Energy Transitions Podcast: The green promise of next-gen fuel cells
Pamela Largue
Posted on: 12 September 2023
In this episode of the Energy Transitions Podcast, Caroline Hargrove of Ceres talks about the future of solid oxide fuel cell technology.
In this episode of the Energy Transitions Podcast, Pamela Largue speaks to Caroline Hargrove, CTO at Ceres, about solid oxide fuel cell technology and the record levels of efficiency being achieved.
Ceres, a UK-headquartered climate technology developer, recently won the 2023 MacRobert Engineering Award.
The award celebrates innovation that makes an impact, and Ceres' reversible fuel cell technology, capable of generating power from a range of different fuels, is doing just that, explains Hargrove.
We, over 20 years, have been developing this technology that is in this goldilocks temperature range, which is about 600<sup>o</sup>C …they become a lot more efficient than the low-temperature fuel cells…In an industrial application, efficiency matters…"
In this Energy Transitions Podcast episode, Hargrove also unpacks the potential of fuel cells to decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors and discusses the importance of establishing an effective supply chain, making fuel cells at an affordable price, and ensuring they are fit for purpose.
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