Progress of SOC Development at Elcogen

Elcogen is one of the leading European manufacturers of solid oxide cell (SOC) technology. Elcogen products are unique combination of best in class performance and low-cost product structure. The unit cell and stack products are designed for low temperature operation enabling major cost reductions in the system level. Elcogen's operations are located in the Nordic-Baltic technology cluster of Finland and Estonia. This article summarizes the recent activities and development trends of Elcogen.Elcogen is currently focused in ramping up its unit cell and stack production with the increased customer needs. The short-term goal is to set-up of a demonstration manufacturing plant for the unit cells and stacks with annual capacity of 50 MW. To facilitate the goals Elcogen has signed EUR 12 million loan facility with The European Investment Bank (EIB). The loan is the first in the Baltic countries to get support under the InnovFin – EU-finance for innovators programme, which is financed from the EU's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Specifically, the financing falls under InnovFin's Energy Demonstration Projects (EDP) facility.Elcogen is continuously developing its products for higher performance, longer lifetime, lower costs, increased quality and expanded applications. As an example, Elcogen has been testing its stack efficiency and lifetime for methane-based gas applications. The maximum efficiency has exceeded 75 % efficiency. The degradation rate in 23 000 hours test has been 15 mOhm.cm2/1000h.