The UK government-backed Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) awarded RGU the funding.

Scottish university researchers will use solid oxide steam electrolysers (SOSE) to produce clean hydrogen.

RGU will build on the School of Computing, Engineering and Technology’s (SoCET) development of a high-temperature tubular electrolyser cell capable of operating between 600°C and 900°C.

“This investment allows us to push forward the science and engineering needed to make solid oxide steam electrolysis commercially viable while creating new opportunities for sustainable innovation in partnership with industry,” explained Project Lead, Professor Nadimul Faisal.

The METASIS 2.0 project is part of a wider UK initiative to advance next-generation hydrogen technology.

It will be delivered in partnership with the University of Surrey, Aston University, and the UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL), alongside more than a dozen industry and research partners.

The RGU project comes as interest in solid oxide electrolysis (SOE) technology grows across the hydrogen sector.

Companies such as Ceres have described SOEC as “transformative” for the cost of hydrogen-based fuels like green ammonia, citing efficiency gains of around 30% compared to PEM and alkaline electrolysis.