Vancouver’s Ionomr Innovations is set to open a research-and-development facility in the Rochester area, as a part of its green energy, hydrogen fuel cell project. The Rochester facility is expected to employ about 25 workers by the end of the year.
“When I say green hydrogen, that means we’re producing hydrogen from renewable sources of energy,” Ionomr CEO Bill Haberlin says. “When we’re producing our hydrogen, we’re using things like solar, and hydro, and wind, and tidal to create the hydrogen, and there’s no carbon during the production process.”
Founded in 2018, Ionomr develops and markets ion-exchange membrane and polymer products for clean technology solutions including fuel cells, hydrogen production, and other energy storage applications.
Hydrogen fuel cells, part of a process where hydrogen and oxygen molecules react to generate…