The multidisciplinary consortium forming the Green Hy Cell project consists of direct collaboration from five companies and four research groups from three different Public Research Organizations, promoting collaboration at the national level, generating innovation, and producing new products and services of great interest in the sector. This lays the groundwork for new and effective collaborations among them in the future.

At GARITA AUTOMOTIVE, we continue to embrace future energies that are not only revolutionizing the industry but also committed to the environment.

Green Hy Cell is a project aimed at developing new prototypes of green hydrogen generation systems to enhance the competitiveness of the Spanish industry. Its objective is to research a new conceptual design of polymer electrolyte membrane electrolysers (PEMWE), using alternative materials to those used in current PEM electrolysers.

This involves designing electrodes (anode and cathode) with low noble metal content (Ir and Pt, respectively), porous transport layers (PTLs) made of titanium fiber felt for the anode, carbonaceous gas diffusion layers (GDLs) for the cathode, as well as bipolar plates (BPs) made of stainless steel with coatings based on non-noble (or critical) metals. A PEM electrolyser (0.5-1 kW) will be assembled with optimized materials to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of this type of hydrogen generation system. A thorough study will be conducted on the validation and scalability of these materials in a real environment, aiming to obtain sustainable fuel from renewable sources. This will not only increase efficiency but also reduce costs, emissions, and dependence on strategic materials.

GARITA AUTOMOTIVE will study the feasibility of replacing the manufacturing process of fluid-dynamic channels incorporating bipolar plates for the correct distribution of water and gases, currently manufactured through a machining process on the titanium substrate, with a stamping process on stainless steel.