UK electrolyser maker Ceres Power has started work on developing a 100MW modular version of its solid-oxide electrolyser, that could be used to speed up deployment of gigawatt-scale green hydrogen installations.

To this end, the company has teamed up with AtkinsRéalis, a Canadian design, engineering and project management firm, to develop a blueprint for a modular solid-oxide electrolyser (SOE) system with over 100MW capacity.

A modular “building block” electrolyser system could allow green hydrogen developers to design and scale their projects more easily — and cheaply — compared to the bespoke installations that are typically required today.