Commercialization of the Ceres Power SteelCell® Technology: Latest Update

Abstract

Ceres’ unique SteelCell® metal supported SOC technology is increasingly establishing itself as the global standard for SOC, combining robustness, efficiency, and low manufacturing cost. The technology is rapidly moving from demonstration to true volume production, with Robert Bosch GmbH in Germany and Doosan Fuel Cell in South Korea both having licenses to manufacture SteelCell cells and stacks at the hundreds of MW per year scale aiming for full scale production by 2024. Bosch and Ceres currently have manufacturing plants making MW of stacks per year. SteelCell technology has a wide range of applications in the power generation sector, with applications ranging from small scale <10kWe combined heat and power (CHP) systems to systems in the 100s of kW to MW range. There are also applications in the transport sector for heavy duty electric vehicle range extenders and potentially marine propulsion systems. The technology also has applications in the rapidly-growing steam electrolysis and E-fuels sector.