Hydrogenera - Energy Outside the Box!
Hydrogenera е водещ доставчик на комплексни решения за водород, специализиран в производството, съхранението и разпределението на водород от възобновяеми източници на енергия.
Timeline
2016
▶ Founded, production and management based in Sofia, Bulgaria
2017
▶ First prototype of hydrogen system based on alkaline electrolyser
▶ Development of custom electronics control built in-house, without pre-made solutions
▶ Development of custom electronics control built in-house, without pre-made solutions
2018
▶ Optimization and increase in total efficiency, reaching > 85%
2019
▶ First prototype for internal combustion engine working entirely on hydrogen
▶ First installed hydrogen system in industrial facilities
▶ First installed hydrogen system in industrial facilities
2020
▶ Completed 33 projects for development, production and integration of hydrogen systems in industrial facilities
▶ Member of Hydrogen Global, World Energy Council
▶ Member of European Clean Hydrogen Alliance, participating in its Roundtables for hydrogen production
▶ Member of Hydrogen Global, World Energy Council
▶ Member of European Clean Hydrogen Alliance, participating in its Roundtables for hydrogen production
2021
▶ First international projects in the EU and Asia
2022
▶ Completing first private equity financing
▶ Acquisition of metal-hydride technology for hydrogen storage
▶ Doubling production capacity
▶ Installation of our first 12ft containers
▶ Acquisition of metal-hydride technology for hydrogen storage
▶ Doubling production capacity
▶ Installation of our first 12ft containers
2023
▶ Completed engineering part of 1MW electrolyzer of the AEM Z series
▶ Conducted tests of hydrogen systems in an accredited laboratory and acquisition of additional international certificates;
▶ Successfully financed projects by EBRD and National Innovation
fund.
▶ Participating in Roundtable for hydrogen production in Brussels
▶ Signed MOU with Messer
▶ Expanding the scope of activity by recruiting internationally acknowledged professionals
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▶ Conducted tests of hydrogen systems in an accredited laboratory and acquisition of additional international certificates;
▶ Successfully financed projects by EBRD and National Innovation
fund.
▶ Participating in Roundtable for hydrogen production in Brussels
▶ Signed MOU with Messer
▶ Expanding the scope of activity by recruiting internationally acknowledged professionals
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Hydrogenera is specialized in developing hydrogen technologies since 2016.
Our team has a wide portfolio of projects, consulting and creating new technologies for the use of Hydrogen as a primary energy source.
Our team has a wide portfolio of projects, consulting and creating new technologies for the use of Hydrogen as a primary energy source.
Team
Ivon Ivanova
Marketing Manager
Dimitar Jilev
Head of Investor Relations
Miroslav Radoslavov
Commercial Director
Angel Kasabov
Chief Electronics Engineer
Borislav Borisov
Chief Production Engineer
Dimiter Banov
CFO
Dragomir Ivanov
Founder / CEO
Hydrogenera is specialized in developing hydrogen technologies since 2016.
Our team has a wide portfolio of projects, consulting and creating new technologies for the use of Hydrogen as a primary energy source.
Our team has a wide portfolio of projects, consulting and creating new technologies for the use of Hydrogen as a primary energy source.
Team
Ivon Ivanova
Marketing Manager
Dimitar Jilev
Head of Investor Relations
Miroslav Radoslavov
Commercial Director
Angel Kasabov
Chief Electronics Engineer
Borislav Borisov
Chief Production Engineer
Dimiter Banov
CFO
Dragomir Ivanov
Founder / CEO
Since our founding, sustained R&D efforts have contributed to the continual improvement of our technology, setting the benchmark in the market.
Our electrolyzers are preferred for their reliability, innovative controlling system, and energy efficiency. Currently working on:
Our electrolyzers are preferred for their reliability, innovative controlling system, and energy efficiency. Currently working on:
Area where several hydrogen applications are combined together into an integrated hydrogen ecosystem. It covers the entire hydrogen value chain: production, storage, distribution, and final use. With its versatility, it can contribute to the decarbonization of a wide range of sectors including heavy industry, long-haul and heavy-duty transport as well as energy.
R&D
Energy Independence
Our current modules are 20 kW. Upscaling will optimize the production and integration process. Single modules with larger capacity can be used in power and heavy industry.
Upscaling up to 100 kW per Module
Solid State Hydrogen Storage Containers Based on AB5 Metal Hydride Alloys
Metal hydrides are the perfect solution for hydrogen storage due to their inherent safety and good performance characteristics. AB5 metal hydride alloys have a hydrogen content of 1.4 Wt % which makes them more volume efficient than compressed gas or liquid hydrogen storage.
Metal hydrides have the ability to reversibly absorb and desorb large amounts of hydrogen in wide ranges of temperatures and pressures. The main advantages of AB5 alloys are low sensitivity to poisoning by impurities, easy activation, fast hydrogen absorption/desorption kinetics, and wide pressure range at near ambient temperatures.
Metal hydrides have the ability to reversibly absorb and desorb large amounts of hydrogen in wide ranges of temperatures and pressures. The main advantages of AB5 alloys are low sensitivity to poisoning by impurities, easy activation, fast hydrogen absorption/desorption kinetics, and wide pressure range at near ambient temperatures.
The principle of operation is identical to the traditional gasoline engine. Hydrogen fuel means zero CO2 emissions for transport industry
Internal Combustion Engine Running on H2
We still keep the first car we managed to start and drive around entirely on hydrogen.
It takes us back in time to a field, to a Renault of indeterminate age, with the mileage scrolled hundreds of times, a long hose hooked up to a 200-bar bottle full of hydrogen.
It takes us back in time to a field, to a Renault of indeterminate age, with the mileage scrolled hundreds of times, a long hose hooked up to a 200-bar bottle full of hydrogen.
Hydrogenera's story began long before it ever needed a name or a brand. Hydrogenera's story began at a parking lot in Druzhba neighborhood, in Sofia. In order to light up a hand-assembled electrolyser you need straight current. In a non-professional environment, the easiest way to obtain straight current is from a car dynamo. And the electrolyzer is tied down to the dynamo with a hose. How does one know whether hydrogen is coming out through the hose? Well, you light it up with a lighter!... “
Our Story
Hydrogenera's story began long before it ever needed a name or a brand. Hydrogenera's story began at a parking lot in Druzhba neighbourhood, in Sofia. In order to light up a hand-assembled electrolyser you need straight current. In a non-professional environment, the easiest way to obtain straight current is from a car dynamo. And the electrolyzer is tied down to the dynamo with a hose. How does one know whether hydrogen is coming out through the hose? Well, you light it up with a lighter!... “
The efficiency was below zero, the engine almost stopped, and the flame was hard to see with a naked eye. But that was more than enough! Once you see that you can produce fuel from water, the idea gets lodged in your brain and everything that makes sense gets locked into the equation water = energy." "There are laws written long before us. Hydrogen is not our discovery. All companies and researchers are using as stepping stones the same principles of the electrolysis process.
We dared to go outside the box, not to accept the rules, but to see if there was another way. Our way!" Two maverick engineers, Drago, a graduate from the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy and Bobi, a graduate from the Technical University, armed with ideas, dreams, and most of all - stubbornness, set out on a trial-and-error path with the tireless enthusiasm of rebels, convinced they could change the status quo.
Today's discovery of hydrogen is not a discovery, but a renaissance. What has drastically changed nowadays is the extraordinary technological improvements and the ability to electronically encode, program and harness a chemical process in a controlled environment.
Drago and Bobby are joined by Acho, a doyen in the field machine programming. He began coding the process from start to finish. When they started, 15 years ago, hydrogen was not at all a hype, on the contrary it was crossed out, declared unprofitable and inapplicable for industrial use. For 15 years, the three of them have been overturning the status quo and proving everybody wrong with every completed project. It's wonderful that along the way they found more enthusiasts, unafraid of foregone conclusions, ready to rewrite the rules.
They still keep the first car they managed to start and drive around entirely on hydrogen. "It takes us back in time to a field, to a Renault of indeterminate age, with the mileage scrolled hundreds of times, a long hose hooked up to a 200 bar bottle full of hydrogen.
At the first turn of the key, there were two scenarios - either it would start, or we would be remembered with a big bang. No one ever wrote about a big bang at an abandoned field, not much was written about a hydrogen internal combustion engine running on hydrogen either, but soon we will retell this story to a larger audience and with a more advanced car." Through gaining knowledge and experience they understand that many solutions exist and Hydrogenera is part of a global wave of change. They are now working to address the pressing need for sustainable energy, to harness the climate change and reduce pollution. They continue to look through the critical eyes of engineers, but they always bring along the childlike curiosity and belief that they can make the impossible possible. Madness and enthusiasm are their primary advisors and they are not shy to admit.
After all doesn't it take at least a little bit of madness to have the courage to make a difference?
The efficiency was below zero, the engine almost stopped, and the flame was hard to see with a naked eye. But that was more than enough! Once you see that you can produce fuel from water, the idea gets lodged in your brain and everything that makes sense gets locked into the equation water = energy." "There are laws written long before us. Hydrogen is not our discovery. All companies and researchers are using as stepping stones the same principles of the electrolysis process.
We dared to go outside the box, not to accept the rules, but to see if there was another way. Our way!" Two maverick engineers, Drago, a graduate from the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy and Bobi, a graduate from the Technical University, armed with ideas, dreams, and most of all - stubbornness, set out on a trial-and-error path with the tireless enthusiasm of rebels, convinced they could change the status quo.
Today's discovery of hydrogen is not a discovery, but a renaissance. What has drastically changed nowadays is the extraordinary technological improvements and the ability to electronically encode, program and harness a chemical process in a controlled environment.
Drago and Bobby are joined by Acho, a doyen in the field machine programming. He began coding the process from start to finish. When they started, 15 years ago, hydrogen was not at all a hype, on the contrary it was crossed out, declared unprofitable and inapplicable for industrial use. For 15 years, the three of them have been overturning the status quo and proving everybody wrong with every completed project. It's wonderful that along the way they found more enthusiasts, unafraid of foregone conclusions, ready to rewrite the rules.
They still keep the first car they managed to start and drive around entirely on hydrogen. "It takes us back in time to a field, to a Renault of indeterminate age, with the mileage scrolled hundreds of times, a long hose hooked up to a 200 bar bottle full of hydrogen.
At the first turn of the key, there were two scenarios - either it would start, or we would be remembered with a big bang. No one ever wrote about a big bang at an abandoned field, not much was written about a hydrogen internal combustion engine running on hydrogen either, but soon we will retell this story to a larger audience and with a more advanced car." Through gaining knowledge and experience they understand that many solutions exist and Hydrogenera is part of a global wave of change. They are now working to address the pressing need for sustainable energy, to harness the climate change and reduce pollution. They continue to look through the critical eyes of engineers, but they always bring along the childlike curiosity and belief that they can make the impossible possible. Madness and enthusiasm are their primary advisors and they are not shy to admit.
After all doesn't it take at least a little bit of madness to have the courage to make a difference?
Hydrogenera's story began long before it ever needed a name or a brand. Hydrogenera's story began at a parking lot in Druzhba neighbourhood, in Sofia. In order to light up a hand-assembled electrolyser you need straight current. In a non-professional environment, the easiest way to obtain straight current is from a car dynamo. And the electrolyzer is tied down to the dynamo with a hose. How does one know whether hydrogen is coming out through the hose? Well, you light it up with a lighter!... “
The efficiency was below zero, the engine almost stopped, and the flame was hard to see with a naked eye. But that was more than enough! Once you see that you can produce fuel from water, the idea gets lodged in your brain and everything that makes sense gets locked into the equation water = energy." "There are laws written long before us. Hydrogen is not our discovery. All companies and researchers are using as stepping stones the same principles of the electrolysis process.
We dared to go outside the box, not to accept the rules, but to see if there was another way. Our way!" Two maverick engineers, Drago, a graduate from the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy and Bobi, a graduate from the Technical University, armed with ideas, dreams, and most of all - stubbornness, set out on a trial-and-error path with the tireless enthusiasm of rebels, convinced they could change the status quo.
Today's discovery of hydrogen is not a discovery, but a renaissance. What has drastically changed nowadays is the extraordinary technological improvements and the ability to electronically encode, program and harness a chemical process in a controlled environment.
Drago and Bobby are joined by Acho, a doyen in the field machine programming. He began coding the process from start to finish. When they started, 15 years ago, hydrogen was not at all a hype, on the contrary it was crossed out, declared unprofitable and inapplicable for industrial use. For 15 years, the three of them have been overturning the status quo and proving everybody wrong with every completed project. It's wonderful that along the way they found more enthusiasts, unafraid of foregone conclusions, ready to rewrite the rules.
They still keep the first car they managed to start and drive around entirely on hydrogen. "It takes us back in time to a field, to a Renault of indeterminate age, with the mileage scrolled hundreds of times, a long hose hooked up to a 200 bar bottle full of hydrogen.
At the first turn of the key, there were two scenarios - either it would start, or we would be remembered with a big bang. No one ever wrote about a big bang at an abandoned field, not much was written about a hydrogen internal combustion engine running on hydrogen either, but soon we will retell this story to a larger audience and with a more advanced car." Through gaining knowledge and experience they understand that many solutions exist and Hydrogenera is part of a global wave of change. They are now working to address the pressing need for sustainable energy, to harness the climate change and reduce pollution. They continue to look through the critical eyes of engineers, but they always bring along the childlike curiosity and belief that they can make the impossible possible. Madness and enthusiasm are their primary advisors and they are not shy to admit.
After all doesn't it take at least a little bit of madness to have the courage to make a difference?
The efficiency was below zero, the engine almost stopped, and the flame was hard to see with a naked eye. But that was more than enough! Once you see that you can produce fuel from water, the idea gets lodged in your brain and everything that makes sense gets locked into the equation water = energy." "There are laws written long before us. Hydrogen is not our discovery. All companies and researchers are using as stepping stones the same principles of the electrolysis process.
We dared to go outside the box, not to accept the rules, but to see if there was another way. Our way!" Two maverick engineers, Drago, a graduate from the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy and Bobi, a graduate from the Technical University, armed with ideas, dreams, and most of all - stubbornness, set out on a trial-and-error path with the tireless enthusiasm of rebels, convinced they could change the status quo.
Today's discovery of hydrogen is not a discovery, but a renaissance. What has drastically changed nowadays is the extraordinary technological improvements and the ability to electronically encode, program and harness a chemical process in a controlled environment.
Drago and Bobby are joined by Acho, a doyen in the field machine programming. He began coding the process from start to finish. When they started, 15 years ago, hydrogen was not at all a hype, on the contrary it was crossed out, declared unprofitable and inapplicable for industrial use. For 15 years, the three of them have been overturning the status quo and proving everybody wrong with every completed project. It's wonderful that along the way they found more enthusiasts, unafraid of foregone conclusions, ready to rewrite the rules.
They still keep the first car they managed to start and drive around entirely on hydrogen. "It takes us back in time to a field, to a Renault of indeterminate age, with the mileage scrolled hundreds of times, a long hose hooked up to a 200 bar bottle full of hydrogen.
At the first turn of the key, there were two scenarios - either it would start, or we would be remembered with a big bang. No one ever wrote about a big bang at an abandoned field, not much was written about a hydrogen internal combustion engine running on hydrogen either, but soon we will retell this story to a larger audience and with a more advanced car." Through gaining knowledge and experience they understand that many solutions exist and Hydrogenera is part of a global wave of change. They are now working to address the pressing need for sustainable energy, to harness the climate change and reduce pollution. They continue to look through the critical eyes of engineers, but they always bring along the childlike curiosity and belief that they can make the impossible possible. Madness and enthusiasm are their primary advisors and they are not shy to admit.
After all doesn't it take at least a little bit of madness to have the courage to make a difference?
The first Bulgarian company member of the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance
Author of eleven projects for green energy, listed and prioritised on the European hydrogen map
Member of the Hydrogen Global Initiative
