Sunfire GmbH

The electrolysis manufacturer will provide a front-end engineering and design study for a large-scale hydrogen project in Europe.

Topping Out Ceremony for the 30 MW Pressurized Alkaline Electrolyser Building at the Bad Lauchstädt Energy Park.

In the climate-neutral energy industry, both electrolyzers and fuel cells will play a crucial role. With this context in mind, Sunfire has developed the two technologies in parallel. While both the electrolyzer and fuel cell markets have great potential for growth, they require distinctly different approaches. As a result, Sunfire is now spinning off its fuel cell business.

The German electrolyzer manufacturer announces a significant financial milestone with EUR 215 million raised in a Series E equity financing round, further complemented by a term loan of up to EUR 100 million provided by the European Investment Bank (EIB). In addition, Sunfire has access to approx. EUR 200 million from previously approved, undrawn grant funding to support its growth. This makes Sunfire one of the best capitalized electrolyzer manufacturers in the industry.

Finland's first industrial-scale electrolysis plant has been installed in Harjavalta, one year after the groundbreaking ceremony. The project partners expect production of green hydrogen in the second half of the year. A purchase agreement has already been signed.

Today, the Managing Director of Linde Engineering Dresden, the CEO of Sunfire and the Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Technologies and Systems IKTS presented the "HyDresden" initiative to the public. The aim of the initiative is to position the city as an innovator and pioneer for green hydrogen technologies and to jointly promote the location internationally. One of the goals of HyDresden is to attract specialists in this field. With the foundation, the initiators are now joining forces.

As the year comes to a close, we look back with gratitude on some of our project highlights from the past 12 months. Our accomplishments already give us energy for an exciting and no less challenging year in 2024. Together, we will realize our vision of a world without fossil fuels. How are we doing it? With a realistic mindset - carefully considering the right steps in the right order. We take our steps with focus. We go the extra mile. We explore new and enlightening ways. Above all, we always strive to provide our customers with the best electrolysis technology for their large-scale green hydrogen production.

Sunfire and Salzgitter AG are pushing ahead with the use of innovative SOEC electrolysis in industry to produce green hydrogen. They are working with the TU Bergakademie Freiberg to validate the latest stacks in the GrInHy3.0 research project.

German electrolyzer manufacturer is investing around €30 million in its Dresden headquarters over the next few years. The first excavators arrive to officially start work on the extension to the R&D center.

The GET H2 TransHyDE joint project based in Lingen has reached an important milestone: hydrogen was produced for the first time on the site of the RWE gas-fired power plant in Emsland (KEM) using a high-temperature solid oxide electrolyzer (SOEC) from Sunfire. The electrolyzer, with an output of 250 kilowatts (kW), is part of a test facility at which nine project partners are investigating how hydrogen can be safely and reliably transported and stored through pipelines.