Breakthrough energy firm moves to Coast

Family-owned research and development company, Star Scientific moved into the former Krone factory at Berkeley Vale in December and has installed a purpose-built 1.5-megawatt turbine from Siemens, which they hope to have spinning by the end of this year, powered by hydrogen via the HERO® catalyst."

Star Scientific have developed a breakthrough catalyst for converting hydrogen into heat without combustion the Hydrogen Energy Release Optimiser, or "HERO®".

Test units generate over 700 degrees Celsius within about 3 minutes and have produced industrial steam on a small scale.

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