We spoke to Stefano Piscitelli about why scaling clean energy now looks as much like industrial engineering as climate innovation, why localisation is becoming unavoidable, and why he believes the companies that master manufacturing, not only technology, will define the next phase of the energy transition.
Silicon Valley is heading into summer with last year’s power-curbing measures still fresh. Google, Meta, and Amazon’s data centres agreed to throttle operations and adopt smarter energy management approaches, while local businesses and households endured rolling curtailments to keep the grid from snapping. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has already issued fresh alerts warning of risks posed by large computational loads on the grid.
Europe has invested billions in wind and solar power in recent years (IEA) with the promise of cleaner electricity and lower prices for consumers. Yet the reality is more complicated. In many European countries electricity prices remain high, and even nations with abundant renewable capacity sometimes fail to fully realise the economic and environmental benefits.
The energy transition is moving quickly, demanding solutions that work across multiple needs at once. Elcogen CEO Enn Õunpuu reflects on how our work has long reflected that reality. Now, our story does too.
At Elcogen, our purpose is to bridge the green energy transition. While investment in hydrogen and electrification accelerates across Europe and beyond, attention is increasingly focused on scaling production and deployment. Yet an equally important question is beginning to surface in policy and industry discussions. How do we ensure that clean energy technologies remain sustainable not only in operation, but across their full lifecycle?
Global energy is shifting at full throttle and the IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2025 makes that crystal clear. Geopolitical risks, system vulnerabilities, and weather extremes are rocking markets, but so are growth opportunities for clean tech, innovation, and low-carbon fuels. Here’s what really stood out to us and why Elcogen is primed to win in this new energy order.
As data centre energy demands surge, Elcogen enables clean, efficient, and resilient onsite power with its advanced solid oxide fuel cell technology. Here’s how!
In a special address for the opening of Elcogen’s new manufacturing facility, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis called Estonia a rising leader in fuel cell and electrolyser technologies and urged stronger political backing across the EU.
With the EU's Clean Industrial Deal launched in February 2025 to fast-track decarbonisation through subsidies, streamlined permitting, and public-private funding, Elcogen is uniquely positioned to support Europe’s green hydrogen transition.
At this year’s World Hydrogen Summit & Exhibition, Hydrogen Standard interviewed our CCO, Hanna Granö-Fabritius, to explore how Elcogen’s solid oxide technology is helping to accelerate the clean energy transition. From green steelmaking to off-grid EV charging, Hanna shared how our high-efficiency SOFC and SOEC solutions are enabling industries to decarbonise with greater affordability and performance.