Electrolyzer manufacturing needs to scale up rapidly to support domestic production of renewable hydrogen. Currently, there are not enough electrolysers to meet H2 production targets, but major manufacturers already have expansion plans. Will electrolyser manufacturing be able to grow fast enough? Participate in this session and find out.  

• Understand whether electrolyser prices are falling due to economies of scale or rising due to supply chain constraints and raw material prices 
• Find out which companies are expanding their electrolyser manufacturing capacity, when and where they are located 
• Identifies possible obstacles in the supply of electrolysers and how to avoid them 

Speakers: 

• Nuria García: CNH2

Established electrolysis technologies such as alkaline and proton exchange membrane PEM (for their acronym in English), they have existed for decades and their performance has been demonstrated in the chemical industry. However, as their deployment has been limited, there is much work to do to improve the efficiency, increase durability and reduce the cost of renewable hydrogen production using electrolysers. In addition to these technologies, this session will present the availability of solid oxide electrolyzers (SOEC) at the scale of industrial projects.  

• Understand the pros and cons of each electrolysis technology to choose the most suitable for your project   
• Learn more about how each electrolysis technology copes with renewable energy variability, as well as costs and performance implications 
• Learn about the scalability of manufacturing and efforts to increase durability, reduce costs, and improve the efficiency of electrolyzers.  
• How could the use of materials and rare earths in electrolysers be reduced so that their manufacture can be scaled up quickly and cheaply? 
• Learn about the availability of solid oxide electrolyzers at the scale of industrial projects.

Speakers: 

• Jesús Montero: Sales Manager Spain & Portugal, Plug Power
• Melchor Gamarro: Senior Project Manager, General Manager Spain & Development Director Southern Europe at Ohmium
• Luis Crespo: Energy Partner at Telam Global Partners
• Juan Fernández García: Director Hydrogen Technologies, ATA Renewables (Moderator)

The European Horizon program is guiding research institutions and companies towards the commercialization of electrolysis technology, including improving efficiency, increasing durability and reducing the cost of producing clean hydrogen using electrolysers. In this session we will examine R&D efforts in the field of electrolysers and their impact on the industry as a whole.   

•  What plans are there? In this session we will analyze the R&D efforts to reduce costs, reduce the degradation processes of batteries and cells, increase the efficiency of the conversion of electricity into hydrogen and reduce the capital cost of the electrolyzer unit and the rest of the system 
• Learn about future technologies such as anion exchange membrane (AEM), solid oxide electrolyzer cells (SOECs), and photoelectrochemical (PEC) solar cells, which could reduce costs and increase efficiency 
• Hear about alternative technologies to electrolysis for the production of renewable hydrogen. 

Speakers: 

• Alberto García: director of hydrogen projects at Tecnalia
• Xabier Judez Lopez: postdoctoral researcher at CENER
• Guillermo Figueruelo: responsible for the strategic and business development area at the Aragón Hydrogen Foundation
• Jesús María Lata: Chief Technical Engineer at SENER