US-based Electric Hydrogen (EH2) has partnered with Ingeteam to supply rectifier systems for its expanding European projects, supporting its growing customer base across the continent.
The power conversion system supplier has previously provided systems to EH2’s plants in San Jose, California and Devens, Massachusetts. Ingeteam will now supply rectifier systems that will be integrated into 100MW PEM electrolyser plants in Europe.
Power conversion accounts for a significant portion of green hydrogen plant costs. Reportedly, EH2 and Ingeteam have optimised their systems to minimise integration risks and reduce total project costs by up to 60% compared with industry benchmarks.
“Ingeteam’s power conversion technology helps us push the boundaries of performance and cost, “explained Raffi Garabedian, CEO and Co-Founder of EH2.
“This collaboration, which includes extensive interoperability testing, de-risking the critical interface between electrolysis and power systems in our 100MW plant and leverages Ingeteam’s experience and scaled supply chain.”
According to Adolfo Rebollo, Ingeteam’s CEO, the firm’s technology is “purpose-built” for industrial applications and is designed to drive down the cost of clean hydrogen.
Speaking to H2 View last November, EH2 said it can hit low green hydrogen costs of $1-2/kg with its large-scale PEM electrolysers.
Read more:Electric Hydrogen confident in $2/kg green hydrogen costs despite industry doubts
Additionally, EH2 announced it would design a 200MW electrolyser plant for Uniper’s Wilhelmshaven project in Germany.
EH2’s PEM electrolyser unit will be a fully integrated system, aimed to reduce hydrogen production costs and EPC work.
Read more:EH2 to design 200MW electrolyser for Uniper’s Wilhelmshaven hydrogen plant
Europe has leapfrogged US as a green hydrogen hotspot, says EH2 boss
The US is not the most attractive location for making green hydrogen right now, despite the production incentives built into 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
That’s the eye-catching assessment of Raffi Garabedian, CEO of California and Massachusetts electrolyser firm Electric Hydrogen (EH2), which launched in 2021 with big plans from early on to deploy its 100MW modularised and standardised PEM electrolyser plants.
“When the IRA came out, we completely turned our attention to the US,” said Garabedian. “We thought the US was a big market – and that was a big mistake.”
Today the company is beginning to “spend a lot of time” in Europe and the CEO reckons this is the “primary driver” of demand today.
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