Low-Carbon Hydrogen Accelerator Final Showcase
September 29 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Central
Join us on Thursday, September 29 to celebrate the culmination of the Low-Carbon Hydrogen Accelerator!
Thursday, September 29 | 5:00pm CT / 6:00pm ET | Hybrid Event
On Thursday, Sept. 29, join us at Greentown Labs Houston to celebrate the culmination of the Low-Carbon Hydrogen Accelerator—the 2022 program in the Greentown Go Energize track—a-first-of-its-kind startup-corporate partnerships accelerator focused on advancing innovations that are key to enabling a low-carbon hydrogen economy in partnership with EPRI, Shell, the City of Houston, and the Urban Future Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.
Together, these partners have supported seven innovative startups building the low-carbon hydrogen technologies required to enable economy-wide decarbonization. Attendees will hear the Low-Carbon Hydrogen Accelerator participants speak about their technologies, their demonstration and validation work with EPRI and Shell, and where they are headed next.
Check out the Low-Carbon Hydrogen Accelerator landing page for more information on this program!
Agenda
5:30 PM Welcome Remarks from Juliana Garaizar, Head of Houston Incubator and VP of Innovation at Greentown Labs
5:38 PM Panel – Local and Global Perspectives on Hydrogen
- Steven Panova – Technical Executive – Low Carbon Resources Initiative (LCRI), EPRI
- Brett Perlman – CEO, Center for Houston’s Future, Inc.
- Moderated by Alex Focault – Program and Systems Manager, UFL
5:58 PM Panel – Startup Collaborations: Examples from the Low-Carbon Hydrogen Accelerator
- Katie Geusz – Senior Director of Programs, Greentown Labs
- Ed Holgate – Principal, Shell Gamechanger, Shell
- Erik Steeb – Director of Partnerships, EPRI
- Brittany Westlake – Sr. Technical Leader – Hydrogen Electrolysis, Low-Carbon Research Initiative, EPRI
- Moderated by Alex Focault – Program and Systems Manager, UFL
6:20PM Remarks from Mayor Sylvester Turner
6:30 PM Lightning Pitches
- Advanced Ionics (Milwaukee, WI) is enabling green hydrogen production without the green premium.
- Arco Technologies (Bologna, Italy) is developing a proprietary Anion Exchange Membrane electrolyzer with the lowest capital expenditures and operating expenses possible today.
- Clean Power (Greater Manchester, United Kingdom) is developing a novel, low-cost, highly durable hydrogen polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell delivering zero-emission electricity.
- Element Resources (Houston, TX) is enabling compressed hydrogen storage tank technology.
- RUNWITHIT Synthetics (Alberta, Canada) is creating a live, digital twin modeling platform that generates decision-support data for regional hydrogen-demand scenarios.
- Smartpipe Technologies (Houston, TX) is developing a robust self-monitored repurposed pipeline system for hydrogen with minimal environmental disruption.
- SPEC Sensors (Newark, CA) is creating a robust and reliable meshed sensor network for hydrogen leak detection and line-monitoring systems.
7:00 – 8:00 PM Networking & Showcase
A recording of the event can be found below:
Low-Carbon Hydrogen Accelerator Final Showcase from Greentown Labs on Vimeo.