Ayrton Energy develops a non-toxic liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) that stores hydrogen at room temperature and pressure. The company’s LOHC is said to look like water and stores hydrogen through a hydrogenation/dehydrogenation process similar to how vegetable oils are hydrogenated to make margarine. Ayrton uses commercially available, electrolyzer-like equipment and a modular approach so scaling requires more modules rather than larger parts. Its LOHC can be transported using existing infrastructure—pipelines, rail cars, and tanker trucks—and the firm says it carries about twice as much hydrogen per liter as compressed hydrogen. The company reports round-trip energy use lower than liquefied hydrogen, ammonia, or methanol and slightly higher than compressed hydrogen, and highlights lower up-front costs from reusing current fuel infrastructure. Co‑founders Natasha Kostenuk (CEO) and Brandy Kinkead plan to use recent funding to scale the technology toward producing two to three tons of hydrogen per day by 2027.

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$7M

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Sep 2024