Sunfire scaling up SOEC electrolyzers through German grant funding

In Germany, to put its major industrial scale-up plans for alkaline and solid oxide (SOEC) electrolyzers into action, Sunfire has applied for IPCEI funding. Now, the company has taken a major step in the ongoing approval procedure: The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action has granted an early start to measure.

Robert Habeck, German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, says: “The major joint European hydrogen project is picking up speed. This is great news! By creating the conditions for an early start to measure, Sunfire can now get started as one of the first companies. This is a strong signal. We need to accelerate the ramp-up of the hydrogen economy – especially now in difficult times. We need promising projects along the entire value chain. The industrialization of electrolyzer production is an essential building block.”

“Being granted an early start to measure is a very important signal for us”, Sunfire CFO Stephan Garabet comments on the news from Berlin. “It underlines the central role Sunfire plays for the scale-up of the European green hydrogen industry. The funding will allow us to scale much faster, more innovatively and more extensively than we could with our own resources.”