SunHydrogen partners with AU firm to test cheaper hydrogen production

The collaboration will run for 24 months.

SunHydrogen, Inc. will test whether its modules can be integrated in Australian firm Sparc Hydrogen's reactors to lower the cost of producing hydrogen.

The two parties signed an agreement following preliminary testing in which SunHydrogen's modules reached solar-to-hydrogen efficiency above 10%. In the same testing, SunHydrogen's modules produced more hydrogen as the sunlight reaching them was concentrated.

They will work primarily with laboratory testing at increasing levels of solar concentration and, if agreed milestones are met, move to on-sun testing at Sparc Hydrogen's SHARP pilot facility at Roseworthy in South Australia.

The collaboration will run for 24 months and is organised in phases, with independent review points and go or no-go decisions before each stage.

If the collaboration is successful, Sparc Hydrogen has an 18-month option to negotiate either a long-term supply agreement or a manufacturing license for SunHydrogen's modules for use in its reactors.