Doosan Fuel Cell will produce the core component "stack" of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) with its own mass-production technology and supply it to the European market in volume.

Doosan Fuel Cell disclosed on the 5th that it signed a contract with German energy company Reverion GmbH to supply SOFC stacks worth about 108.7 billion won. It is the largest export deal since the company's founding and equals 23.9% of sales on a consolidation basis at the end of 2025. Reverion previously adopted Doosan Fuel Cell's SOFC stacks and completed its own performance verification.

Yoon Jae-dong, executive vice president of Doosan Fuel Cell (left), poses for a commemorative photo with Stephan Herrmann, CEO of Rebellion. /Courtesy of Doosan Fuel Cell

The stacks will be delivered in sequence through the second half of 2027, and Reverion's next-generation fuel cell systems equipped with Doosan Fuel Cell's SOFC stacks are expected to be supplied to eco-friendly power facilities in Germany and across Europe. Reverion is a specialist in reversible power plants that generate electricity with gas and can switch to a water electrolysis mode when surplus power occurs.

SOFCs are fuel cells that produce electricity through the chemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen using a ceramic electrolyte. Because they can generate power continuously and stably 24 hours a day, the market is expanding as they are adopted as a key power source for artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, where electricity demand is surging, and for eco-friendly ships.

The product supplied by Doosan Fuel Cell is a medium-low-temperature SOFC stack commercialized based on technological cooperation with Ceres Power in the United Kingdom. Unlike conventional SOFCs that operate at high temperatures above 800℃, it runs at a medium-low temperature of about 620℃, achieving high power efficiency, durability, and operational stability at the same time.

Stephan Herrmann, CEO of Reverion, said, "Medium-low-temperature SOFC technology is central to Reverion's high-efficiency fuel cell systems that have entered mass production, and we have already confirmed its applicability at multiple sites," adding, "We expect the introduction of efficient on-site power generation facilities in the European market to accelerate further."

Yoon Jae-dong, executive vice president of Doosan Fuel Cell, said, "This export of SOFC stacks is significant in that the core-component foundry business has led to tangible results in overseas markets," adding, "We will use this as a springboard to accelerate securing global customers, including in North America and Europe."

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