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Johnson Matthey and Hystar strategic partnership
Johnson Matthey and Hystar strategic partnership.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n \n Johnson Matthey and Hystar agree strategic partnership in renewable hydrogen production \n22nd May 2023\n \n \n\n· Johnson Matthey and Hystar have signed a three-year strategic supply agreement to ramp up renewable (green) hydrogen production\n \n· Delivers on published milestone of winning at least two strategic partnerships in Hydrogen Technologies\n \nJohnson Matthey (JM), a global leader in sustainable technologies, and Hystar, a Norwegian high-tech hydrogen company, have signed a three-year strategic supply agreement to ramp up renewable (green) hydrogen production. This delivers on JM's published milestone of winning at least two strategic partnerships in Hydrogen Technologies.\nJM will supply membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs), key performance-defining components for electrolysers, as part of Hystar's commercialisation ramp-up. This represents the next step in the collaboration between the two companies which began in 2021, focused on electrolyser stack development and manufacturing scale-up, using the components provided by JM and Hystar's patented cell design.\nAs part of the ongoing collaboration, JM will supply MEAs for the Hystar PEM electrolysers to be used in the HyPilot project in Norway. The HyPilot project will verify Hystar's patented PEM technology under realistic field conditions, in collaboration with industry leaders Yara and Equinor, with end market demand driven by the trends in food production and energy security. As part of the project, Hystar will deliver a complete, autonomous, containerized PEM electrolyser with a hydrogen production capacity of up to 745 kg/day.\nHystar's recent test results show the company already exceeds the Clean Hydrogen for Europe 2030 targets for clean hydrogen production. Hystar and JM will work in partnership to continue improving the performance of Hystar's electrolysers and design circularity principles into the system.\nBoth partners will continue the collaboration to enable further scale up and automation for Hystar's planned multi-GW production line, which is expected to be operational by 2025.\nMark Wilson, Chief Executive of Hydrogen Technologies at JM, says: \"This strategic agreement with Hystar is an important endorsement of JM's electrolyser technology, manufacturi...