Elcogen has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with JNK India to explore collaborations using solid oxide technology in industrial energy projects that recover and utilise waste heat. The agreement was concluded during India Energy Week 2026 in Goa, following Elcogen’s recent decision to expand in India and the wider Asia-Pacific region.
The understanding was reached between Elcogen, a European developer of solid oxide fuel cell and electrolysis technology, and JNK India, an engineering, procurement and construction specialist with a strong presence in refining, petrochemicals, chemicals and emerging low‑carbon projects. It builds on the appointment of Anil Srikar Pavuluri as Elcogen’s Business Development Director for India and APAC, who is tasked with identifying opportunities and partnerships that can accelerate the deployment of high‑efficiency, clean‑energy systems across the region.
The partners are targeting hard‑to‑abate applications where waste heat is abundant, including prospective projects in green ammonia and urea, e‑fuels, Power‑to‑X schemes and other global industrial uses that demand high overall efficiency. As part of the MoU, they will assess technical and commercial routes for integrating Elcogen’s solid oxide stacks and multi‑stack modules into process plants, while also examining hybrid concepts that combine alkaline and solid oxide technologies as a pathway to more cost‑effective green hydrogen production.
Executives from both companies frame the collaboration as a response to structural changes in the energy system, with growing volumes of renewable power, tightening decarbonisation policies and increasing interest in low‑carbon fuels reshaping project design. JNK India, which has delivered hundreds of fired heaters, reformers, flare systems and other process units worldwide, views the MoU as a way to offer customers new options for decarbonising heat‑intensive operations, while Elcogen sees it as an entry point into one of the fastest‑growing clean‑energy markets.
In India, the collaboration positions solid oxide technology alongside the country’s wider push for green hydrogen, cleaner fertiliser production and lower‑carbon fuels, areas that feature prominently in recent policy and industry roadmaps. For Elcogen, whose technology is already deployed in systems across Europe, the alliance offers a route to adapt its high‑temperature electrolysis and fuel cell solutions to local conditions, including integration with large‑scale fired equipment and modular process units.
Both companies say the next phase of work will focus on defining concrete pilot and commercial opportunities, using JNK India’s engineering and project delivery capability and Elcogen’s solid oxide platforms to build scalable solutions that support India’s clean‑energy transition. If successful, the partnership could create reference projects for waste‑heat‑to‑power, Power‑to‑X and green hydrogen that are replicable in other industrial regions pursuing similar decarbonisation objectives.
