West Virginia

Deployment of 500 residential Imperium® Solid Oxide Fuel Cells to Hope Gas customers across West Virginia. The 1.5 kW fuel cells will provide on-site power generation, operating in parallel with the commercial grid.

Research project led by Edward Sabolsky to design a furnace that uses microwave energy for heat during SOEC manufacturing, aiming to improve efficiency and reduce costs in hydrogen production technology.

Research project led by Xingbo Liu to develop a proton-conducting SOEC that can outperform traditional oxygen-conducting SOECs in hydrogen production efficiency and performance.

Higher education and research

Energy policy and regulation

Natural gas utility

The mode of operation for solid oxide cells when used for electrolysis, typically to produce hydrogen.

Systems that take heat from the ground and transfer it to homes, serving as an alternative to electric heating.

Nano-scale material coatings applied to the internal surfaces of porous electrodes in solid oxide electrolysis cells to enhance performance. The coating is designed to increase catalytic activity and durability of the electrolysis cells.

Deployment of 500 residential Imperium® Solid Oxide Fuel Cells to Hope Gas customers across West Virginia. The 1.5 kW fuel cells will provide on-site power generation, operating in parallel with the commercial grid.

Research project led by Edward Sabolsky to design a furnace that uses microwave energy for heat during SOEC manufacturing, aiming to improve efficiency and reduce costs in hydrogen production technology.

Research project led by Wenyuan Li to develop and improve ultrafast high-temperature sintering processes (reaching up to 2,000°C within minutes) for SOEC manufacturing, improving efficiency and reducing costs.

A 1.5 kW residential fuel cell that extracts hydrogen from natural gas and converts it to electrical power through an electrochemical process. The fuel cell operates in parallel with the commercial power grid and produces power that is at least 50% cleaner than grid electricity, with minimal emissions.