(Berlin) - Enapter AG is bringing a standardized electrolyzer onto the market that is said to be suitable for mass production. The device, called EL 4.0, is the fourth generation of the patented AEM electrolysis (anion exchange membrane) that Enapter has been developing since 2017.
The modules can be plugged together for projects of any size up to the megawatt range, the company said. The demand for easy-to-install electrolysers is high; according to Enapter, there were “more than 400 orders” before the official market launch.
Mass production from 2023 in Saerbeck
Series production of the new electrolyzer is currently being prepared at the Enapter site in Pisa. The first deliveries are planned for the summer. Mass production of more than 10.000 pieces per month will take place gradually in 2023 after completion of the Enapter Campus in Saerbeck, which is currently under construction.
The technical specifications include a production capacity of 500 standard liters per hour (NL/h) or more than 1,07 kilograms in 24 hours with a hydrogen purity of 99,9 percent (with optional drying 99,999 percent). The maximum power consumption is three kilowatts and water consumption is around 0,4 liters per hour. The dimensions are 482 x 635 x 266 millimeters and the device weighs 38 kilograms.
New software development center in Seattle
The company also announced that a new development center for the Enapter Energy Management System Toolkit (EMS Toolkit), a platform-independent software for controlling mixed systems based on renewable energy, will open on March 1 near Seattle, Washington state. It is used to build energy management systems for the private, commercial and industrial sectors. This makes it possible, among other things, to monitor and control hydrogen production and storage remotely and to optimize microgrids with renewable energies.
As reported, Enapter is currently building a new production facility for electrolyzers in Saerbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia, 30 kilometers north of Münster. The Enapter campus is being built on an 82.000 square meter site with production, research and development as well as administration. Around 60 percent of the electricity requirement is expected to be covered by a photovoltaic system with an output of around 2,3 megawatts on the roofs of the buildings.
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https://handbook.enapter.com/electrolyser/el40/downloads/Enapter_Datasheet_EL40_EN.pdf
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Fourth generation AEM electrolyser © Enapter AG
