Biga Hydrogen has secured the use of Stargate Hydrogen’s electrolyser stack technology after a collaboration agreement was signed.
During the World Hydrogen Summit in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the two companies agreed to integrate Stargate’s Stellar100 stack into Biga’s Turkish green hydrogen project, which will be a turn-key electrolysis plant with 100m3/h capacity.
During its second phase, the project is expected to scale-up to a 1000Nm3/h hydrogen production system where Generation 2 stacks will be integrated, developed and patented by Stargate.
Located in the industrial zone of Manisa, the first unit is anticipated to begin operation during Q3, 2025, followed by rapid deployment from 2026.
Once operational next year, Stargate Hydrogen stated the project will “demonstrate the financial viability of industrial decarbonisation by integrating hydrogen into industrial heating, waste recovery, back-up power generation, freight transport mobility, ammonia and methanol synthesis in industrial areas, increasing the efficiency of energy generation.”
Marko Virkebau, Stargate Hydrogen CEO, explained, “We have already commissioned activities for the first project and in parallel working on future solutions for larger projects.”
The Estonian company achieved 80% efficiency in its alkaline electrolysis stack back in April (2024), before it raised €42m ($44.9m) in its seed funding round which it will use to scale-up its tech.
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