume of 100 MW/year.
Based on available project data, the participating companies intend to sell the developed stack components and manufacturing equipment to a wide range of external customers.
It integrates quality control directly into the cell production, interconnect plate coating, and stack assembly processes, supported by virtual twins for component tracking.
The project period runs from June 1, 2023, to May 31, 2027.
The consortium is heavily industry-driven, with 9 industrial partners representing 75% of the group, including 7 SMEs. This high ratio of commercial entities, combined with specialized automation companies (Rocksoft, Smartal) and manufacturers (Elcogen), indicates a strong focus on immediate commercial viability rather than theoretical research.
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