Avium awarded funding to develop electrolyser stacks

The DOE funding will accelerate the commercialisation of robust and reliable alkaline electrolysers by combining Avium’s proven low-cost, high-efficiency catalysts with stacks designed to handle Avium’s higher hydrogen production rates. Avium’s catalysts and coatings allow alkaline water electrolysers to outperform other hydrogen production technologies over the long run by regenerating catalysts in the field to maintain high performance over an extended stack lifetime and by enabling direct connection to variable renewable resources.

“Most notably, the stacks will incorporate Avium’s patented catalysts and novel deposition methods — boosting efficiency, increasing hydrogen production rates, and extending stack lifetimes while eliminating expensive platinum group metal components,” said PJ Piper, CEO at Avium.

Avium’s groundbreaking innovations will strengthen the US manufacturing base and electrolyser supply chains, reinforce the country's global competitiveness, and lower electrolyser capital and operating costs for green hydrogen production while providing improved durability under variable operation.

“Tallgrass has supported Avium for the last two years as the team has scaled up and proven their technology. This technology has the potential to unlock large-scale hydrogen production from renewable energy. The DOE award is an exciting milestone that will help Avium continue its important work in designing an electrolyser stack that can take full advantage of the underlying technology,” said Justin Campbell, Vice President of power and transmission at Tallgrass.

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