We’re delighted to see H2CHP, a Durham University spinout and CEME-based business, secure £1.5 million in funding to scale its clean energy technology.
At CEME, we’re proud to support innovative companies like H2CHP as they grow, providing not just space, but an ecosystem for scale‑up, collaboration and innovation.
Their success highlights what’s possible when cutting‑edge ideas are matched with the right environment to develop, test and commercialise.
H2CHP is developing next-generation distributed electric generators for use in data centres, ports, construction, back-up power and microgrid development.
Its fuel-flexible technology means the high-efficiency generators can be run on hydrogen, ammonia, biofuels and e-fuels. Crucially, this helps mitigate supply-chain risk, cut carbon emissions and improve performance. In doing so, the company aims to disrupt the multi-billion-dollar global generator market, aided by rising pressure to reduce emissions and persistent grid reliability challenges.
Stephen Hampson, Co-Founder of H2CHP, said: “This support is an important step for H2CHP as we continue to develop and demonstrate our free-piston linear generator technology. We believe there is a major opportunity for high-efficiency, low-emission and fuel-flexible local power generation in applications such as microgrids, EV charging, ports and data centres, where resilience, cost and decarbonisation all matter.”
At CEME, as we continue to build our role as a hub for green tech and low‑carbon innovation, we’re keen to support more start-ups and scaleups working on solutions for the future economy.
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