Equipment vendors avoid manufacturing pilot-scale balance-of-plant components
Zach Jones · The rogue idea that saved a hydrogen startup · Aug 13, 2025 · at 24:00
Zach Jones, CEO of Graphitic Energy, describes supply chain difficulties when sourcing non-standard balance-of-plant components for industrial pilot facilities.
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“There are very few vendors that want to build pilot scale pieces of equipment. They're an order of magnitude bigger than things that are built for labs. They're an order of magnitude smaller than pieces of equipment That are built for refineries. So, all the balance of plant stuff, and I think this is true of any pilot, it's always an awkward scale.”
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