Ivys Selected for DOE-Funded Program to Develop MD/HD H2 Fueling Technologies

Ivys Energy Solutions is pleased to announce the selection of its “Responsive Wide-Range Dispensing Control for Medium and Heavy Duty Hydrogen Fueling” project to move forward as part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen Program’s latest round of funding to advance the nation’s clean hydrogen strategy.

In this project, Ivys will advance its unique fast-response hydrogen dispensing flow control system, already used in commercial stations in the U.S. and Australia, as well as other key hydrogen fueling technologies, to meet the stringent needs of high-speed hydrogen fueling for medium and heavy duty vehicles. In addition, Ivys will enhance and demonstrate its patented wireless vehicle-to-station bidirectional communications technology to enable advanced fueling protocols and techniques. These cutting-edge technologies will be tested at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in full scale MD/HD hydrogen fueling to demonstrate their readiness for the next frontiers of clean mobility.

For more details, read the full press release.

Ivys Acquires Climate-Tech Assets of Xebec Adsorption Inc, along with strategic investor Enbridge

Ivys, Inc. Announces Purchase of Key Climate-tech Assets of Xebec Adsorption Inc. and subsidiary Compressed Air International Inc. along with a strategic investment by Enbridge.

Ivys is excited to announce the acquisition of the climate-tech assets and IP of Xebec Adsorption Inc, and subsidiary Compressed Air International Inc. Along with key strategic investor Enbridge, the newly formed Ivys Adsorption Inc. will serve the renewable natural gas, hydrogen, carbon capture and industrial gas markets and establish a strong foundation for continued innovation that is needed to address the pressing issue of climate change with sustainable, and equitable growth.

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SimpleFuel Station Grand Opening at Toyota Motomachi Plant

Image courtesy of Toyota

Ivys Energy Solutions, along with our partner PDC Machines, are pleased to announce our second commercial installation of SimpleFuel in Japan.

This SimpleFuel station is located at Toyota’s Motomachi plant - the same plant where the Toyota Mirai fuel cell electric vehicle is assembled. The SimpleFuel appliance at Motomachi, taking advantage of solar panels on site, will provide renewable hydrogen for fuel cell forklifts to support plant operations, and to reduce the carbon footprint of the plant.

The SimpleFuel team are very excited to be a part of Toyota’s environmental sustainability efforts. Read the Toyota press release on this milestone here!

Ivys and SimpleFuel Win $1M DOE H-Prize

Ivys Energy Solutions and its partners McPhy Energy North America and PDC Machines, as the SimpleFuel team, are the winners of the U.S. Department of Energy’s $1 million H2 Refuel H-Prize Competition. The goal of the competition was to develop a safe, affordable, readily deployable hydrogen refueling appliance for fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs).

During the competition, Ivys and partners designed, built and tested the novel SimpleFuel hydrogen refueling appliance, which is a complete 700 bar hydrogen refueling solution in a compact and readily deployable package. The SimpleFuel prototype generated and dispensed over 180 kg of fuel cell quality hydrogen during the three month test period (enough for over 10,000 miles of FCEV travel), and is being used to fuel a Hyundai Tucson FCEV. 

Read the full press release here. More details on the SimpleFuel product, available for both automotive and industrial fuel cell vehicle fleet applications, can be found here.

Ivys/SimpleFuel Team Announced as H-Prize Finalist

The Hydrogen Education Foundation, in coordination with the U.S. Department of Energy, officially announced SimpleFuel™ as the finalist for the $1 million H₂ Refuel H-Prize Competition. The SimpleFuel™ team, made up of Ivys Energy Solutions and its partners, are honored to recieve this recogition and are driving towards commercialization of a safe, affordable, small-scale hydrogen refueling appliance to enable the widespread adoption of fuel cell electric vehicles.

Read the full press release on Team SimpleFuel's finalist selection here, and see the official announcement from the US Department of Energy here.

Ivys Joins the Greentown Labs Community

Ivys Inc., looking to expand upon its development capability and business network, today formally joins an exceptional community of clean-tech start-ups taking residence at the incubator Greentown Labs, based in Somerville, Massachusetts. Ivys has reserved 200 square feet of prototype lab space, as well as dedicated collaborative workspace seating for its members. 

Greentown Labs enables entrepreneurs to solve the world's biggest energy and environmental challenges. Their mission is to enable a vibrant community of entrepreneurs to work on their visions and to provide access to the space, resources, and funding that allows their early-stage companies thrive. Greentown Labs offer 40,000 sq. ft. of prototyping lab and co-located office space, a shared machine shop and electronics lab, immersion in a growing community of energy and clean technology entrepreneurs, and on-site events and programs designed to enable start-ups to rapidly grow their networks and their companies. Greentown is currently the largest clean-tech incubator in the United States.