The six-month pilot will operate 16 solar hydrogen reactors, covering 30m², powered solely by sunlight and water. The trial is expected to test performance, durability, scalability, and generate data for commercialisation.
Partner GTI Energy will support the trial with safety review and on-site systems integration.
“With its decades of leadership, including its Hydrogen Technology Centre operations experience and role in major national hydrogen programs, GTI Energy is the right collaborator to help ensure safe and successful execution,” explained Tim Young, SunHydrogen CEO.
The Hydrogen Protohub is expected to be a testbed and training site for emerging hydrogen and clean energy technologies.
The launch in Austin followed an earlier demo, in which SunHydrogen demonstrated its 1.92m² commercial-size reactor module outdoors in the US, showing it could make hydrogen directly from sunlight and water, without grid power.
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