NewHydrogen Announces Strategic Collaboration with Utah San Rafael Energy Lab
The initial site assessment will evaluate USREL’s Orangeville, Utah facility as a potential host for future ThermoLoop® deployment
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. & ORANGEVILLE, Utah, Sept. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NewHydrogen, Inc. (OTCQB: NEWH), the developer of ThermoLoop® – a breakthrough thermochemical technology that uses heat to split water to produce massive amounts of the world’s cheapest clean hydrogen, and the Utah San Rafael Energy Lab (“USREL”), a unit within the Utah Office of Energy Development, announced today a strategic collaboration to conduct an initial site assessment evaluating USREL’s Orangeville, Utah facility as a potential host site for a future ThermoLoop deployment.
USREL, operated by the Utah Office of Energy Development, is a multidisciplinary research facility supporting applied research and technology development across nuclear, fossil and renewable energy systems. Under the non-binding collaboration, NewHydrogen and USREL will evaluate site infrastructure, utility capacity and permitting considerations relevant to hosting a ThermoLoop system, with findings expected to inform a future siting decision as the Company advances toward its first pilot plant deployment.
The pilot plant will be a small-scale system built to test and validate our ThermoLoop technology before committing to full-scale commercial production. It will act as a bridge between NewHydrogen’s Engineering Test Unit and gigawatt-scale clean hydrogen production.
Steve Hill, CEO of NewHydrogen, said:
Site selection is a critical step as we move from validating ThermoLoop in the lab to deploying it in the field,
“USREL’s infrastructure and energy sector expertise make it a compelling location to evaluate as we plan our next phase of development.”
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