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Protium Green Solutions

Protium is a UK-based net zero green hydrogen company. The company was established in July 2019 and founded by Christopher Jackson, who led the World Bank’s research into Hydrogen and fuel cells from August 2018 until April 2020, and by Marco Dell’Aquila who founded Power Capital, IJ Global and Inspiratia after sitting on the Board of GE Capital Europe.

Protium offers green hydrogen alternatives for companies who wish to tackle climate change and who wish to swap to net zero substitutes. They help clients to identify, design and secure access to the optimum mix of energy solutions. Protium’s aim is to use green hydrogen, in tandem with other solutions such as batteries, energy efficiency and digital tools, to allow businesses to move towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions. The company’s current project pipeline will support the development of over 500MW of new renewable resources by 2025, rising to at least 1GW by 2030.

With the UK government believing that hydrogen will provide between 20% - 35% of total final energy consumed by 2050, Protium design, develop, finance, own and operate green hydrogen infrastructure that integrates with their clients’ operations, their structure, and commercial requirements. Protium specifically focus across three core verticals: green aviation, consumer facing industrials, and commercial transport. Protium support the decarbonisation of heat, power and transportation and these assets provide green hydrogen and other net zero energy services to their clients. In the UK today, over 80% of energy is consumed as a fuel for transportation, heat and industrial processes, with less than 20% of energy consumed as electricity. Protium addresses this challenge by converting cheap, but intermittent renewable electricity, into green hydrogen fuel which can be stored and distributed for use across multiple sectors.

Protium believes that green hydrogen will play a crucial role in supporting the delivery and objectives of, United Nations Development Programme’s, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 7 and 9. The SDG 7 includes the affordability of clean energy. Here, Protium are committed to increasing the share of renewable energy in total final energy consumption across industries and consumers, where they work to increase access to green hydrogen energy services in locations and areas that do not have access to reliable, affordable and zero emission energy solutions. Additionally, SDG 9 includes industry innovation and infrastructure. Protium are committed to supporting consumer facing manufacturers to transition to zero emission solutions, through retrofitting existing systems to run on zero emission hydrogen and deploying new technologies where needed. Protium focus on building resilient, sustainable infrastructure, that supports broader decarbonisation and sustainability objectives for businesses and communities where Protium operate.