Hazer Group raises $10 million to commercialise methane pyrolysis technology

Hazer Group announced on Monday it had raised $10 million through a placement and share purchase plan to drive commercialisation of its methane pyrolysis technology for clean hydrogen production. The Perth-based technology company successfully raised $8 million from existing and new institutional and sophisticated investors through a placement at 31 cents per share, representing a…

Hazer Group and POSCO collaborate on low carbon steel

Technology development company Hazer Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Korea’s POSCO Steel to plan for the integration of Hazer’s technology into POSCO’s low carbon steel. POSCO, one of the world’s largest steel makers, and Hazer will develop a plan to integrate Hazer’s hydrogen production technology into POSCO’s low-carbon steel production. They…

Hazer Group confirms 2023 hydrogen plant start-up

Technology development company the Hazer Group has confirmed the second half of 2023 for the start-up of a commercial demonstration plant under construction in Western Australia to demonstrate the Hazer process for producing hydrogen from biomass. The plant, supported by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), has achieved gas flow and steady state operation. The…

ARENA accelerates Hazer Group funding

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has agreed to accelerate the payment of support for the development of a plant to produce hydrogen from methane biogas being developed by Hazer Group. In 2020 Hazer and ARENA executed an agreement that will see it develop a $16.5 million commercial demonstration plant to produce low emission hydrogen .…

Hazer Group gets R&D refund

Technology development compay the Hazer Group has received a R&D tax incentive refund of $1.3 million for its development activities in the 2019 financial year. The Perth company is commercialising the Hazer process, a low-emission hydrogen and graphite production technology. Hazer CEO Geoff Ward said the funds, together with a capital raising in November, put…

Hazer and EnergyPathways sign MOU to develop clean hydrogen facility in UK

Hazer Group has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with UK-based EnergyPathways to assess the development of a clean hydrogen production facility in northwest England. The proposed project aims to develop a Hazer-licenced facility producing 20,000 tonnes per annum integrated with EnergyPathways’ Marram Energy Storage Hub infrastructure project. Under the MOU, the parties will conduct…

Hazer and KBR accelerate global engagement strategy focused on near-term deployment opportunities

Hazer Group announced on Monday significant progress under its strategic alliance with Kellogg Brown and Root, established to accelerate the commercial deployment and licensing of the Hazer Process. The alliance is now in execution phase, with active workstreams underway across technology scale-up and development, joint marketing and customer engagement. An integrated team of commercial and…