Commercialization of the Ceres Power SteelCell<sup>®</sup> Technology: Latest Update
Robert Leah, Adam Bone, Ahmet Selçuk, Mike Lankin, Mahfujur Rahman, Andy Clare, Gavin Reade, Florence Felix, Jeffrey C. De Vero, XIn Wang, Subhasish Mukerjee, Mark Selby
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 <10kW e 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.