A Vancouver clean-tech startup working in the advanced materials space has been accepted into a Royal Dutch Shell clean-tech accelerator in the U.S.
Ionomr Innovations, which makes ion exchange membranes for a variety of applications, is one of three startups admitted to the Shell GameChanger accelerator, which works in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
It is the only Canadian company to be admitted to the accelerator, which is focused on electro-chemistry applications in the areas of green hydrogen production and carbon capture and utilization.
Ionomr was spun out of Simon Fraser University four years ago. Ionomr CEO Bill Haberlin said the benefit to his company of being admitted to the accelerator will be access to expertise.
“It’s services and it’s systems expertise and knowledge that allows us to work with an organization like NREL that are driving forward the further development and expansion of the production of green hydrogen at scale via the continued advancement of our materials for use in those applications,” Haberlin said.
“They are one of the premier labs associated with the U.S. government for the advancement of next-generation energy solutions. We’re all about accelerating the adoption of electro-chemistry solutions to decarbonize the planet.”
