Consortium
EUCORE
EU CORE Consulting srl (Italy)
project coordinator
EUropean COoperation in Research and Education – is a consulting firm that offers partner design, administrative management, reporting, evaluation and research services to universities, research centers, companies, public administrations, non-profit organizations wishing to participate in research and cooperation projects funded by the European Union or other national and international initiatives.
Contribution to the project’s activities:
EUCORE is the coordinator of the SYRIUS project. The company also support the communication activities and participates in the deployment of exploitation activities, such as the transferability and exploitation of results and the protection of SYRIUS outcomes and results.
AST
ARVEDI AST Acciai Speciali Terni spa (Italy)
With over 140 years of experience, Arvedi AST, part of the Arvedi Group, is one of the most important integrated steelmaking sites in Europe in the stainless steel sector. Its core business is stainless steel flat products, for which it is market leader in Italy and one of the four leading producers in Europe. As well as flat rolled steel, the company also produces forgings in special steels, among the largest in the world, through its Forgings Division. Tubificio di Terni, the Arvedi AST controlled company, deals with the production of ERW stainless steel tubes.
Contribution to the project’s activities:
As an End-User Company, AST shall provide site preparation, permitting, plant installation and commissioning. Furthermore, the company will enable SOEC’s circular integration with existing equipment handling also technical and administrative activities for receiving the relevant authorisations in order to adequately prepare the sites to host the pilot tests. AST will provide a real industrial environmental to prove and promote the ambitious result in reducing carbon dioxide emissions SOEC industrial implementation.
BH
Baker Hughes (Italy)
Baker Hughes (NASDAQ: BKR) is an energy technology company that provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet.
Contribution to project’s activities:
Baker Hughes (IT) will oversee the design and manufacturing of the multi-stack and scalable Solid Oxide Electrolyzer (SOEC) prototype, including installation and testing aiming to demonstrate the SYRIUS plant prototype at Technology Readiness Level 7 (TRL7). Additionally, the company will lead the project exploitation strategy.
ELCOGEN
Aktsiaselts Elcogen (Estonia) | Elcogen Oy (Finland)
Elcogen develops and supplies solid oxide fuel cell and electrolysis technologies, enabling the production of affordable green hydrogen and emission-free electricity across diverse sectors, from residential to large-scale industrial applications. Founded in 2001, the company is today headquartered in the UK, where its corporate headquarters are located. It also has advanced manufacturing facilities in Tallinn and R&D Centres of Excellence in both Estonia and Finland. A state-of-the-art factory is currently under construction in Tallinn to increase production capacity from 10 MW to 360 MW, serving as a blueprint for future scaling. Serving a growing global customer base, Elcogen’s fuel cells, stacks, and modules are integrated into third-party systems, delivering exceptional performance and reliability. In addition to the supply of components, Elcogen offers comprehensive services to support technology integration, ensuring seamless adoption and optimal functionality of its solutions in various applications. These systems are designed to unlock the full potential of renewable energy, offering superior efficiency compared to traditional technologies. Together with its partners, Elcogen is shaping a sustainable energy landscape and leading the way to a net-zero future.
Contribution to the project’s activities:
Elcogen is providing stacks for both the demonstrator unit and, later, the final system, which will be integrated into a real factory environment. In particular:
- ELCAS will contribute its skills as a provider of solid oxide cells,
- ELCOY will supply stacks designed for large-scale production and developed on a specialised platform.
FBK
Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Italy)
Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) is a public research institution based in Trento (Italy), operating in a variety of scientific fields and disciplines. FBK’s mission is to advance scientific excellence in basic and applied research and to positively impact society. FBK promotes interdisciplinary and international research through twelve research centers dedicated to technology and innovation as well as to humanities and social sciences.
The Center for Sustainable Energy (SE) implements research and innovation activities aimed at developing materials, technologies, scenarios, tools and methodologies for the production, storage and distribution of energy with a focus on electrochemical storage, hydrogen and implementation in territorial projects. The Center aims to minimize environmental impact and contribute to the deep decarbonization of our society, targeting technology transfer in collaboration with industrial and territorial partners.
Contribution to project’s activities:
FBK’s main technical activities in Syrius are related to the development and validation of dynamic model of the plant to support the definition of the SOEC system operation procedure and the definition of the EMS, to the development of a digital twin of the SOEC section to help identifying the main degradation causes, and to the Tecno-Economic Analysis of the full-scale system.
FBK is also leading the work packages related to the dissemination of the research results.
KIWA | VIN
KIWA Netherland BV (The Netherlands) | Vinçotte (Belgium)
Kiwa Nederland BV is a lead player in the Testing, Inspection, and Certification sector. Kiwa operates globally, ensuring quality, safety, health, sustainability, efficiency, and control across various industries.
Kiwa expertise spans multiple areas and offers a wide range of services on the certification of fuel cell and electrolyser systems, a comprehensive testing of these products on its accredited lab, ensuring that these products meet the safety and performance standards. Kiwa has capabilities and test facilities for component, equipment and assembly testing.
Vinçotte is a member of Kiwa. The company offers objective and advisory services in inspection, certification, conformity assessment and training. As the largest player in the TIC sector in the Benelux, we invest in innovation, building on our rich history of knowledge and experience.
Contribution to project’s activities:
KIWA-NL and VIN: safety assessment, standardisation and regulation will fall under the purview of KIWA-NL, together with its affiliated entity, VIN, as a Global Certification Company.
POLIMI
Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
Founded in 2008, the Department of Energy is a recognized center of excellence in research and education, as part of Politecnico di Milano, the largest scientific and technological university in Italy with more than 47’000 students and 1’200 faculty members. Its experimental and numerical activities cover all the complexity of research in the energy world. GECOS (Group of Energy COnversion Systems) team is focused on conceive, design and optimize energy systems for a sustainable future, through system and process simulation, mathematical optimization and experimental testing. GECOS activities cover several research areas: advanced power cycles, renewable energy sources, carbon capture technologies, energy systems modelling and optimization, micro-grids and multi-energy systems and hydrogen technologies.
Contribution to project’s activities:
Within SYRIUS, POLIMI has the role of Scientific coordinator, targeting the proper management of technical and scientific activities. POLIMI will contribute mainly on:
- Development of simulation models of the SOEC unit and of integration in the steel plant, to support design, validation of operational data and techno-economic evaluations
- Definition of optimal operating strategy through Energy Management System and integration in industrial districts
- Techno-economic evaluation of full-scale plant and future optimal integration
RWTH
Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen (Germany)
The Department for Industrial Furnaces and Heat Engineering (IOB) at RWTH Aachen University is an internationally recognised research department with the mission to optimise processes and plants in the fields of manufacturing, processing and recycling of iron and steel, non-ferrous metals, glass and ceramics. Under the direction of Professor Dr.-Ing. Christian Wuppermann and supported by numerous student research assistants the research staff works in five research groups on current topics of industrial furnaces and heat engineering. The team is completed by staff in the technical and administrative field, working in the department‘s administration and mechanical as well as electrical workshop.
Contribution to project’s activities:
RWTH is tasked with leading WP9 on Circularity and Sustainability. RWTH themselves is carrying out the environmental evaluation of the newly implemented system via means of a life cycle assessment (LCA), with special focus on the achieved degree of circularity. Furthermore, they are conducting the economical assessment through a cost-benefit-analysis as well as a social LCA to assess the change of situation especially of the factory workers caused by the new technologies.
TEN
Tenova spa (Italy)
Tenova is a worldwide partner for sustainable, innovative, and reliable solutions in the metals and mining industries, employing over 2,500 people across 18 countries and focusing on technologies and services to minimize environmental impact, lower costs, save energy, and enhance employee working conditions.
With a strong emphasis on innovation and sustainability, Tenova holds a strong market position thanks to its innovative green technologies, ranging from hydrometallurgical processes for metals extraction to DRI plants and electric arc furnaces, passing through flameless and regenerative burners minimizing NOx emissions and melting furnaces for the recycling of aluminum.
Along the process of the energy transition, the company’s mission is to be a reliable partner in approaching the decarbonization of metals production, making it possible to replace fossil fuels with hydrogen in burners, DRI plants, and EAFs.
Contribution to the project’s activities:
Tenova Spa will provide the technology and consequently coordinate the requirements and design of integration of SOEC and heat recovery, with re-heating furnaces.
