World’s biggest PEM fuel cell power plant of 1 MW is based on NedStack’s proprietary PEM fuel cell technology. The 1 MW generator will be connected to the Chlorine-alkali plant of SolVin, at Antwerp-Lillo Belgium. With the by-product hydrogen from its production process of Chlorine, electricity is being recovered on the spot. The PEM power plant is highly efficient, highly safe, emission free and silent.
Improve PEM fuel cell performance
A part of this plant will be used for dynamic testing up to 250 kW. These dynamic tests are important to improve fuel cells in automotive applications like city buses and city distribution trucks. Next to demonstrating the economic feasibility and the dynamics of this 1 MW PEM power plant concept, the project partners also like to improve the PEM fuel cell performance, both in respect of lifetime as well as to cost reduction. Given this extra scope of business Solvicore, joint venture of Solvay and Umicore, will supply the MEA’s (Membrane Electrode Assemblies) needed for the PEM fuel cell stacks integrated in this power plant. MTSA Technopower BV in Arnhem is selected by NedStack to build the mechanical part of the plant.