−Removed: We are a developer of clean energy
−Removed: technologies.
−Removed: Our current focus is on developing a green hydrogen production technology that uses water and heat rather than electricity
−Removed: to produce the world’s cheapest green hydrogen.
−Removed: Hydrogen is the cleanest and
−Removed: most abundant element in the universe, and we can’t live without it.
−Removed: Hydrogen is the key ingredient in making fertilizers needed
−Removed: to grow food for the world.
−Removed: It is also used for transportation, refining oil and making steel, glass, pharmaceuticals and more.
−Removed: all the hydrogen today is made from hydrocarbons like coal, oil, and natural gas, which are dirty and limited resources.
−Removed: Water, on the
−Removed: other hand, is an infinite and renewable worldwide resource.
−Removed: Currently, the most common method
−Removed: of making green hydrogen is to split water into oxygen and hydrogen with an electrolyzer using green electricity produced from solar
+Added: are a developer of clean energy technologies.
+Added: Our current focus is on developing a green hydrogen production technology that uses water
+Added: and heat rather than electricity to produce the world’s cheapest green hydrogen.
+Added: is the cleanest and most abundant element in the universe, and we can’t live without it.
+Added: Hydrogen is the key ingredient in making
+Added: fertilizers needed to grow food for the world.
+Added: It is also used for transportation, refining oil and making steel, glass, pharmaceuticals
+Added: Nearly all the hydrogen today is made from hydrocarbons like coal, oil, and natural gas, which are dirty and limited resources.
+Added: Water, on the other hand, is an infinite and renewable worldwide resource.
+Added: the most common method of making green hydrogen is to split water into oxygen and hydrogen with an electrolyzer using green electricity
+Added: produced from solar or wind.
However, green electricity is and always will be very expensive.
−Removed: It currently accounts for 73% of the cost of green hydrogen.
−Removed: By using heat directly, we can skip the expensive process of making electricity, and fundamentally lower the cost of green hydrogen.
−Removed: Inexpensive heat can be obtained from concentrated solar, geothermal, nuclear reactors and industrial waste heat for use in our novel
−Removed: low-cost thermochemical water splitting process.
−Removed: Working with a world class research team at UC Santa Barbara, our goal is to help usher
−Removed: in the green hydrogen economy that Goldman Sachs (in a 2022 report) estimated to have a future market value of $12 trillion.
−Removed: Industry Overview
−Removed: Hydrogen is the most abundant
−Removed: and prevalent clean energy in the universe.
+Added: It currently accounts for 73% of the cost
+Added: of green hydrogen.
+Added: By using heat directly, we can skip the expensive process of making electricity, and fundamentally lower the cost
+Added: of green hydrogen.
+Added: Inexpensive heat can be obtained from concentrated solar, geothermal, nuclear reactors and industrial waste heat for
+Added: use in our novel low-cost thermochemical water splitting process.
+Added: Working with a world class research team at UC Santa Barbara, our goal
+Added: is to help usher in the green hydrogen economy that Goldman Sachs (in a 2022 report) estimated to have a future market value of $12 trillion.
+Added: is the most abundant and prevalent clean energy in the universe.
of the Sun is made up of hydrogen.
−Removed: On a weight basis, hydrogen (142 MJ/kg) contains 3X as much energy
−Removed: as gasoline (46 MJ/kg), and 200X as much energy as lithium-ion batteries (0.6 MJ/kg).
−Removed: It can be used in fuel cells to power electric vehicles or cities.
−Removed: It can be combusted in gas turbines or internal combustion engines
−Removed: for power generation.
−Removed: It is a zero-emission clean fuel and produces only water vapor when
−Removed: It is the main ingredient in fertilizers that feed our hungry world.
−Removed: Hydrogen does not exist in its
−Removed: pure form, and must be extracted.
+Added: a weight basis, hydrogen (142 MJ/kg) contains 3X as much energy as gasoline (46 MJ/kg), and 200X as much energy as lithium-ion batteries
+Added: can be used in fuel cells to power electric vehicles or cities.
+Added: can be combusted in gas turbines or internal combustion engines for power generation.
+Added: is a zero-emission clean fuel and produces only water vapor when used.
+Added: is the main ingredient in fertilizers that feed our hungry world.
+Added: does not exist in its pure form, and must be extracted.
According to a 2022 report from the U.S.
−Removed: Department of Energy, more than 95% of hydrogen in the world
−Removed: are made by steam reforming of natural gas (“Grey Hydrogen”) or coal gasification (“Brown Hydrogen”).
−Removed: of hydrogen are basically different forms of dirty, carbon heavy, and non-renewable fossil fuels.
−Removed: This does nothing to help fight climate
−Removed: change or lead to renewable energy and a sustainable planet.
−Removed: According to a 2023 research
−Removed: report from Vantage Market Research, green hydrogen has an annual market size of more than $374 million in 2021, and is expected to hit
−Removed: $8.7 billion in 2028.
−Removed: Developing cost-competitive Green Hydrogen made from renewable resources such as solar, wind and water can significantly
−Removed: expand the market for hydrogen.
−Removed: At this time, the electrolyzer technology represents the most well understood way forward.
−Removed: Solar or Wind Energy + Water + Electrolyzers = Green
−Removed: Abundant sources of Green Hydrogen
−Removed: can power a clean energy world of fast charging fuel cell electric vehicles, light up our homes, make our fertilizers and ultimately
−Removed: replace many forms of fossil fuels.
−Removed: An overwhelming
−Removed: amount of scientific evidence shows that carbon emissions from fossil fuels have contributed to increasing global climate change.
−Removed: around the world have accelerated programs to enable the development and adoption of renewable energy.
−Removed: The U.S has been slow to adopt
−Removed: such programs but is quickly becoming a formidable force.
−Removed: According to the World Resources Institute, more than 14 U.S.
−Removed: states have legislative
−Removed: mandates requiring 100% renewable electricity, some as early as 2040.
+Added: Department of Energy, more than 95%
+Added: of hydrogen in the world are made by steam reforming of natural gas (“Grey Hydrogen”) or coal gasification (“Brown
+Added: Both sources of hydrogen are basically different forms of dirty, carbon heavy, and non-renewable fossil fuels.
+Added: does nothing to help fight climate change or lead to renewable energy and a sustainable planet.
+Added: to a 2023 research report from Vantage Market Research, green hydrogen has an annual market size of more than $374 million in 2021, and
+Added: is expected to hit $8.7 billion in 2028.
+Added: Developing cost-competitive Green Hydrogen made from renewable resources such as solar, wind
+Added: and water can significantly expand the market for hydrogen.
+Added: At this time, the electrolyzer technology represents the most well understood
+Added: or Wind Energy + Water + Electrolyzers = Green Hydrogen
+Added: sources of Green Hydrogen can power a clean energy world of fast charging fuel cell electric vehicles, light up our homes, make our fertilizers
+Added: and ultimately replace many forms of fossil fuels.
+Added: overwhelming amount of scientific evidence shows that carbon emissions from fossil fuels have contributed to increasing global climate
+Added: Policymakers around the world have accelerated programs to enable the development and adoption of renewable energy.
+Added: been slow to adopt such programs but is quickly becoming a formidable force.
+Added: According to the World Resources Institute, more than 14
+Added: states have legislative mandates requiring 100% renewable electricity, some as early as 2040.
Both the U.K.
−Removed: and European Union are targeting net zero greenhouse
−Removed: gas emissions by 2050.
−Removed: With this global backdrop and
−Removed: concerted actions toward climate policies and clean energy, we believe the Green Hydrogen revolution is ready to take off.
−Removed: not always shine, and the wind does not always blow.
−Removed: Therefore, green energy from solar and wind power is inherently intermittent and
−Removed: unreliable as a primary source of power.
−Removed: However, by converting that green electricity into Green Hydrogen, it can be used anywhere and
−Removed: anytime for electricity, chemicals, heating and all necessities of life.
−Removed: Because of the versatility of
−Removed: hydrogen, we believe Green Hydrogen has the potential to fundamentally improve the world economy and usher in a new era of economic prosperity,
−Removed: sustainability, and energy independence to those with access to solar, wind and water which describes most of the entire world.
−Removed: Electrolyzer Technology
+Added: and European Union are
+Added: targeting net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
+Added: this global backdrop and concerted actions toward climate policies and clean energy, we believe the Green Hydrogen revolution is ready
+Added: The Sun does not always shine, and the wind does not always blow.
+Added: Therefore, green energy from solar and wind power is inherently
+Added: intermittent and unreliable as a primary source of power.
+Added: However, by converting that green electricity into Green Hydrogen, it can be
+Added: used anywhere and anytime for electricity, chemicals, heating and all necessities of life.
+Added: of the versatility of hydrogen, we believe Green Hydrogen has the potential to fundamentally improve the world economy and usher in a
+Added: new era of economic prosperity, sustainability, and energy independence to those with access to solar, wind and water which describes
+Added: most of the entire world.
more than 200 years, scientists have known how to split water into hydrogen (H 2 ) and oxygen (O 2 ).
5 unchanged sentences
- Green Hydrogen.
−Removed: There are two primary types of
−Removed: commercial electrolyzers.
+Added: are two primary types of commercial electrolyzers.
The original alkaline electrolyzer and the modern proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer.
−Removed: However, neither
−Removed: technology can currently produce Green Hydrogen at scale that is cost competitive with Grey or Brown Hydrogen sourced from fossil fuels.
−Removed: PEM electrolysis has the advantage of higher efficiency and quickly reacting to fluctuating input energy, which is ideally matched to
−Removed: the fluctuating nature of solar and wind energy.
−Removed: Its smaller footprint also makes it ideal for distributed systems, which is how most
−Removed: renewable energy systems are implemented.
−Removed: PEM electrolyzers are expensive
−Removed: because they rely on rare materials such as platinum and iridium - which is akin to stardust found only in asteroids - as chemical catalysts
−Removed: for the water-splitting reactions.
−Removed: According to National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), these materials account for nearly 50% of
−Removed: the capital cost of PEM electrolyzers.
−Removed: Additionally, the cost of electricity contributes to over 70% of hydrogen production costs.
−Removed: The Problem with Electrolyzer Technology
−Removed: For more than 100 years, the gold standard for producing
−Removed: green hydrogen is through electrolysis, using electrolyzers with solar or wind energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.
−Removed: electrolyzers are very expensive and their efficiencies are fundamentally limited by the natural laws of thermodynamics.
−Removed: the theoretical voltage required to split water is 1.23V, but in real life, the voltage required in an industrial electrolyzer is closer
−Removed: to 2V, sometimes more.
−Removed: This 60% or more of additional energy is wasted and not put into hydrogen molecules.
−Removed: The electrolyzer was first Invented in 1789 and its
−Removed: basic chemistry and architecture hasn’t changed much since then, despite many materials and manufacturing advancements.
−Removed: all electrolyzers suffer from the following disadvantages:
−Removed: Overvoltage - The need for much higher voltage, or input energy, to
−Removed: drive meaningful amounts of hydrogen production.
−Removed: Precious Metals - Catalysts used for water splitting are often precious
−Removed: metals such as platinum and iridium, a material so rare it can only be found in asteroids, and they all corrode over time.
−Removed: Membranes - Degradable membranes are needed to separate
−Removed: hydrogen (H 2 ) and oxygen(O 2 ) bubbles so they don’t re-combine to make water (H 2 O).
−Removed: Distilled Water - Precious metals and membranes are highly susceptible
−Removed: to fouling, therefore expensively distilled pure water is required.
−Removed: 2D Reaction Surfaces - Water splitting reactions can only happen on
−Removed: the surfaces of 2-dimentional electrode plates.
−Removed: Therefore, much of the water is literally waiting around to be zapped, resulting
−Removed: in low efficiency and low throughput.
−Removed: According to the 2022 Oxford Institute for Energy
−Removed: Studies, The biggest problem with electrolyzers is the use of electricity, which accounts for nearly 73% of the cost of Hydrogen production.
−Removed: The Solution – Using Heat Instead of Electricity
−Removed: is a Better Way
−Removed: Cheap, widely available green hydrogen could revolutionize
−Removed: global energy systems and presents a $12 trillion market opportunity.
−Removed: NewHydrogen aims to play a leading role in capturing a share of
−Removed: this enormous potential market by developing a whole new way to reduce the cost of green hydrogen.”
−Removed: NewHydrogen is developing ThermoLoop TM ,
−Removed: a novel low-cost thermochemical process to split water using inexpensive heat, instead of expensive electricity.
−Removed: Previous thermochemical
−Removed: approaches use extremely hard to manage temperatures such as 2,000°C, or an inefficient series of step reactions at different temperatures
−Removed: to split water into oxygen and hydrogen.
−Removed: Using heat to split water isn’t new, but our goal with ThermoLoop TM is to develop
−Removed: an elegant and highly efficient chemical looping redox process operating at normal industrial temperatures ranges (below 1000°C).
−Removed: One step oxidizes (changes) the material to facilitate
−Removed: hydrogen production, the other step(s) reduce (recover) the material and produce oxygen.
−Removed: These steps operate in a continuous process
−Removed: loop that splits an incoming supply of steam (water).
−Removed: This type of redox chemistry is simple on paper but hard in practice.
−Removed: lies in the redox properties of certain multiphase materials, and this has not been done before and represents an exciting development
−Removed: that may enable substantial cost reduction by skipping expensive electricity.
−Removed: Inexpensive heat can be obtained from concentrated solar,
−Removed: geothermal, nuclear reactors or industrial waste heat.”
−Removed: Applications of Green Hydrogen
−Removed: Unlike lithium-ion where it is
−Removed: simply a battery technology, Green Hydrogen is an economy.
−Removed: There are many applications for Green Hydrogen, some with larger markets than
+Added: However, neither technology can currently produce Green Hydrogen at scale that is cost competitive with Grey or Brown Hydrogen sourced
+Added: from fossil fuels.
+Added: PEM electrolysis has the advantage of higher efficiency and quickly reacting to fluctuating input energy, which is
+Added: ideally matched to the fluctuating nature of solar and wind energy.
+Added: Its smaller footprint also makes it ideal for distributed systems,
+Added: which is how most renewable energy systems are implemented.
+Added: electrolyzers are expensive because they rely on rare materials such as platinum and iridium - which is akin to stardust found only in
+Added: asteroids - as chemical catalysts for the water-splitting reactions.
+Added: According to National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), these
+Added: materials account for nearly 50% of the capital cost of PEM electrolyzers.
+Added: Additionally, the cost of electricity contributes to over
+Added: 70% of hydrogen production costs.
+Added: Problem with Electrolyzer Technology
+Added: more than 100 years, the gold standard for producing green hydrogen is through electrolysis, using electrolyzers with solar or wind energy
+Added: to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.
+Added: However, electrolyzers are very expensive and their efficiencies are fundamentally limited by
+Added: the natural laws of thermodynamics.
+Added: For example, the theoretical voltage required to split water is 1.23V, but in real life, the voltage
+Added: required in an industrial electrolyzer is closer to 2V, sometimes more.
+Added: This 60% or more of additional energy is wasted and not put into
+Added: hydrogen molecules.
+Added: electrolyzer was first invented in 1789 and its basic chemistry and architecture hasn’t changed much since then, despite many materials
+Added: and manufacturing advancements.
+Added: Nearly all electrolyzers suffer from the following disadvantages:
+Added: - The need for much higher voltage, or input energy, to drive meaningful amounts of hydrogen production.
+Added: Metals - Catalysts used for water splitting are often precious metals such as platinum and iridium, a material so rare it can only
+Added: be found in asteroids, and they all corrode over time.
+Added: - Degradable membranes are needed to separate hydrogen (H 2 ) and oxygen(O 2 ) bubbles so they don’t re-combine
+Added: to make water (H 2 O).
+Added: Water - Precious metals and membranes are highly susceptible to fouling, therefore expensively distilled pure water is required.
+Added: Reaction Surfaces - Water splitting reactions can only happen on the surfaces of 2-dimentional electrode plates.
+Added: Therefore, much
+Added: of the water is literally waiting around to be zapped, resulting in low efficiency and low throughput.
+Added: to the 2022 Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, The biggest problem with electrolyzers is the use of electricity, which accounts for
+Added: nearly 73% of the cost of Hydrogen production.
+Added: Solution – Using Heat Instead of Electricity is a Better Way
+Added: widely available green hydrogen could revolutionize global energy systems and presents a $12 trillion market opportunity.
+Added: aims to play a leading role in capturing a share of this enormous potential market by developing a whole new way to reduce the cost of
+Added: green hydrogen.”
+Added: is developing ThermoLoop TM , a novel low-cost thermochemical process to split water using inexpensive heat, instead of expensive
+Added: Previous thermochemical approaches use extremely hard to manage temperatures such as 2,000°C, or an inefficient series
+Added: of step reactions at different temperatures to split water into oxygen and hydrogen.
+Added: Using heat to split water isn’t new, but our
+Added: goal with ThermoLoop TM is to develop an elegant and highly efficient chemical looping redox process operating at normal industrial
+Added: temperatures ranges (below 1000°C).
+Added: step oxidizes (changes) the material to facilitate hydrogen production, the other step(s) reduce (recover) the material and produce oxygen.
+Added: These steps operate in a continuous process loop that splits an incoming supply of steam (water).
+Added: This type of redox chemistry is simple
+Added: on paper but hard in practice.
+Added: The magic lies in the redox properties of certain multiphase materials, and this has not been done before
+Added: and represents an exciting development that may enable substantial cost reduction by skipping expensive electricity.
+Added: Inexpensive heat
+Added: can be obtained from concentrated solar, geothermal, nuclear reactors or industrial waste heat.”
+Added: of Green Hydrogen
+Added: lithium-ion where it is simply a battery technology, Green Hydrogen is an economy.
+Added: There are many applications for Green Hydrogen, some
+Added: with larger markets than others.
Here are just a few.
Department of Energy)
−Removed: Green Electric Grid - The electric grid is finicky, sometimes
−Removed: it needs a lot of electricity sometimes it does not.
−Removed: Unused electricity from solar and wind farms are wasted if it is not used immediately.
−Removed: The Sun does not always shine, and the wind does not always blow, and this makes solar and wind sourced electricity unreliable.
−Removed: solution is to use an electrolyzer system to convert the excess solar/wind electricity into hydrogen and store it in inexpensive
−Removed: nearby underground caverns.
−Removed: When electricity demand spikes, the hydrogen can be converted back into electricity through a fuel cell.
−Removed: We believe, this is a very scalable solution as opposed to miles and miles of very expensive grid-scale battery systems.
−Removed: the Advanced Clean Energy Storage project in Utah aims to do just this by building the world’s largest storage facility for
−Removed: 1,000 megawatts of clean power, partly by putting hydrogen into underground salt caverns.
−Removed: Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEV) - Perhaps the most exciting
−Removed: application of hydrogen is the direct use in fuel cell electric vehicles.
−Removed: A hydrogen tank in a passenger car can be filled in under
−Removed: five minutes.
+Added: Electric Grid - The electric grid is finicky, sometimes it needs a lot of electricity sometimes it does not.
+Added: Unused electricity
+Added: from solar and wind farms are wasted if it is not used immediately.
+Added: The Sun does not always shine, and the wind does not always blow,
+Added: and this makes solar and wind sourced electricity unreliable.
+Added: One solution is to use an electrolyzer system to convert the excess
+Added: solar/wind electricity into hydrogen and store it in inexpensive nearby underground caverns.
+Added: When electricity demand spikes, the
+Added: hydrogen can be converted back into electricity through a fuel cell.
+Added: We believe, this is a very scalable solution as opposed to miles
+Added: and miles of very expensive grid-scale battery systems.
+Added: In fact, the Advanced Clean Energy Storage project in Utah aims to do just
+Added: this by building the world’s largest storage facility for 1,000 megawatts of clean power, partly by putting hydrogen into underground
+Added: salt caverns.
+Added: Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEV) - Perhaps the most exciting application of hydrogen is the direct use in fuel cell electric vehicles.
+Added: A hydrogen tank in a passenger car can be filled in under five minutes.
The only tailpipe emission is water.
−Removed: According to a recent article by Hydrogen Fuel News, hydrogen car market is expected
−Removed: to take off by 2028.
−Removed: Until now, the zero-emission passenger vehicle market has been dominated by battery electric technology by a
−Removed: The falling price of green hydrogen and energy security issues in terms of electricity in many areas of the world, however,
−Removed: are causing automakers, governments and consumers to look more favorably at hydrogen than had previously been the case.
−Removed: Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) - We believe BEV and FCEV can
−Removed: coexist just like diesel and gasoline cars coexist today.
−Removed: BEVs running on electricity generated through the Green Electric Grid is
−Removed: a beneficiary and indirect user of hydrogen technology.
−Removed: The Green Electric Grid is the network of solar, wind and other alternative
−Removed: energy generation and distribution.
−Removed: Hydrogen Fueling Stations - We believe electrolyzers are well
−Removed: suited and scalable for distributed onsite Green Hydrogen generation in fueling station applications.
−Removed: With green electricity from
−Removed: a nearby solar array or renewable electric grid, Green Hydrogen can be produced anywhere and anytime.
−Removed: This distributed model of hydrogen
−Removed: production eliminates the need for expensive transportation from a centralized facility.
−Removed: Lower Carbon Gas Infrastructure - Green Hydrogen can serve as
−Removed: a steppingstone to a lower carbon footprint natural gas supply.
−Removed: Southern California Gas, and others, have demonstrated that the existing
−Removed: natural gas pipelines that supply gas to our cooking stoves and homes can safely contain 5-10% hydrogen without any modifications.
−Removed: This means that an electrolyzer system near a natural gas plant can inject Green Hydrogen directly into the existing gas infrastructure,
−Removed: lowering the carbon footprint of our meals and our warm homes.
−Removed: Air Taxis of the Future - Hydrogen has 200 times the theoretical
−Removed: energy of lithium-ion batteries per kilogram.
−Removed: We believe hydrogen is the obvious choice because of its lighter weight, in the emerging
−Removed: but potentially revolutionary air mobility market of small electric aircrafts, such as the Skai air tax drone.
−Removed: According to Skai,
−Removed: battery-powered air mobility vehicles are projected to have flight durations of less than half an hour before needing to recharge
−Removed: - Skai’s hydrogen fuel cells give them the ability to fly continuously for up to 4 hours or more with higher capacity auxiliary
−Removed: Research and Development
−Removed: NewHydrogen is developing ThermoLoop™
−Removed: – a breakthrough technology that uses water and heat rather than electricity to produce the world’s lowest cost green hydrogen.
+Added: According to a recent
+Added: article by Hydrogen Fuel News, hydrogen car market is expected to take off by 2028.
+Added: Until now, the zero-emission passenger vehicle
+Added: market has been dominated by battery electric technology by a wide margin.
+Added: The falling price of green hydrogen and energy security
+Added: issues in terms of electricity in many areas of the world, however, are causing automakers, governments and consumers to look more
+Added: favorably at hydrogen than had previously been the case.
+Added: Electric Vehicles (BEV) - We believe BEV and FCEV can coexist just like diesel and gasoline cars coexist today.
+Added: BEVs running on
+Added: electricity generated through the Green Electric Grid is a beneficiary and indirect user of hydrogen technology.
+Added: The Green Electric
+Added: Grid is the network of solar, wind and other alternative energy generation and distribution.
+Added: Fueling Stations - We believe electrolyzers are well suited and scalable for distributed onsite Green Hydrogen generation in
+Added: fueling station applications.
+Added: With green electricity from a nearby solar array or renewable electric grid, Green Hydrogen can be
+Added: produced anywhere and anytime.
+Added: This distributed model of hydrogen production eliminates the need for expensive transportation from
+Added: a centralized facility.
+Added: Carbon Gas Infrastructure - Green Hydrogen can serve as a steppingstone to a lower carbon footprint natural gas supply.
+Added: California Gas, and others, have demonstrated that the existing natural gas pipelines that supply gas to our cooking stoves and homes
+Added: can safely contain 5-10% hydrogen without any modifications.
+Added: This means that an electrolyzer system near a natural gas plant can
+Added: inject Green Hydrogen directly into the existing gas infrastructure, lowering the carbon footprint of our meals and our warm homes.
+Added: Taxis of the Future - Hydrogen has 200 times the theoretical energy of lithium-ion batteries per kilogram.
+Added: We believe hydrogen
+Added: is the obvious choice because of its lighter weight, in the emerging but potentially revolutionary air mobility market of small electric
+Added: aircrafts, such as the Skai air tax drone.
+Added: According to Skai, battery-powered air mobility vehicles are projected to have flight
+Added: durations of less than half an hour before needing to recharge - Skai’s hydrogen fuel cells give them the ability to fly continuously
+Added: for up to 4 hours or more with higher capacity auxiliary tanks.
+Added: and Development
+Added: is developing ThermoLoop™ – a breakthrough technology that uses water and heat rather than electricity to produce the world’s
+Added: lowest cost green hydrogen.
Hydrogen is the cleanest and most abundant element in the universe, and we can’t live without it.
−Removed: Hydrogen is the key ingredient
−Removed: in making fertilizers needed to grow food for the world.
−Removed: It is also used for transportation, refining oil and making steel, glass, pharmaceuticals
−Removed: Nearly all the hydrogen today is made from hydrocarbons like coal, oil, and natural gas, which are dirty and limited resources.
+Added: is the key ingredient in making fertilizers needed to grow food for the world.
+Added: It is also used for transportation, refining oil and making
+Added: steel, glass, pharmaceuticals and more.
+Added: Nearly all the hydrogen today is made from hydrocarbons like coal, oil, and natural gas, which
+Added: are dirty and limited resources.
Water, on the other hand, is an infinite and renewable worldwide resource.
−Removed: Currently, the most common method
−Removed: of making green hydrogen is to split water into oxygen and hydrogen with an electrolyzer using green electricity produced from solar
+Added: the most common method of making green hydrogen is to split water into oxygen and hydrogen with an electrolyzer using green electricity
+Added: produced from solar or wind.
However, green electricity is and always will be very expensive.
−Removed: It currently accounts for 73% of the cost of green hydrogen.
−Removed: By using heat directly, we can skip the expensive process of making electricity, and fundamentally lower the cost of green hydrogen.
−Removed: Inexpensive heat can be obtained from concentrated solar, geothermal, nuclear reactors and industrial waste heat for use in our novel
−Removed: low-cost thermochemical water splitting process.
−Removed: Working with a world class research team at UC Santa Barbara, our goal is to help usher
−Removed: in the green hydrogen economy that Goldman Sachs estimated to have a future market value of $12 trillion.
−Removed: Marketing Strategy
−Removed: We will begin marketing our ThermoLoop TM
−Removed: technology as soon as a tangible form of quantitative performance demonstration becomes available.
−Removed: Our marketing plan includes
−Removed: engaging with manufacturers of existing thermochemical hydrogen production component and delivery infrastructure, as well as identifying
−Removed: and developing relationships with potential licensing partners with large scale hydrogen generation and supply logistics all over the
−Removed: We are currently outsourcing
−Removed: our promotion efforts to a public relations firm that is assisting us with comprehensive advertising and promotion of the Company.
−Removed: Backlog of Orders
−Removed: We do not have any backlog of
−Removed: Government Contracts
−Removed: We do not have any government
−Removed: contracts at this time.
−Removed: Compliance with Environmental Laws and Regulations
−Removed: Our operations are subject to
−Removed: local, state and federal laws and regulations governing environmental quality and pollution control.
−Removed: To date, our compliance with these
−Removed: regulations has had no material effect on our operations, capital, earnings, or competitive position, and the cost of such compliance
−Removed: has not been material.
−Removed: We are unable to assess or predict at this time what effect additional regulations or legislation could have on
−Removed: our activities.
−Removed: Manufacturing and Distribution
−Removed: On February 2, 2022, we entered
−Removed: into a Manufacturing Supply Agreement with Verde LLC providing for the future commercial production of hydrogen generation plants.
−Removed: term of the Agreement continued through December 31, 2024.
−Removed: Additionally, the Agreement contemplates that the quantities, pricing and
−Removed: delivery date and other terms will be set forth in purchase orders issued under the Agreement.
−Removed: We may enter into additional
−Removed: agreements for the manufacture and distribution of our own technology products in the future.
−Removed: Intellectual Property
−Removed: On May 19, 2011, we filed a U.S.
−Removed: patent to protect the intellectual property rights for “Photovoltaic Module Backsheet, Materials for Use in Module Backsheet and
−Removed: Process for Making the Same,” application number 13/093,549.
−Removed: The inventor listed on the patent application is Stanley Levy, our
−Removed: former Chief Technology Officer.
+Added: It currently accounts for 73% of the cost
+Added: of green hydrogen.
+Added: By using heat directly, we can skip the expensive process of making electricity, and fundamentally lower the cost
+Added: of green hydrogen.
+Added: Inexpensive heat can be obtained from concentrated solar, geothermal, nuclear reactors and industrial waste heat for
+Added: use in our novel low-cost thermochemical water splitting process.
+Added: Working with a world class research team at UC Santa Barbara, our goal
+Added: is to help usher in the green hydrogen economy that Goldman Sachs estimated to have a future market value of $12 trillion.
+Added: will begin marketing our ThermoLoop TM technology as soon as a tangible form of quantitative performance demonstration becomes
+Added: Our marketing plan includes engaging with manufacturers of existing thermochemical hydrogen production component and delivery
+Added: infrastructure, as well as identifying and developing relationships with potential licensing partners with large scale hydrogen generation
+Added: and supply logistics all over the world.
+Added: are currently outsourcing our promotion efforts to a public relations firm that is assisting us with comprehensive advertising and promotion
+Added: of the Company.
+Added: do not have any backlog of orders.
+Added: do not have any government contracts at this time.
+Added: with Environmental Laws and Regulations
+Added: operations are subject to local, state and federal laws and regulations governing environmental quality and pollution control.
+Added: our compliance with these regulations has had no material effect on our operations, capital, earnings, or competitive position, and the
+Added: cost of such compliance has not been material.
+Added: We are unable to assess or predict at this time what effect additional regulations or
+Added: legislation could have on our activities.
+Added: Manufacturing
+Added: and Distribution
+Added: February 2, 2022, we entered into a Manufacturing Supply Agreement with Verde LLC providing for the future commercial production of hydrogen
+Added: generation plants.
+Added: The term of the agreement ended on December 31, 2024.
+Added: may enter into additional agreements for the manufacture and distribution of our own technology products in the future.
+Added: May 19, 2011, we filed a U.S.
+Added: patent to protect the intellectual property rights for “Photovoltaic Module Backsheet, Materials
+Added: for Use in Module Backsheet and Process for Making the Same,” application number 13/093,549.
+Added: The inventor listed on the patent
+Added: application is Stanley Levy, our former Chief Technology Officer.
The Company is listed as assignee.
This patent was issued on July 14,
−Removed: Our BioBacksheet R
−Removed: is currently available for licensing only.
−Removed: On March 26, 2018, North Carolina
−Removed: Agricultural and Technical State University filed a U.S.
+Added: Our BioBacksheet R is currently available for licensing only.
+Added: March 26, 2018, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University filed a U.S.
patent application U.S.
−Removed: 62/473,772 titled “Prelithiated Silicon
−Removed: Particles for Lithium Ion Batteries”, and we currently have option to negotiate for a non-exclusive License Agreement for the use
−Removed: of the technology.
+Added: titled “Prelithiated Silicon Particles for Lithium Ion Batteries”, and we currently have option to negotiate for a non-exclusive
+Added: License Agreement for the use of the technology.
The patent was issued on December 29, 2020.
−Removed: There are a number of companies
−Removed: developing green hydrogen technologies including ITM Power, Clean Power Hydrogen Group, Sunfire, Greenway Energy, Amalyst, and AFC Energy.
+Added: March 5, 2025, we jointly with UC Santa Barbara filed a U.S.
+Added: patent to protect intellectual property rights for “Coupled Multi-phase
+Added: Oxidation-Reduction for Production of Chemicals, application number 63/767,269.
+Added: The inventors listed on the patent are Eric W.
+Added: McFarland (NewHydrogen Chief Technology Officer), Justin Marlowe (UCSB Research Scientist), Yikyeom Kim (UCSB Research Scientist), Ryan
+Added: Patrick (NewHydrogen Senior Chemical Engineer) and Phil Christopher (UCSB Principal Investigator).
+Added: We currently have an option to negotiate
+Added: for an exclusive license agreement for the use of the technology.
+Added: October 16, 2025, we jointly with UC Santa Barbara filed a U.S.
+Added: patent to protect the intellectual property rights for “Improved
+Added: Materials and methods for Production of chemicals by Thermochemical Looping”, application number 63/900,606.
+Added: The inventors listed
+Added: on the patent are Eric W.
+Added: McFarland (NewHydrogen Chief Technology Officer), Justin Marlowe (UCSB Research Scientist), Yikyeom Kim (UCSB
+Added: Research Scientist), Ryan Patrick (NewHydrogen Senior Chemical Engineer) and Phil Christopher (UCSB Principal Investigator).
+Added: have an option to negotiate for an exclusive license agreement for the use of the technology.
+Added: are a number of companies developing green hydrogen technologies including ITM Power, Clean Power Hydrogen Group, Sunfire, Greenway Energy,
+Added: Amalyst, and AFC Energy.
We expect a high level of competition, but the market opportunity is very large.
−Removed: Once we implement the prototype demonstration of our
−Removed: technology for commercial application, we plan on seeking partnership or licensing arrangements for our green hydrogen technology with
−Removed: a select group of equipment manufacturers of green hydrogen.
−Removed: Technology Development Partners
−Removed: On September 28, 2017, the Company
−Removed: entered into an Exclusive License Agreement (the “License Agreement”) with the North Carolina A&T State University related
−Removed: to the use of the University’s intellectual property in the Company’s business of developing, producing and marketing lithium-ion
−Removed: Within thirty (30) days after entering into the License Agreement, the Company paid to the University a one-time, non-refundable
−Removed: license fee in the sum of $15,000.
−Removed: Pursuant to the terms of the License Agreement, the Company is obligated to pay all costs of preparing,
−Removed: filing, prosecution, issuance and maintenance related to the patents underlying the intellectual property licensed by the Company.
−Removed: addition, the Company is obligated to make certain annual royalty payments and sub-licensing fees.
−Removed: On September 28, 2020, the Company
−Removed: again paid to the University annual non-refundable licensee fee of $15,000.
−Removed: On September 28, 2021, the Company chose not to renew the
−Removed: exclusive licensing arrangement.
−Removed: The Company retains option for a nonexclusive license to use the technology.
−Removed: On June 14, 2018, the Company
−Removed: executed a joint development agreement with Silicio Ferrosolar SLU, a subsidiary of Ferroglobe, PLC (NASDAQ:GSM), for collaborative efforts
−Removed: to assess, develop, and/or market silicon anode materials for high power, high energy lithium ion batteries by integrating BioSolar technology
−Removed: and Ferroglobe silicon materials.
−Removed: The agreement expired on June 14, 2022 pursuant to the original terms of the agreement.
−Removed: On March 6, 2020, the Company
−Removed: executed a joint development agreement with Soelect, Inc, for collaborative efforts to assess, develop, and/or market a processing technology
−Removed: to produce silicon oxide anode materials for electric vehicle lithium ion batteries.
−Removed: The Company ended the joint development relationship
−Removed: in June 2021 and has pivoted away from pursuing battery technology to focus on pursuing Green Hydrogen Opportunities.
−Removed: On May 27, 2021,
−Removed: the Company terminated the joint development agreement.
−Removed: On December 14, 2020, the Company
−Removed: executed a sponsored research agreement with the University of California, Los Angeles, for collaborative efforts to discover and develop
−Removed: efficient and stable earth-abundant material-based catalysts for hydrogen production through water electrolysis.
−Removed: On October 30, 2022,
−Removed: the Company entered into Sponsored Research Agreement Third Amendment (the “Amendment Agreement”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the Amendment
−Removed: Agreement, the Sponsored Research Agreement was further amended to among other things (i) extend the term of the Sponsored Research Agreement
−Removed: to December 31, 2025;
−Removed: (ii) increase the consideration payable to the University under the Sponsored Research Agreement to $2,797,368;
+Added: Once we implement the prototype
+Added: demonstration of our technology for commercial application, we plan on seeking partnership or licensing arrangements for our green hydrogen
+Added: technology with a select group of equipment manufacturers of green hydrogen.
+Added: Development Partners
+Added: September 28, 2017, the Company entered into an Exclusive License Agreement (the “License Agreement”) with the North Carolina
+Added: A&T State University related to the use of the University’s intellectual property in the Company’s business of developing,
+Added: producing and marketing lithium-ion batteries.
+Added: Within thirty (30) days after entering into the License Agreement, the Company paid to
+Added: the University a one-time, non-refundable license fee in the sum of $15,000.
+Added: Pursuant to the terms of the License Agreement, the Company
+Added: is obligated to pay all costs of preparing, filing, prosecution, issuance and maintenance related to the patents underlying the intellectual
+Added: property licensed by the Company.
+Added: In addition, the Company is obligated to make certain annual royalty payments and sub-licensing fees.
+Added: On September 28, 2020, the Company again paid to the University annual non-refundable licensee fee of $15,000.
+Added: On September 28, 2021,
+Added: the Company chose not to renew the exclusive licensing arrangement.
+Added: The Company retains option for a nonexclusive license to use the
+Added: June 14, 2018, the Company executed a joint development agreement with Silicio Ferrosolar SLU, a subsidiary of Ferroglobe, PLC (NASDAQ:GSM),
+Added: for collaborative efforts to assess, develop, and/or market silicon anode materials for high power, high energy lithium ion batteries
+Added: by integrating BioSolar technology and Ferroglobe silicon materials.
+Added: The agreement expired on June 14, 2022 pursuant to the original
+Added: terms of the agreement.
+Added: March 6, 2020, the Company executed a joint development agreement with Soelect, Inc, for collaborative efforts to assess, develop, and/or
+Added: market a processing technology to produce silicon oxide anode materials for electric vehicle lithium ion batteries.
+Added: The Company ended
+Added: the joint development relationship in June 2021 and has pivoted away from pursuing battery technology to focus on pursuing Green Hydrogen
+Added: Opportunities.
+Added: On May 27, 2021, the Company terminated the joint development agreement.
+Added: December 14, 2020, the Company executed a sponsored research agreement with the University of California, Los Angeles, for collaborative
+Added: efforts to discover and develop efficient and stable earth-abundant material-based catalysts for hydrogen production through water electrolysis.
+Added: On October 30, 2022, the Company entered into Sponsored Research Agreement Third Amendment (the “Amendment Agreement”).
+Added: to the Amendment Agreement, the Sponsored Research Agreement was further amended to among other things (i) extend the term of the Sponsored
+Added: Research Agreement to December 31, 2025;
+Added: (ii) increase the consideration payable to the University under the Sponsored Research Agreement
+Added: to $2,797,368;
(iv) amend the scope of work under the Sponsored Research Agreement;
−Removed: and (iii) update the schedule of payments to the University.
−Removed: December 1, 2023, the Company exercised its option to conclude its sponsored research that was being conducted pursuant to the Sponsored
−Removed: Research Agreement with the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), as amended (the “Agreement”).
−Removed: Sponsored research
−Removed: under the Agreement, which resulted in successful development of non-precious metal-based oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalyst and
−Removed: hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalyst that uses an order of magnitude less platinum, concluded effective December 31, 2023.
−Removed: future, the Company may choose to negotiate with UCLA to license intellectual property arising from the sponsored research under the
−Removed: The Company made the decision to conclude the Agreement to fully focus its research efforts and financial resources on the
−Removed: development of its ThermoLoop TM technology at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB).
−Removed: On June 28, 2023, the Company
−Removed: entered into a Research Agreement (the “Agreement”) with The Regents of the University of California (the “University”),
−Removed: on behalf of its Santa Barbara Campus.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Agreement, the University will perform certain research with respect to Thermochemical
−Removed: Water Splitting for Hydrogen Production from Water.
−Removed: The Agreement provides that the research will be completed under the direction of
−Removed: Professors Phillip Christopher and Eric McFarland, who will serve as principal Investigators.
−Removed: The Agreement also sets forth the rights
−Removed: to any data or information developed by the University under the Agreement, as well as the ownership of any patentable developments or
−Removed: discoveries arising from the Agreement.
−Removed: The effective date of the Agreement is August 1, 2023 and the term of the Agreement runs through
−Removed: July 31, 2025.
−Removed: To assist us in the development
−Removed: of our technology, we intend to seek out and enter into technology development agreements with other entities with testing and materials
−Removed: Corporate Information and History
−Removed: We were incorporated in the
−Removed: State of Nevada on April 24, 2006, as BioSolar Labs, Inc.
+Added: and (iii) update the schedule of payments to the
+Added: On December 1, 2023, the Company exercised its option to conclude its sponsored research that was being conducted pursuant
+Added: to the Sponsored Research Agreement with the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), as amended (the “Agreement”).
+Added: research under the Agreement, which resulted in successful development of non-precious metal-based oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalyst
+Added: and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalyst that uses an order of magnitude less platinum, concluded effective December 31, 2023.
+Added: In the future, the Company may choose to negotiate with UCLA to license intellectual property arising from the sponsored research under
+Added: the Agreement.
+Added: The Company made the decision to conclude the Agreement to fully focus its research efforts and financial resources on
+Added: the development of its ThermoLoop TM technology at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB).
+Added: June 28, 2023, the Company entered into a Research Agreement (the “Agreement”) with The Regents of the University of California
+Added: (the “University”), on behalf of its Santa Barbara Campus.
+Added: Pursuant to the Agreement, the University will perform certain
+Added: research with respect to Thermochemical Water Splitting for Hydrogen Production from Water.
+Added: The Agreement provides that the research
+Added: will be completed under the direction of Professors Phillip Christopher and Eric McFarland, who will serve as principal Investigators.
+Added: The Agreement also sets forth the rights to any data or information developed by the University under the Agreement, as well as the ownership
+Added: of any patentable developments or discoveries arising from the Agreement.
+Added: On November 17, 2025, the Company and the Regents of the University
+Added: of California amended the Research Agreement to increase consideration payable to the University to $1,690,038.
+Added: The effective date of
+Added: the Amendment is November 17, 2025 and the term of the Agreement runs through November 30, 2026.
+Added: assist us in the development of our technology, we intend to seek out and enter into technology development agreements with other entities
+Added: with testing and materials expertise.
+Added: Information and History
+Added: were incorporated in the State of Nevada on April 24, 2006, as BioSolar Labs, Inc.
Our name was changed to BioSolar, Inc.
−Removed: on June 8, 2006, and to NewHydrogen,
+Added: 2006, and to NewHydrogen, Inc.
on April 30, 2021.
−Removed: Our principal executive offices
−Removed: are located at 27936 Vista Canyon Blvd, Suite 202, Santa Clarita, California 91387, and our telephone number is (661) 251-0001.
−Removed: Our fiscal year end is December
−Removed: Available Information
−Removed: We file annual, quarterly, and
−Removed: current reports, proxy statements and other information with the U.S.
−Removed: Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
−Removed: These filings
−Removed: are available to the public on the Internet at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
−Removed: We maintain our corporate website
−Removed: at http://newhydrogen.com (this website address is not intended to function as a hyperlink and the information contained on
−Removed: our website is not intended to be a part of this report ).
−Removed: Human Capital Resources
−Removed: As of March 10, 2025 we had two
−Removed: (2) full time employees.
−Removed: We have not experienced any work stoppages and we consider relations with our employees to be good.
+Added: principal executive offices are located at 27936 Vista Canyon Blvd, Suite 202, Santa Clarita, California 91387, and our telephone number
+Added: is (661) 251-0001.
+Added: fiscal year end is December 31.
+Added: file annual, quarterly, and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the U.S.
+Added: Securities Exchange Commission (the
+Added: These filings are available to the public on the Internet at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
+Added: maintain our corporate website at http://newhydrogen.com (this website address is not intended to function as a hyperlink and
+Added: the information contained on our website is not intended to be a part of this report ).
+Added: Capital Resources
+Added: of March 30, 2026 we had two (2) full time employees.
+Added: We have not experienced any work stoppages and we consider relations with our employees
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