China’s first MW class PEM electrolyzer delivered to South Africa

Shanghai H-Ray Exports China’s First MW-Class EU CE-Certified PEM Hydrogen Equipment, Delivered to South Africa’s ESKOM

On October 8, 2025, the "International Hydrogen Energy Day", Shanghai H-Ray Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Shanghai H-Ray") announced that its MW-class PEM hydrogen production equipment, certified by EU CE, has been shipped overseas to a project site under ESKOM, South Africa's national power utility.

This marks the first overseas shipment of MW-class PEM hydrogen production equipment manufactured in China. The product meets the requirements of fluctuating operation scenarios for solar hydrogen production and features high integration, automation, and low energy consumption.

The high-purity hydrogen (Purity: 99.999%, Dew point: -75 °C) is mainly used in the hydrogen-cooled generator systems of thermal power plants, while the rest is supplied to nearby chemical enterprises through the park's pipeline network. This represents a significant progress of domestic MW-class PEM hydrogen production equipment in the field of industrial applications.

Shanghai H-Ray's MW-class PEM hydrogen production skid-mounted system adopts an "All-in-One" modular and serialized design. The product has successfully obtained EU CE certification, and its safety, reliability, and operational requirements fully comply with the strict usage conditions of power and chemical enterprises as well as the risk management standards for hydrogen production processes.

Hu Dalin, Deputy General Manager of Shanghai H-Ray, stated: "We are very pleased to provide tailored solutions for ESKOM, South Africa's national power utility. Hydrogen for power plant cooling is a market with clear demand and high requirements. Our RYZER® system not only produces hydrogen that meets high-purity standards (Purity: 99.999%, Dew point: -75 °C) but also perfectly adapts to the 24/7 continuous and fluctuating operation needs of power plants with its high level of automation and safety design. This successful cooperation with the South African power plant is a landmark achievement. While bringing economy and high reliability to the customer, it also ensures the safety of the user's site, laying a solid foundation for the continuous expansion of the overseas market."

Core Parameter Advantages of the RYZER® Series PEM Hydrogen Production System:

High Hydrogen Purity: It meets the long-term supply requirements of hydrogen with a purity of 99.999% and a dew point of -75 °C, which is superior to the application standards of generator hydrogen cooling systems and effectively protects precision power generation equipment.

Wide Fluctuation Operation: The system operates in a range of 10%-120%, adjusting to changes in electricity prices and downstream demand for continuous and fluctuating operation, bringing tangible benefits to users.

Safety Assurance: It integrates multiple active and passive safety measures and has obtained HAZOP certification and CE certification, ensuring absolute safety in the power plant environment. When the system operates at low load, the hydrogen concentration in oxygen is less than 0.25%.

Economy: It has a measured DC power consumption of 4.04 kWh/Nm³H₂. Compared with purchased hydrogen, it has significant advantages in the total life cycle cost.

From the successful overseas bidding, review of the design and process flow, certification of materials and supervision of the production and manufacturing process, to the final factory performance testing and 7-day operation test acceptance, this process marks that Shanghai H-Ray has gained recognition in the international market of high-end industrial PEM hydrogen production, and also demonstrates the international image and quality of "Made-in-China".


About Shanghai H-Ray Technology Co., Ltd.:

Founded in 2022, Shanghai H-Ray Technology Co., Ltd. has a core technology and management team composed of professionals from the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the hydrogen energy sector of Fortune 500 companies.

The company focuses on the R&D, industrialization, application, and solution provision of PEM water electrolysis for hydrogen production, meeting the requirements of high reliability, long service life, high efficiency, and adaptability to fluctuating power input for water electrolysis hydrogen production equipment proposed by the National Energy Administration.

The company has established production lines for "roll-to-roll membrane electrodes, high-consistency titanium felt coatings, serialized electrolyzer assembly, and modular hydrogen production system integration". It has the supply capacity for large-size membrane electrodes and PEM water electrolysis hydrogen production stacks and systems with a capacity of 2~500 Nm³H₂/h, with an annual production capacity of over 200 MW.

Its core technical indicators are at the international leading level, and a number of products have obtained EU CE certification. The company has applied for/obtained more than 20 patents of various types (including 2 PCT patents) and has been awarded honors such as "National High-Tech Enterprise", "Shanghai Specialized, Refined, Characteristic, and Innovative Enterprise", and "Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Enterprise".

Source: Shanghai H-Ray