Welcome to the September 2020 issue of H2scan Sensor News. In this issue we present 
  • New H2scan automated sensor calibration capability
  • What an investor sees in H2scan
  • Leon White joins as VP of sales for transformer
  • H2scan’s promise in the power-to-gas market
  • Hydrogen economy news bytes (BMW on H2 cars; how to build US H2 economy)
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H2scan Deploys New Automated Sensor Calibration Manufacturing Technology

H2scan has always had an advantage in the area of sensor calibration compared to competitive solutions. But calibrating them in the factory takes time – up to 28 days. Now we’re building a new automated sensor manufacturing (ASM) capability that reduces the time needed for sensor calibration to less than a third of what was previously required. ASM is having a significant impact on product delivery times and overall manufacturing efficiency.
ASM controls every aspect of sensor tracking and testing throughout the calibration process. H2scan worked with Altran, the world’s leading engineering and R&D services company, part of Capgemini, to develop the customized system. The first version of the ASM system is in the final stages of acceptance testing. See more details in our press release here.
Why Energy Growth Momentum Invested in H2scan?

In January 2020, we announced that Energy Growth Momentum (EGM) was lead investor in our $13.5 million financing round (in addition to committed capital from El Dorado Investment Company). This month we spoke with EGM partner John Wilson to find out why the company made such a bold investment in H2scan. Here’s what he told us:
Our investment fund focuses on scaling operational and digital technology to improve the cost and carbon efficiency of energy assets. Operational technology will be critical in realizing efficiencies in what is going to be an unprecedented transformation in both energy supply and demand, with erratic distributed supply sources from renewables and new demand loads from data centers (and eventually electric vehicles).
The energy transition will put a lot of load pressure on critical assets like transformers while also requiring consideration as to a capacity market. In our opinion, condition-based-monitoring of transformers and capacity management through electrolysis will be critical to managing and decarbonizing the energy industry, so as a fund, real-time monitoring of hydrogen gets us very excited.
Just to double down on this, and the relevance to H2scan, we are of the opinion that it will become clear to the industry that the foundation of the hydrogen economy will be safety and fiscal metering. So, when we came across H2scan, we were immediately interested in what the company was doing with real-time and remote hydrogen monitoring.
That accounts for the strategic interest, but when it comes to execution, we were particularly attracted to the company’s track record – the client list, installed base and reliability and accuracy of the sensors is unique. Further to that, the company’s leadership of Dennis Reid, along with the strong team at H2scan, cemented our interest.
Looking at 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic – there has been a lot of uncertainty, but I believe companies like H2scan will see an acceleration in underlying technology adoption. The energy sector will demand real-time, remote decision making to both function in a decentralized market and be competitive.
H2scan perfectly aligns with what we were looking for in an investment. It has been a real privilege to get to know the team so far and I’m looking forward to working with them in realizing the company’s future prospects.
H2scan Names New Transformer Sales VP

Experienced sales executive Leon White has joined  H2scan as the new VP of Transformer Sales & Business Development. He previously worked for Qualitrol/Serveron as a Senior Sales Manager in the Midwest US region. Leon started his career as a substation design engineer at Ameren (electric utility) in 1993 in St. Louis, Missouri. After working in substation design, regulatory and power trading, he left Ameren in 2007 to work for GE as an Application Engineer and a Sales Manager. Leon has Electrical Engineering and MBA degrees from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and is a registered Professional Engineer. He is a true believer in hydrogen monitoring and looks forward to helping H2scan succeed.
Power-to-Gas is Coming and H2scan is Ready!

In an effort to fight global climate change, the European Union (EU) has major goals for lowering carbon emissions and hydrogen will be a key player. As part of its goal to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, the EU will boost the production of clean hydrogen coming from renewables like wind or solar. The EU believes this clean hydrogen could reduce carbon emissions by 90 million tons per year in European industries by 2030.
Power-to-gas (P2G) refers to the action mentioned above of converting wind and solar sources into hydrogen. The P2G market is expected to reach $42 million by 2024. As the EU looks to implement hydrogen into industrial uses and fuel sources, an important function of the P2G market will be real-time monitoring and remote hydrogen monitoring to ensure the safety and efficiency of hydrogen as an energy source.
H2scan’s HY-OPTIMA™ 2700 Series is ideal for the EU’s hydrogen applications, particularly where real-time, hydrogen specific measurements can enhance process plant efficiencies, diagnostics and maintenance management. The HY-OPTIMA™ 2730 has already passed initial testing and our solutions are being tested in various applications and companies throughout Europe now.
Hydrogen Economy News Bytes
  • BMW educates on hydrogen cars: Want to know more about hydrogen cars? BMW is promising to tell you “all you need to know” in about 20 minutes. Changing Lanes is the BMW podcast and they dedicated their Aug. 26 episode to hydrogen fuel cell cars. Listen to the podcast here.

  • US makes quiet progress on H2 economy: Splashy announcements of plans and projects for hydrogen-based energy are appearing with scale and ambition in Europe and Asia. The United States, in contrast, is not seeing the same sort of headline-grabbing initiatives. But the United States is making quiet progress and laying the basis for what soon could emerge as a national strategy for hydrogen energy. This article from GreenBiz.com has more on how to build the foundation for the US’s hydrogen economy. 
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