The move to the site in Aberdeen gives sHYp access to the institutes specialist analytical equipment and expertise and allowed plans to expand to five staff by the summer.
This will help the company to develop what could be the ‘first’ electrolyser able to produce hydrogen from seawater, without the need for desalination, which traditional electrolysis techniques need.
The company claims the technology would be able to extract by-products such a carbon dioxide (CO2) and magnesium hydroxide, used in building and pharmaceuticals, meaning it could add valuable streams and reduce the price to customers of its green hydrogen.
The technology could power users close to the sea, such as ports and offshore vessels and facilities, to harness any surplus offshore renewable energy they produce by turning it into hydrogen.
Jennie Morrison, Director for sHYp BV in Scotland, said, “Laboratory space and access to specialist analytical and characterisation equipment can be challenging, but it will be invaluable to use as we develop our technology here in Scotland.
“It’s also important to us to be based in Scotland, which we see as leading the way in hydrogen technology development and could be a hydrogen exporter in years to come.”
sHYp was recently awarded funding from the Net Zero Technology Centre, which will allow it to increase its staffing from one to five by the summer, the first appointment being an electrochemist in March.
In 2021, sHYp, Green Swan Partners and BV have announced a joint business development agreement that will see the parties explore markets to deploy sHYp’s electrolyser technology commercially on a global scale.
Read more: sHYp’s revolutionary membrane-less electrolyser set to be commercialised
Researchers recently successfully split seawater without pre-treatment to produce green hydrogen.
International team leader Professor Qiao said, “We have split natural seawater into oxygen and hydrogen with nearly 100% efficiency, to produce green hydrogen by electrolysis, using a non-precious and cheap catalyst in a commercial electrolyser.”
Seawater electrolysis is still in early development compared with pure water electrolysis because of the electrode side reactions, and corrosion arising from the complexities of using seawater.
Read more: Researchers split seawater to produce green hydrogen
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