Next Hydrogen Solutions Inc. reported that it has met its energy efficiency targets for its new second generation "GEN2" water electrolyser technology. Next Hydrogen is launching its next generation GEN2 large-scale, low-cost green hydrogen production systems. A key performance aspect is the ability to maintain good energy efficiency at high hydrogen production rates. Next Hydrogen has achieved its target cell performance of 1.90 V/cell at 1 A/cm2 and 70oC.

This exceeds recently reported US Department of Energy (DOE) technical targets status for energy efficiency, while maintaining a 2 times higher peak operating point. Notably, Next Hydrogen's 2024 targets also exceed DOE 2026 targets: Next Hydrogen's GEN3 cell development program includes collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). The NRC is supporting the project through its ongoing Materials for Clean Fuels Challenge program, and a team of researchers led by Dr. Sharon Chen has been working with Next Hydrogen at the NRC's Energy, Mining and Environment Research Centre's new Advanced Materials Research Facility in Mississauga, Ontario.