SOFC(solid-oxide fuel cells) pilot project with OGE (Open Grid Europe) successfully completed, the Bosch announced. After the standard 3-year pilot project runtime, company achieved an impressive operation time of 20,767h with the same stack and unit. The SOFC unit’s reliability in maintaining efficient gas supply and powering a compression plant at the OGE operating site in Krummhörn has been demonstrated through its generation of 158,611kWh of electricity, equivalent to the average annual consumption of 54 four-person households in Germany in 2023.
With an average of 7.6kW electrical power output and electrical efficiency of 57%, the SOFC system proves an impressive performance.
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Press release https://t.ly/Yd5Gd