DynElectro is ready for Power-to-X industrial scale testing

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After a successful prototype test of a new electrolysis technology, Danish company DynElectro has moved a step closer to green hydrogen production on an industrial scale.

“We are not just talking about a clean future; we’re building it.”

This is the message from Samantha Phillips, CCO and co-founder of the Danish Power-to-X company DynElectro. After a completed, successful testing process of the company’s primary technology – a new type of high-temperature electrolysis – DynElectro is ready for the next step on the route towards final commercialization, full industrial testing of the innovative hydrogen technology.

“For us, it is all about producing cost-efficient, green hydrogen for the energy system of tomorrow. With the recent test of our technology on a laboratory scale, we have demonstrated that all components work and that it can be scaled up. Now we are investigating a potential site location for the final large-scale industrial test, and we know that it will take place in Denmark,” says Samantha Phillips.

Power-to-X pioneers

The company from Viby in Zealand, Denmark, has during 2023 designed a container-based prototype for electrolysis with a capacity of 30 kW and one kilo of hydrogen per hour. This was part of the innovation project PtX Cluster Zealand, supported by the Danish Board of Business Development and led by Marie Brabrand Pedersen, project manager at Business Hub Zealand.

“The future market for green hydrogen production and other links in the value chain for Power-to-X will be enormous – both in terms of growth, jobs, and climate benefits. Therefore, we are proud to support DynElectro and several other innovative companies from our region, working hard to become frontrunners in Power-to-X. It is important that we develop our knowledge-intensive companies in Denmark, and the results from DynElectro’s recent test are a good example of this effort,” says Marie Brabrand Pedersen.

Speeding Up the Process

According to Samantha Phillips, the company is now moving towards the final industrial test of DynElectro’s technology – expectedly as an electrolysis plant with a capacity of 150 kW, which can then be further scaled in connection with final commercialization.

“We simply want to speed up the process so that we can quickly enter the market with a unique product that, based on highly efficient technology, is different from other Power-to-X technologies being developed for the future energy system. This is going to be big, and we have now proven that we can play a central role in the market for green hydrogen with a technology that works,” says Samantha Phillips.

About PtX Cluster Zealand

PtX Cluster Zealand was supported by the Danish Board of Business Development with 24.5 million kroner from the REACT-EU program and ran until August 2023. Included in the project were the Zealand-based companies DynElectro, Unibio, Nordphos, Algiecel, and G2B. In addition, several utility companies, Ørsted, Evida, Kalundborg Utility A/S, DTU, Gas Storage Denmark, Knowledge Hub Zealand, Energy Cluster Denmark, and Business Hub Zealand participated.