Centrica and Ceres Partner on Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology for On-Site Power

Energy company Centrica has partnered with fuel cell technology provider Ceres to offer solid oxide on-site power solutions to commercial and industrial customers. The partnership targets sectors including data centers, AI compute hubs, advanced manufacturing, logistics and distribution centers, and other critical applications facing electricity grid connection delays.

Ceres' Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) technology operates on natural gas with potential to transition to biogas and hydrogen fuels. The company's Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell (SOEC) technology will also be integrated into Centrica's advanced modular reactor (AMR) program to produce nuclear-enabled green hydrogen.

Centrica will manage project origination, installation, commissioning, remote monitoring, predictive maintenance, and end-of-life recycling through its manufacturing partner ecosystem. The company's gas and power trading capabilities will provide fuel supply, structured energy contracts, long-term cost certainty, and market optimization services.

Centrica CEO Chris O'Shea stated that businesses require faster power delivery than current electricity grids can provide. Ceres CEO Phil Caldwell described the partnership as British technology applied at global scale, emphasizing the combined capabilities of Centrica's energy platform and Ceres' manufacturing network to serve the growing data center and on-site power sector across the UK and Europe.

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