Next Hydrogen Secures up to $2 Million NRCan Contribution Funding to Advance Canadian Commercial Electrolyzer Technology
Next Hydrogen Solutions secured a non-repayable contribution agreement of up to $2 million from Natural Resources Canada's Energy Innovation Program to fund research into scalable fabrication processes for its commercial electrolyzer modules. The funded R&D targets cell performance of 1.8 V/cell at 1.0 A/cm2 by Q1 2027, consistent with the U.S. DOE 2026 alkaline electrolysis target, and an ultimate goal of 1.7 V/cell at 1.2 A/cm2 by September 2028.
Key figures
- Funding type
- non-repayable contribution agreement (NRCan Energy Innovation Program)
- Funding amount usd
- 2000000
- Initial performance target
- 1.8 V/cell at 1.0 A/cm2 by Q1 2027 (consistent with U.S. DOE 2026 alkaline electrolysis target)
- Ultimate performance target
- 1.7 V/cell at 1.2 A/cm2 by September 2028
- Electricity share of h2 opex
- 60-70%
- Commercial integration timing
- early 2027
- Expected electricity consumption reduction
- approximately 8% per kg of hydrogen produced
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