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Norwegian PEM electrolyser firm Hystar has launched a 20MW green hydrogen plant design, joining a growing number of electrolyser makers unveiling standardised systems.
The Orion plant has been developed alongside engineering company McDermott, after the pair agreed to develop a 100MW plant .
Built around Hystar’s 0.65MW stack, the skid-mounted design includes separators, piping, humidification, cooling, ventilation, pumps, and process interfaces.
The company said each Orion system operates independently, which it claims can enable a wider turn-down range to improve flexibility.
CEO Fredrik Mowill said the platform would “enable standardisation” and help projects reduce capital and operating costs.
Modular, factory-built designs are gaining traction across the sector as OEMs seek to cut complexity and costs. Other electrolyser players like Longi, Electric Hydrogen, and ITM have launched large-scale standardised plants aimed at cutting EPC costs.
It comes as Hystar plans to start up 1.5GW of automated production capacity in Norway by next year, after securing €26m ($30.2m) from the EU Innovation Fund.
Founded in 2021, the company claims its stacks to be the “most-efficient” in the world, with a quoted efficiency of 47.5kWh per kilogramme of hydrogen.
However, the company’s real-world deployments have remained limited. It’s currently operating a 1MW unit in Norway in a field trial with Equinor, Gassco, Yara, and ABB to validate performance.
It has also supplied a 0.75MW system to Finnish energy company Fortum, an undisclosed number of units to South Korean engineers Techwin and Sunbo Unitech.
Last November, it partnered with French hydrogen producer Lhyfe and Swedish systems integrator EuroMekanik to advance two 10MW projects.
