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Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Program (DE-FC26-01NT41245) GE Hybrid Power Generation Systems (GE HPGS) has entered into a cooperative agreement with the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to perform development and engineering work to produce a complete turnkey SOFC prototype. The GE HPGS SECA SOFC program focuses on the development of a low-cost, high-performance 3 to 10 kW SOFC system suitable for a broad spectrum of power generation applications. The overall objective of the program is to demonstrate a modular SOFC system that can be configured to create highly efficient, cost-competitive and environmentally benign power plants tailored to specific markets. When fully developed, the system will meet the efficiency, performance, life and cost goals for future commercial power plants.

Who We Are GE HPGS, a component of GE Energy, has more than ten years of experience in fuel cell stack and system development. With focus on the development of SOFC systems, GE HPGS personnel have a broad range of experience and background in ceramics, materials, processing, component testing and characterization, system design and analysis and electrochemical measurements. GE HPGS is based in Torrance, California, at a 40,000 square foot (3,700 m2) site that includes offices, laboratory test facilities and manufacturing facilities.		Downloads > Program Schedule (92 KB PDF) > 2004 SECA Annual Workshop - GE HPGS Program Presentation (1.2 MB PDF) > Quarterly Updates (70 KB PDF) For More Information > Visit the Department of Energy NETL SECA Web site