Slice of Energy | Gold H2 Launches Black 2 Gold Technology for Clean Hydrogen Production
Key Highlights: Source (Business Wire) Notable Quotes: “The company will empower the global oil & gas industry to embrace the energy transition in the most economic way possible by using the existing infrastructure to unleash energy output not seen since the shale revolution.”Rayyan Islam, Co-Founder and General Partner at 8090 Industries “The availability of our…
Read MoreEnergyCapitalHTX | Houston clean hydrogen producer teams up with O&G for series of pilots
Gold H2, a Houston-based producer of clean hydrogen, is teaming up with a major U.S.-based oil and gas company as the first step in launching a 12-month series of pilot projects. The tentative agreement with the unnamed oil and gas company kicks off the availability of the startup’s Black 2 Gold microbial technology. The technology…
Read MoreHouston hydrogen spinout names energy industry veteran as CEO
Cleantech startup Gold H2, a spinout of Houston-based energy biotech company Cemvita, has named oil and gas industry veteran Prabhdeep Singh Sekhon as its CEO. Sekhon previously held roles at companies such as NextEra Energy Resources and Hess. Most recently, he was a leader on NextEra’s strategy and business development team. Gold H2 uses microbes…
Read More40 inspiring ideas for cleaner power, less waste, and a more sustainable world
The Energy and Sustainability honorees are part of Fast Company’s 2023 World Changing Ideas Awards. Explore the full list of projects we’re honoring for making the world more equitable, accessible, and sustainable. The Energy and Sustainability category of Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards honors projects that address clean power, battery technology, recycling infrastructure, or any other…
Read More‘Gold Hydrogen’ Is an Untapped Resource in Depleted Oil Wells
There was no prospect of getting any more oil out of the old well. It was just a depleted cavern hiding beneath the sun-baked Texas soil. But then some folks came along and squirted a special liquid into it. They went away for five days, and when they came back it was no longer an…
Read MoreTexas Startup Is Creating Clean Hydrogen From Microbes and Old Oil Wells
A start-up in Texas is using microbes to produce clean hydrogen from depleted oil wells for less than $1 a kilogram. Cemvita hopes that their new technology will support net-zero transition efforts by producing clean, energy-efficient fuel at low cost. “Hydrogen now is in the spotlight more than it’s ever been,” Charles Nelson, chief business officer at…
Read MoreCemvita’s Successful Field Test Demonstrates Gold Hydrogen™ Production in Situ
Cemvita’s Successful Field Test Demonstrates Gold Hydrogen™ Production in Situ To accelerate the clean energy transition, Cemvita taps existing oil and gas infrastructure to produce clean hydrogen at $1/kg using subsurface microbes Houston, TX, September 27, 2022 — Cemvita Factory (“Cemvita”) today announced multiple developments with its Gold Hydrogen business. After achieving a key milestone in…
Read MoreCemvita Launches the Gold Hydrogen Program for Subsurface Biomanufacturing of Hydrogen
The Gold Hydrogen Program, a coalition of organizations seeking to support the scale of this clean energy resource, announced its launch — and the debut of a pilot microbial Gold Hydrogen Process — during this week’s 2nd American Hydrogen Forum. A joint industry partnership to commercialize clean, gold hydrogen, the program’s founding members include Cemvita…
Read MoreTwelve Climate Innovators Chosen as 2021 BNEF Pioneers
New York, April 08, 2021 – BloombergNEF (BNEF) today announced the twelve winners of the 2021 BNEF Pioneers – early-stage companies that are pursuing exciting and important low-carbon opportunities. The winners were selected as their innovations fill important gaps in optimizing long-haul freight, making sustainable materials, tracking greenhouse gases, valuing carbon sinks and reducing energy and chemical use.…
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