Overview

Founded 21 years ago as a spin-out from Imperial College London, Ceres is one of the world’s leading developers of solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and solid oxide electrolyser (SOE) technology, based in Horsham, West Sussex. Ceres’ metal-supported SteelCell® technology is unique and has numerous advantages in cost and robustness over other SOC technologies. Ceres operates a technology licensing business model and has licensed its technology to global OEMs including Bosch in Germany, Doosan in South Korea, and Weichai Power in China, all of whom are developing commercial power generation products using SteelCell® technology. In addition, an agreement has recently been signed with Shell to site a MW-scale steam electrolysis module using SteelCell® technology in Bangalore, India.

SteelCell® technology has the potential to play a significant role in the energy transition due to its fuel flexibility, with efficient operation on gaseous hydrocarbons, hydrogen and hydrogen-carrier fuels such as ammonia and methanol. The technology is also reversible allowing high-efficiency electrochemical hydrogen generation through steam electrolysis using less electricity than tradition electrolysis technologies.

During your visit you will introduced to the company and be provided with a tour to its R&D, testing and prototype manufacturing facilities.

Agenda

• 14:00 - Arrival and welcome at Viking House (limited parking available)
• 14:30 - Welcome by Dr Subhasish Mukerjee, Chief Scientific Officer, safety briefing
• 15:10 - Talk on SteelCell® technology and its role in the energy transition by Dr Robert Leah, Research Fellow
• 15:40 - Site tour of R&D, testing and prototype manufacturing facilities
• 16:15 - Return to conference room for Q&A
• 16:30 - Coffee/Tea and biscuits and attendee networking

No PPE required, but suitable footwear for a factory environment is recommended.

Price

• IChemE Student members: Free
• Members of IChemE Clean Energy SIG: £10.00
• London and South East Coast Members Group: £10.00

Please note that this event is not open to non-members.