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🔬💡💚 Is Hydrogen Fuel the Future of CleanTech and Industrial Manufacturing? Conversations revolving around CleanTech are no longer confined to a niche segment, they are the driving force behind the future of industries including Industrial Manufacturing. But will Hydrogen Fuel lead the way? 🚀 Meet Varea, Inc. - a Houston, Texas based start-up led by brilliant founders Anna Dai and Greg P Heller, committed to pioneering the development of consumer hydrogen fuel products. They are working tirelessly to decarbonize our transportation industry and are maximizing hydrogen fuel uses in a rapidly growing green energy market. Tap into how Varea, Inc. is shaping the future of CleanTech and Industrial Manufacturing: https://lnkd.in/ey43t3jt Kudos to the whole team at Varea, Inc., who are pushing boundaries to ensure a sustainable and cleaner future for everybody. ⭐🍃 #HydrogenFuel #CleanTech #GreenEnergy #IndustrialManufacturing #Sustainability #USVenture #Varea #Innovation #EnvironmentalEngineering #FuelCel

Welcome to "hydrogen heaven": City of Vancouver! Our Canadian headquarters of Earth Protex is proud to be part of an amazing cluster of #cleantech companies here in the Vancouver region. Canada might be known for oil & gas, hockey, and polar bears, but we'll also soon be equally known for leading technologies and projects for the #circulareconomy and #bioeconomy. We look forward to working with local hero Benjamin Britton and his (soon to be unicorn status) company Ionomr Innovations Inc. on incorporating their low impact #hydrogenfuelcell technologies into our biorefinery designs. Sustainably produced hydrogen is a key component in our #biorefinery processes. Ionomr's membranes will allow us best-in-class energy efficiency, while avoiding the #foreverchemicals lurking in most other fuel cells. We use hydrogen produced with only water and #renewableenergy, combined with a wide variety of #biomass (from agricultural, agro-industrial, forestry, municipal, and other #waste streams) to produce "food, fuel, fiber, polymers, and chemicals". Join us in our mission of #decarbonization, #decentralization, #localization, and #regeneration! Jerry Uhland Jake Kaercher Samuel Goldstein Mikko Ruuska Rick Tilby Vineet Rajgarhia Kent Smith Fiona Hess (PhD, PChem.) Paola Francavilla Sustainable Development Technology Canada - Technologies du Développement Durable Canada

Danish startup secures €20M to boost green hydrogen production with 1-MW dynamic electrolyser unit Copenhagen-based Dynelectro has successfully raised €11 million to advance its 1-MW Dynamic Electrolyser Unit (DEU) technology, aimed at accelerating the green hydrogen economy. The funding round saw participation from prominent investors such as Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO), Yara Growth Ventures, Vsquared Ventures, PSV DeepTech, The Footprint Firm. Additionally, Dynelectro secured €9 million in grants through partnerships with industry leaders like Shell and the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). The funds will be utilized to develop and deploy the DEU at European Energy’s Danish renewable energy facility, enhancing the production of sustainable hydrogen and contributing to the green energy transition. https://lnkd.in/dB65PFtE #nordicmade #denmark #funding #greentech #cleantech #sustainability #startups #trending

German startup Sunfire, led by Nils Aldag, has secured €500m in Series E financing, including equity, debt, and grants, to expand its green hydrogen production technology. This funding comprises €215m in equity from investors such as LGT Private Banking, GIC, Ahren Innovation Capital, and Carbon Equity, along with €200m in grants and €100m in debt from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The company specialises in electrolysers powered by renewable energy, offering an environmentally friendly alternative to the fossil fuel-based hydrogen manufacturing prevalent today. #Sunfire #GreenHydrogen #RenewableEnergy #SeriesE #Funding #HydrogenEconomy #EU #EIB #Electrolysers #ClimateAction #SustainableTechnology #EuropeanInnovation #CleanEnergy #FutureProof #Investment #CarbonNeutral #GreenTech #greenhydrogen

Koloma, a #startup focused on extracting carbon-free hydrogen from natural underground deposits, has secured $245.7 million in #funding, the round was led by Khosla Ventures and included #investment from Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund and United Airline’s Sustainable Flight #Fund. They join previous cleantech backers including Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy #Ventures and Energy Impact Partners, boosting Koloma’s total funding to more than $300 million. The company, led by CTO and cofounder Tom Darrah, aims to leverage techniques from the oil and gas industry to access hydrogen pockets efficiently.  Being a highly versatile #energy source, hydrogen plays a crucial role in reducing carbon #emissions across various sectors such as transportation and electricity generation. While the traditional method of producing hydrogen from natural gas emits carbon dioxide, there's a push towards producing carbon-free hydrogen through processes like electrolysis, despite its higher cost. However, tapping into naturally occurring underground #hydrogen reserves, known as geologic hydrogen, could offer a more economical solution due to leveraging existing energy-drilling techniques. The growing awareness of naturally occurring hydrogen pockets globally has increased interest in this clean energy source, with advocates believing it could be the cheapest form of hydrogen production. #energyindustry #greenhydrogen #zeroemission #cleanenergy #emissionsreduction #carbonfree https://lnkd.in/dav-yVb6

Estonian greentech company Stargate Hydrogen bags huge amount of seed funding! Tallinn-based greentech Stargate Hydrogen has completed a successful seed round of €42 million. The round includes an equity investment by UG Investments and grant financing from IPCEI (Important Project of Common European Interest) framework for hydrogen technologies, with the participation from other investors and grants. The company has come up with a green hydrogen technology to fight against climate change in the industries such as steelmaking, fertilizers and chemicals. What new they bring to the table is to count the cost of green energy. The funding will feed their goal to scale up their patented electrolyser technology. They also appoint Skeleton Technology’s founder Taavi Madiberk as Non-Executive Chairman. https://lnkd.in/gHa63TWh #balticmade #estonia #funding #startups #greentech #climatetech #greenhydrogen #trending

📢 WE ARE TAKING THE NEXT STEP Solhyd technology produces renewable hydrogen from sunlight and air - without the need for rare materials, without a grid connection and even without liquid water. Solhyd now raised its first seed capital, with 6 M€ committed by an investor consortium with tons of entrepreneurial experience. This makes Solhyd the 156th spin-off company of KU Leuven. With the investment we are able to demonstrate applications of our technology, while already developing the next generation... We aim for real #impact, bringing this technology to the real world as fast as possible. More hydrogen panels = more renewable energy. No time to waste. Vandersanden Frank Zwerts pirre wuytack Kurt De Smet Lieven Danneels GEMMA FRISIUS - FONDS K.U.LEUVEN #goldenhydrogen #greenhydrogen #renewableenergy #solarenergy #hydrogen

Hopefully this is the beginning of the trend, and the investor pool is waking up to the beauty of #naturalhydrogen, with funds being channeled into this carbon net-zero, commercially sensible fuel of the future

What are start-ups across the globe working on? What is getting the most interest and traction (and seed $)? For the past 18 months or so we have been checking out "Start-us Insights" for some excellent analysis and meta-data. Just published by them is a 2024 update on the potential/pending "hydrogen energy" economy and sector. How close is that to becoming a viable reality? https://lnkd.in/gSzeuQid #greenenergy #b2bsales #innovation

“Verne’s cryo-compressed hydrogen storage tech scores backing from big name investors” April 23, 2024 - TAMI HOOD “A strategic fundraise is the boost Verne needs to accelerate its #H2technology development.” “Verne’s innovative #hydrogenstoragetechnology has received new funding from Trucks Venture Capital, Collaborative Fund, Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, United Airlines Ventures Sustainable Flight Fund, and Newlab. This latest investment (in addition to grant funding) brings the leading developer of #highdensityH2storagesystems’ total funding to $15.5 million. The funding will help Verne speed up development of its #CcH2 (#cryocompressedhydrogen ) tech.” “Verne is dedicated to overcoming the #H2heavydutytransport challenge. Verne is developing its #CcH2technology for #onboardhydrogenstorage for #heavydutyvehicles . Since it was first established in 2020, the company has been committed to solving the challenge heavy-duty transportation fleets face transitioning from diesel to costly #zeroemission tech.” “Verne’s #highdensityH2storage allows heavy-duty transport vehicles to reach the range and payload equal to that of diesel. The company’s #cryocompressedhydrogentech #cools and #compresseshydrogen to attain the maximum #hydrogendensity at 73 g/L internal density. This is reportedly a 33 percent improvement over #liquidH2 and an 87 percent improvement over traditional 700 bar #compressedgasH2 .” “The boosted density results in better range and payload. In short, the company’s tech allows #semitrucks the ability to achieve range that’s equivalent to #diesel over 900 miles, with no extra weight added to the system.” https://lnkd.in/ePYbXxfy? Source- original post Read all my posts #MariusPreston