Introduction: Hydrogen Research at an Inflection Point
Australia has set itself an ambitious target: become a major global exporter of clean hydrogen by 2030. The National Hydrogen Strategy, supported by significant ARENA funding and the Hydrogen Headstart Programme, has created an unprecedented surge in electrochemical R&D activity at universities, CRCs, and industrial labs from Perth to Brisbane. But ambition without precision is just aspiration.
The core challenge facing every electrolyser researcher — whether they are optimising a novel membrane at UNSW or scaling a green hydrogen stack at CSIRO — is the same: how do you generate reproducible, publication-quality electrolysis data without spending six months building a bespoke rig that may fail catastrophically the first time you pressurise it?
The answer lies in purpose-built electrolyser test station Australia-grade infrastructure: integrated platforms that combine power electronics, gas management, safety systems, and high-resolution data acquisition into a single, validated experimental environment. This guide covers what an electrolyser test station is, how the six main technology types differ, how they connect to the broader energy test station ecosystem, and why ScienceGears is the go-to local supplier for AU and NZ research institutions.
What Is an Electrolyser Test Station?
An electrolyser test station is an integrated research instrument that provides a controlled, safe, and fully instrumented environment for characterising water electrolysis cells and stacks. It combines programmable power supply electronics, gas handling and purification, temperature and pressure control, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and automated data acquisition into a single validated platform purpose-designed for reproducible hydrogen production research.
That definition is intentionally precise, because the distinction matters. A standalone potentiostat or galvanostat is a valuable tool for half-cell voltammetry, but it tells you nothing about what happens under realistic full-cell operating conditions: elevated temperature, pressurised gas streams, membrane humidification, or the thermal gradients across a multi-cell stack. A bespoke bench setup assembled from individual components can approximate a test station, but it cannot match the measurement certainty, safety engineering, or time-to-data of a dedicated integrated platform.
Test stations are the infrastructure layer that bridges fundamental electrocatalysis research (OER/HER catalyst screening, MEA optimisation, membrane characterisation) and practical system development at pilot scale.
Why Integrated Test Stations Outperform Custom-Built Setups
Reproducibility
The most fundamental requirement in experimental science is that results can be reproduced by you next week, by a collaborator in another city, and by a reviewer attempting to validate your findings. Custom rigs introduce uncontrolled variables at every junction: inconsistent contact resistance, thermal drift in unregulated components, manually set flow rates that vary between operators. An integrated test station locks down current density, temperature, pressure, and humidity to precise set points, eliminating experimental noise at its source.
Safety
Hydrogen presents real hazards. With a flammability range of 4–75% by volume in air, even small leaks in a laboratory environment represent a serious risk. At the same time, high-purity oxygen evolving at the anode creates an oxidant-enriched atmosphere that lowers the ignition threshold of other materials. Integrated test stations address these hazards through engineered controls: continuous H₂/O₂ gas sensing, automated emergency shutdown sequences, pressure relief systems, and inert gas purging protocols — all designed to support Australian WHS obligations and the safety management systems of Group of Eight universities and CSIRO research campuses.
Time-to-Data
A competent engineer can build a functional water electrolysis test rig. It typically takes three to six months, requires iterative debugging of gas connections, thermal management, and control software, and still produces a system that is fundamentally unvalidated as a measurement instrument. A purpose-built test station arrives pre-assembled, pre-calibrated, and commissioning-ready. For researchers operating under ARENA milestones or PhD candidature timelines, this difference is not a minor convenience — it is strategically decisive.
Data Quality and Scalability
Integrated stations log cell voltage, current efficiency, impedance spectra, gas flow rates, and purity measurements at high temporal resolution with traceable calibration. Modular architectures support scaling from single-cell characterisation through short-stack testing to pilot-scale system validation, meaning the same experimental methodology and the same data formats can follow a project from discovery to demonstration.
Cost of Failure
Custom rigs built with corrosive alkaline electrolytes, hot steam, or pressurised hydrogen gas carry real failure modes: electrolyte leaks, hydrogen embrittlement of fittings, membrane blow-outs under pressure excursion. The material and reputational cost of a laboratory incident far outweighs the capital cost of a properly engineered test station. This is not a theoretical concern — it is the lived experience of electrochemistry labs that have learned this lesson the difficult way.
The Six Types of Electrolyser Test Stations Explained
The electrolyser test stations supplied by ScienceGears span six distinct technology platforms, each optimised for a different electrolysis chemistry. Together they cover the complete landscape of current and emerging green hydrogen production technologies.
1. PEMWE — Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyser Test Station
PEM water electrolysis (PEMWE) is currently the leading technology for high-purity, high-pressure hydrogen production at both laboratory and commercial scale. The process uses a solid polymer electrolyte — typically Nafion — which conducts protons from anode to cathode while physically separating product gas streams. PEMWE operates at high current densities (1–3 A/cm²), produces hydrogen at pressures up to 80 bar or more, and responds dynamically to variable renewable electricity inputs — a critical advantage for coupling with solar or wind generation.
A PEMWE test station monitors and controls: cell voltage and stack voltage, current density (mA/cm²), anode and cathode differential pressure, membrane humidification, gas purity (H₂ purity at cathode, O₂ contamination thresholds), operating temperature (typically 60–80°C), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy for in-operando ohmic resistance and membrane health diagnostics.
This technology is of particular relevance to Australian researchers working on iridium oxide OER catalysts, Nafion membrane durability under intermittent renewable-coupled operation, and MEA fabrication optimisation. The Pilbara hydrogen hub in Western Australia and the Gladstone hydrogen precinct in Queensland both include PEMWE as a core electrolyser pathway for industrial export hydrogen.
Researchers can explore the full PEMWE platform specifications and configuration options on the Electrolyser Test Stations product page at ScienceGears.com.au.
2. AEMWE — Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyser Test Station
Anion exchange membrane water electrolysis (AEMWE) has emerged as one of the most actively researched electrolyser technologies globally, because it offers a potential path to PEM-level performance without PEM-level cost. By operating in an alkaline environment facilitated by a solid anion exchange membrane (AEM), AEMWE enables the use of non-platinum group metal (non-PGM) catalysts — transition metal oxides and hydroxides for OER, nickel-based materials for HER — dramatically reducing materials cost compared to the iridium and platinum demanded by PEMWE.
The challenge is membrane stability. AEMs degrade in alkaline solution over extended operation, and the electrochemical interface between ionomer and catalyst layer is less well understood than its PEM counterpart. An AEMWE test station provides the controlled operating environment — dilute KOH or pure water feed, temperature control at 40–60°C, current density mapping, and EIS — needed to generate the long-duration durability data essential for advancing this technology from laboratory novelty to commercial platform.
Australian universities including ANU, Monash, and the University of Adelaide are active in AEMWE catalyst and membrane research. For NZ Crown Research Institutes working under the New Zealand Hydrogen Roadmap's renewable electricity advantage, AEMWE's lower capital cost profile makes it an attractive candidate for distributed green hydrogen production.
3. Alkaline Water Electrolyser (AlkalineWE) Test Station
Alkaline water electrolysis is the most commercially mature electrolysis technology, with industrial deployments dating back over a century. The electrolyte is an aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide (KOH, typically 20–30 wt%) or sodium hydroxide (NaOH), and electrodes are separated by a porous diaphragm or modern ion-selective membrane (e.g., Zirfon). Operating temperatures of 60–90°C and current densities of 0.2–0.4 A/cm² characterise conventional alkaline systems, though advanced alkaline designs push performance considerably higher.
An alkaline water electrolyser test station is engineered to handle the particularly aggressive operating environment: concentrated caustic electrolyte at elevated temperature demands corrosion-resistant wetted surfaces, electrolyte circulation management, and gas-liquid separation downstream. Key monitored parameters include cell voltage, electrolyte concentration and flow rate, gas purity, operating temperature, and stack pressure.
For researchers targeting industrial-scale hydrogen economics — particularly those in the Hunter Valley (NSW) and Port Kembla (NSW) hydrogen precincts where low cost per kg H₂ is prioritised over purity — alkaline electrolysis remains a highly relevant research and benchmarking platform. AlkalineWE stations also serve as important comparison platforms in studies examining the cost-performance trade-off between mature and emerging electrolyser technologies.
4. PEAL — PEM & Alkaline Combined Test Station
The PEAL (PEM & Alkaline combined) test station addresses a practical research need: the ability to characterise and compare different electrolyser architectures using a single, unified measurement platform. Rather than maintaining separate test stations for PEM and alkaline electrolyser research — with all the associated capital cost, bench space, and calibration overhead — the PEAL system provides an integrated dual-mode environment switchable between the two chemistries.
This is particularly valuable for comparative R&D programmes: groups evaluating the relative performance of novel OER catalysts across acid and alkaline environments, or researchers modelling the economic trade-offs between PEMWE and AlkalineWE for a specific renewable hydrogen project. The PEAL station also supports projects bridging the two technology classes, such as alkaline membrane electrolysers that borrow architectural features from both traditions.
For Australian CRCs and ARENA-funded consortia conducting comparative electrolyser evaluations, a single PEAL platform offers meaningful capital and operational efficiency over maintaining separate dedicated test stations.
5. SOEC — Solid Oxide Electrolyser Cell Test Station
Solid oxide electrolysis (SOEC) operates at a fundamentally different point on the thermodynamic landscape. At temperatures of 700–900°C, a zirconia-based ceramic electrolyte (yttria-stabilised zirconia, YSZ) conducts oxide ions from cathode to anode, enabling steam electrolysis with substantially lower electrical energy input than low-temperature electrolysers — because the heat energy raises the electrochemical activity of water, reducing the fraction of energy that must be supplied as electricity.
A SOEC test station is a substantially more complex instrument than its low-temperature counterparts. It must manage: high-temperature furnace control with precision thermal profiling, steam generation and delivery at cathode, oxidant flow management at anode, high-temperature current collector and sealing systems, and in-operando EIS across a very different impedance landscape than PEM or alkaline systems. Additionally, SOEC supports co-electrolysis of H₂O and CO₂ simultaneously, producing syngas (H₂/CO mixtures) — enabling direct Power-to-X pathways that are attractive for coupling with industrial CO₂ point sources.
For Australian researchers and industry, SOEC is most relevant at the intersection of high-temperature industrial processes and clean energy: steel decarbonisation, ammonia production, and heavy chemical manufacturing. CSIRO and major Group of Eight universities with materials science programmes are active in SOEC stack development. New Zealand's exceptional geothermal resource creates a natural synergy with high-temperature electrolysis research, given the potential for direct thermal integration.
6. Special Water Electrolyser Test Station
Not all electrolysis research fits neatly into one of the five standard technology categories. Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting, seawater electrolysis, novel electrolyte systems, non-standard membrane geometries, or bespoke stack configurations all require measurement infrastructure that can be adapted to the specific demands of the experiment rather than the reverse.
The Special Water Electrolyser Test Station addresses this gap: a configurable platform designed for non-standard and research-specific electrolysis setups. Modular gas handling, flexible electrolyte compatibility, and configurable power electronics make this the instrument of choice for exploratory electrochemistry programmes at the frontier of the field.
Leading electrochemistry groups at Australian universities and at NZ Crown Research Institutes developing novel electrolysis concepts — from seawater splitting for remote hydrogen production to photoelectrocatalytic systems — benefit from the flexibility a configurable special station provides, without sacrificing the measurement rigour and safety engineering of a purpose-built platform.
Beyond Electrolysers: The Complete Energy Test Station Ecosystem
Electrolyser test stations do not operate in isolation. A complete hydrogen R&D programme requires a supporting infrastructure of complementary test and measurement capabilities — all of which ScienceGears supplies under the broader Energy Test Stations category.
Fuel Cell Test Stations are the natural companion instrument for electrolyser research programmes examining the full hydrogen cycle. Where an electrolyser test station characterises hydrogen production, a fuel cell test station characterises its electrochemical conversion back to electricity — enabling researchers to optimise catalyst and membrane materials for both halves of the Power-to-X equation.
CO₂ Reduction Test Stations extend the electrochemical research toolkit into carbon capture utilisation. By electrochemically reducing CO₂ to value-added products — formate, CO, ethylene — these systems enable Power-to-X research pathways that complement green hydrogen and are of direct relevance to Australian industrial decarbonisation policy.
Redox Flow Battery Test Stations address the grid-scale energy storage side of the renewable energy equation. For researchers coupling variable renewable energy with electrolysis, understanding flow battery storage characteristics is a critical system design input — and a natural area of co-investigation with electrolyser stack development.
Balance of Plant Test Stations cover the critical ancillary systems that enable an electrolyser stack to function: humidifiers, heat exchangers, chillers, pressure regulators, gas dryers, and purification components. Balance of plant performance is frequently the bottleneck in scaling electrolyser systems from laboratory to pilot scale, and dedicated test infrastructure allows these components to be characterised and optimised independently.
Module Control & Measurement platforms provide the sensor, data logger, and control backbone that underpins all energy test station configurations — offering the flexibility to expand measurement capability as experimental programmes evolve.
Finally, System Integration solutions deliver the PLC/SCADA control architecture, safety interlock systems, and full pilot plant integration services that allow laboratory-scale validated electrolyser systems to transition to demonstration-scale deployment — a critical capability for ARENA-funded Hydrogen Headstart Programme projects.
Key Operating Parameters: What an Electrolyser Test Station Monitors
For researchers evaluating test station specifications, understanding the core measurement channels is essential. A comprehensive electrolyser test station logs the following parameters in real time:
- Cell voltage and stack voltage — the fundamental electrochemical performance metric, from which overpotential and efficiency are derived
- Current density (mA/cm²) — normalised to active electrode area for meaningful cross-comparison between membrane geometries and cell sizes
- Anode and cathode gas flow rates — enabling precise calculation of Faradaic efficiency (the fraction of current that produces H₂ rather than side reactions)
- Operating pressure — both absolute and differential pressure across the membrane, with the latter critical for PEMWE and SOEC systems operating at elevated pressure
- Temperature — cell temperature, inlet/outlet fluid temperatures, and in high-temperature SOEC systems, furnace zone profiles
- Humidification and water management — critical for PEM and AEM membranes where dehydration leads to rapid performance degradation
- Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) — frequency-resolved impedance mapping enables separation of ohmic, charge transfer, and mass transport contributions to cell resistance, providing in-operando mechanistic diagnostics without interrupting the experiment
- Hydrogen purity and gas cross-contamination — safety-critical parameters, with H₂ purity relevant to downstream applications and O₂-in-H₂ cross-contamination monitoring required for safe operation below the lower explosive limit
Hydrogen Safety in Australian Laboratories
Hydrogen's properties demand respect. With a flammability range of 4–75% by volume in air — significantly wider than methane (5–15%) or propane (2.1–9.5%) — even minor leaks in an enclosed laboratory space represent a serious ignition hazard. Simultaneously, the oxygen evolved at the anode of any water electrolyser creates an oxidant-enriched atmosphere at the point of gas evolution, compounding fire risk if uncontrolled.
Modern integrated electrolyser test stations address these hazards through layered engineering controls. Continuous catalytic or electrochemical H₂ sensors monitor ambient concentrations at multiple points in the test enclosure, with automated gas interlock systems that shut down current supply and initiate inert gas purging if concentrations rise above a defined threshold — typically 10–25% of the lower flammability limit. Anode and cathode gas streams are fully separated and routed through dedicated exhaust, with gas purity monitoring providing continuous verification that cross-contamination remains below safe limits.
For Australian research institutions, these engineering controls are not optional extras — they are institutional requirements. University WHS management systems, based on the model Work Health and Safety Act adopted across all states and territories, require that experimental setups handling flammable or toxic gases demonstrate formal risk management with appropriate engineering controls. ScienceGears works directly with institutional safety officers during installation and commissioning to ensure that each test station configuration satisfies the specific requirements of the host institution's WHS framework.
Australia & New Zealand's Hydrogen R&D Landscape
The policy tailwind driving demand for electrolyser test infrastructure in Australia and New Zealand has no recent parallel in scientific equipment procurement. Australia's National Hydrogen Strategy, first published in 2019 and updated to reflect more aggressive decarbonisation timelines, targets the production of clean hydrogen at under AU$2/kg by 2030 — a target that requires step-change improvements in electrolyser efficiency, durability, and manufacturing cost, all of which depend on high-quality fundamental and applied research.
ARENA (Australian Renewable Energy Agency) has committed hundreds of millions of dollars to green hydrogen R&D projects across the electrolyser technology stack, from catalyst discovery to pilot plant demonstration. The Hydrogen Headstart Programme, announced in 2023, provides production credit support for large-scale electrolysis projects — creating an urgent need for the electrolyser performance data that only purpose-built test stations can provide reliably. Key hydrogen development precincts — the Pilbara (WA), Hunter Valley (NSW), Gladstone (QLD), and Port Kembla (NSW) — are generating substantial demand for applied R&D that links laboratory electrolyser characterisation to commercial-scale project design.
New Zealand's Hydrogen Roadmap identifies a different but equally compelling opportunity: with over 80% of electricity already generated from renewable sources (hydro, geothermal, and wind), New Zealand possesses one of the world's most favourable conditions for green hydrogen production. For NZ Crown Research Institutes and universities investigating distributed green hydrogen for transport fuel and industrial decarbonisation, access to locally supported electrolyser test stations removes a significant barrier to building world-class experimental capability.
How ScienceGears Supports AU & NZ Researchers
ScienceGears Australia & New Zealand is the specialist local supplier of advanced energy test station equipment, sourced from SciTech Korea — a manufacturer with an established track record in precision electrochemical test systems for academic and industrial research. SciTech Korea's test stations are used in hydrogen research programmes across the Asia-Pacific region, and their product range spans the full electrolyser technology landscape covered in this guide.
What distinguishes ScienceGears as a supplier is not just the product range, but the depth of local support. Electrolyser test stations are sophisticated instruments that require expert installation, calibration, and commissioning — not a shrink-wrapped product that ships with a manual. ScienceGears provides end-to-end support across the full equipment lifecycle: pre-sales technical consultation and system configuration, site preparation guidance, on-site installation and commissioning, operator training for research staff and HDR students, and ongoing post-sale technical assistance for the life of the instrument.
This local support model matters particularly for Australian and NZ institutions, where the distance from overseas manufacturers makes responsive technical support from international suppliers impractical. When an electrolyser test station requires troubleshooting during a critical experimental campaign, having access to a knowledgeable local team — one that understands both the instrument and the Australian research context — is a genuine operational advantage.
ScienceGears serves Group of Eight universities (including ANU, UNSW, UQ, Monash, and the University of Adelaide), CRCs, CSIRO, and industrial R&D laboratories across Australia and New Zealand. The team works with institutional procurement, safety, and infrastructure teams to ensure that equipment supply, installation, and commissioning meet institutional requirements at every step.
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Frequently Asked Questions
1. What should I consider when choosing an electrolyser test station for my lab?
Key selection factors include the electrolyser technology (PEM, AEM, alkaline, or high-temperature variants), intended operating envelope (current density, temperature, pressure, humidity), measurement requirements (polarisation curves, durability, EIS, gas crossover), safety and ventilation constraints, and whether your work is single-cell, short-stack, or pilot-scale. The right platform is the one that can safely and repeatably control your target conditions while capturing publication-quality data with traceable sensors and robust logging.
2. When is a potentiostat or bipotentiostat sufficient, and when do I need a full electrolyser test station?
A potentiostat/bipotentiostat is often sufficient for fundamental electrochemistry (e.g., catalyst screening in half-cells, rotating electrode studies, basic EIS) where gas handling and balance-of-plant control are not required. A full electrolyser test station becomes essential when you are running real electrolysis hardware (MEA cells, stacks, pressure operation, humidification, controlled water feed, anode/cathode gas separation, safety interlocks, long-duration durability tests). In practice, a test station addresses the "system" variables that a standalone electrochemical workstation cannot reliably manage.
3. What key measurements should an electrolyser test station be able to log for publication-quality results?
At minimum: cell/stack voltage and current (with appropriate accuracy), temperature(s), pressure(s), water feed conditions, gas flow rates, and long-term time-series logging. For deeper diagnostics, in-operando EIS, high-frequency resistance (HFR), differential pressure, humidity/dew point, and gas crossover/contamination monitoring may be required depending on technology and safety architecture. The priority is that each logged parameter is controlled (where applicable), timestamped, and recorded consistently across runs.
4. What site requirements are typically needed to install an electrolyser test station?
Common requirements include suitable electrical supply, ventilation/exhaust routing for hydrogen and oxygen, safe gas handling and vent points, water quality management (especially for PEM), appropriate drainage/containment for alkaline electrolytes (where applicable), lab safety systems integration (E-stop access, sensor placement), and physical space for balance-of-plant modules. Site readiness is often the difference between smooth commissioning and delayed experiments.
5. How do I avoid common errors that cause misleading electrolyser performance data?
Typical pitfalls include unstable temperature control, unvalidated flow calibration, poor electrical contact leading to artificial voltage losses, inconsistent membrane conditioning/hydration (especially for PEM/AEM), electrolyte concentration drift (alkaline), and changing compression/assembly torque between builds. A strong protocol includes controlled conditioning steps, consistent assembly procedures, verified sensor calibration, and a documented test sequence (break-in, steady-state holds, and repeat points).
6. How long should durability tests run, and what should I report?
Durability duration depends on your goal: early screening may use tens to hundreds of hours, while meaningful durability claims often require longer tests plus defined stress protocols (load cycling, start/stop, temperature/pressure variation). Reporting should include operating conditions, control stability, degradation rate metrics (e.g., voltage rise at fixed current), and any maintenance/interruptions. Avoid implying universal lifetime outcomes from short tests — frame results as "under the tested conditions".
7. What is an electrolyser test station and how does it work?
An electrolyser test station is an integrated scientific instrument that provides a controlled, safe, and fully instrumented environment for testing water electrolysis cells and stacks. It combines a programmable power supply, gas flow control and purification, temperature and pressure management, and electrochemical measurement systems (including EIS) into a single platform. Researchers connect their electrolyser cell or stack to the station, set operating conditions (current density, temperature, pressure, humidity), and the station continuously logs performance data while managing gas safety interlocks.
8. What is the difference between PEM, AEM, and alkaline electrolyser test stations?
The three technologies differ primarily in electrolyte type, catalyst requirements, and operating conditions. PEMWE uses a solid proton-conducting membrane (often Nafion-type), typically requires precious metal catalysts (e.g., iridium, platinum), and can operate at high current density (often ~1–3 A/cm², depending on configuration) including pressurised operation in some systems. AEMWE uses an anion exchange membrane in a mildly alkaline environment, enabling non-PGM catalysts at lower cost, but faces membrane durability challenges. Alkaline water electrolysis uses liquid KOH or NaOH electrolyte with a porous diaphragm, is commercially mature, and can offer lower capital cost, but typically operates at lower current density and requires more complex electrolyte management. Each electrolyser type requires a test station configured for its specific electrolyte chemistry, temperature range, and gas handling requirements.
9. How does a test station improve the reproducibility of hydrogen production data?
Reproducibility failures in electrolyser research typically stem from uncontrolled variables: thermal drift, inconsistent electrolyte concentration, operator-dependent flow rate settings, or contact resistance variations between experiments. An integrated test station eliminates these sources of noise by locking operating parameters to programmable set points, maintaining them throughout the experiment via closed-loop control. This allows the same experimental protocol to be repeated with high fidelity — by the same operator on different days, or by different operators at different institutions — producing data that is genuinely comparable and defensible for publication or reporting.
10. What safety systems are built into modern electrolyser test stations?
Integrated test stations incorporate multiple layers of safety engineering. Continuous hydrogen sensors monitor ambient concentrations with automated emergency shutdown triggered at predefined thresholds. Gas interlocks prevent current flow if sensor readings indicate unsafe conditions. Pressure relief systems protect against over-pressure events. Anode and cathode gas streams are separated and vented through dedicated exhaust, with monitoring to reduce cross-contamination risk. Emergency stop functions immediately interrupt current supply and initiate safe-state procedures. These systems are typically designed to support Australian WHS obligations and institutional laboratory safety management systems (final requirements vary by site).
11. Can one test station support multiple electrolyser technologies?
The PEAL (PEM & Alkaline Combined) test station is designed to support both PEM and alkaline electrolyser research from a single platform, enabling direct comparative characterisation under identical measurement conditions. More broadly, configurable test station architectures can sometimes be adapted to non-standard electrolysis setups. For programmes requiring coverage of three or more distinct electrolyser technologies, a multi-station approach is often more practical to maintain measurement integrity and safety compliance.
12. How does Australia's National Hydrogen Strategy relate to electrolyser R&D equipment?
Australia's hydrogen policy and funding environment has emphasised the need to reduce the cost of clean hydrogen and improve electrolyser efficiency and durability. Achieving these aims relies on high-quality R&D data generated under controlled, defensible test conditions. Electrolyser test stations are core experimental infrastructure for producing comparable performance and durability datasets, supporting translation from lab research to pilot-scale demonstration.
Conclusion: Building the Research Foundation for Australian Hydrogen
Australia and New Zealand's hydrogen ambitions are real, well-funded, and accelerating. The National Hydrogen Strategy, ARENA's R&D commitments, the Hydrogen Headstart Programme, and NZ's renewable electricity advantage combine to create an unprecedented demand for rigorous, reproducible electrolyser research. That research demands infrastructure equal to the ambition — and purpose-built electrolyser test stations are the cornerstone of that infrastructure.
Whether you are characterising next-generation AEMWE membranes, benchmarking alkaline stacks for industrial-scale deployment, exploring co-electrolysis with SOEC for Power-to-X applications, or screening novel OER electrocatalysts for PEMWE, the quality of your test station determines the quality of your data — and ultimately the credibility of your research outcomes.
ScienceGears supplies the full range of electrolyser test station technologies to AU and NZ research institutions, with local installation, commissioning, training, and technical support that ensures researchers spend their time doing science, not wrestling with infrastructure.
Explore the complete Energy Test Stations range at ScienceGears or contact our team to discuss your specific test station requirements, system configuration options, and institutional procurement pathways. We look forward to supporting your hydrogen research programme.
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