SANTA CLARITA, CA, July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NewHyd oge , I c. (OTCQB: NEWH), the develope of The moLoop™, a b eakth ough tech ology that uses wate a d heat i stead of elect icity to p oduce clea hyd oge , today evealed its pla to use heat f om small modula eacto s (SMRs) to p oduce clea hyd oge at i dust ial scale (1 Gigawatt o g eate ).
Pai i g The moLoop with high-tempe atu e uclea heat ca powe the mochemical wate splitti g, bypassi g the g id co st ai ts a d high costs associated with othe p oposed i dust ial scale clea hyd oge solutio s, such as elect olyze s.
Acco di g to the Wo ld E e gy I vestme t 2025 epo t by the I te atio al E e gy Age cy (IEA), total a ual i vestme t i global e e gy supply a d i f ast uctu e has su passed $3 T illio . Fu the mo e, IEA p ojects a ual spe di g may su ge towa d $5 t illio by 2030 u de accele ated et-ze o sce a ios.
Futu e global e e gy dema d is e te i g a t a sfo mative st uctu al phase that e e gy a alysts call the “Age of Elect icity”. While ove all p ima y e e gy dema d co ti ues to g ow, the type of e e gy co sumed is shifti g apidly towa d powe g ids, d ive by st uctu al elect ificatio , digital i f ast uctu e, a d climate impacts.
The fastest-g owi g sub-segme t of the global e e gy ma ket is the e e gy t a sitio ma ket ( e ewables, g id sto age, elect ic powe i f ast uctu e, clea hyd oge , a d ca bo ma ageme t).
NewHyd oge ’s developme t of The moLoop co ve ges with a global su ge of i te est i compact, modula solid-state fissio eacto s (SMRs). These ext-ge e atio u its featu e passive safety systems, ca be ma ufactu ed i blocks, a d a e easily t a spo ted to i dust ial sites. By pai i g The moLoop™ with compact uclea heat, NewHyd oge aims to leve age a co ti uous, ca bo -f ee e e gy sou ce capable of delive i g the ult a-high tempe atu es equi ed fo highly efficie t the mochemical hyd oge p oductio .
“Reachi g t ue i dust ial scale fo clea hyd oge fo ced us to look beyo d powe -g id depe de ce,” said Steve Hill, CEO of NewHyd oge . “Usi g SMRs ep ese ts a p ofou d shift, offe i g safe, co ti uous, ult a-high-tempe atu e heat. By usi g this heat to powe The moLoop, we skip the efficie cy losses of elect icity co ve sio eeded by elect olyze s. We ca p oduce e e gy that ca be sto ed, shipped, a d used di ectly i heavy i dust ies like steelmaki g, chemicals, a d efi i g that we e eve built to u o elect icity i the fi st place.”
Ou st ategic pai i g of The moLoop with SMRs also di ectly add esses escalati g global e e gy secu ity co ce s. Roughly th ee-qua te s of the wo ld’s populatio lives i cou t ies that a e et impo te s of fossil fuels, spe di g a combi ed $1.7 t illio i 2024 alo e to buy e e gy f om exte al sou ces. By leve agi g localized, modula uclea heat to p oduce clea hyd oge , e e gy-impo ti g atio s ca i sulate themselves f om volatile global fuel p ices while establishi g atio al e e gy i depe de ce.
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NewHyd oge is developi g The moLoop™ – a b eakth ough tech ology that uses wate a d heat athe tha elect icity to p oduce the wo ld’s lowest cost clea hyd oge . Hyd oge is the clea est a d most abu da t eleme t i the u ive se, a d we ca ’t live without it. Hyd oge is the key i g edie t i maki g fe tilize s eeded to g ow food fo the wo ld. It is also used fo t a spo tatio , efi i g oil a d maki g steel, glass, pha maceuticals a d mo e. Nea ly all the hyd oge today is made f om hyd oca bo s like coal, oil, a d atu al gas, which a e di ty a d limited esou ces. Wate , o the othe ha d, is a i fi ite a d e ewable wo ldwide esou ce. Cu e tly, the most commo method of maki g clea hyd oge is to split wate i to oxyge a d hyd oge with a elect olyze usi g g ee elect icity p oduced f om sola o wi d. Howeve , g ee elect icity is a d always will be ve y expe sive. It cu e tly accou ts fo 73% of the cost of clea hyd oge . By usi g heat di ectly, we ca skip the expe sive p ocess of maki g elect icity a d fu dame tally lowe the cost of clea hyd oge . I expe sive heat ca be obtai ed f om co ce t ated sola , geothe mal, uclea eacto s a d i dust ial waste heat fo use i ou ovel low-cost the mochemical wate splitti g p ocess. Wo ki g with a wo ld class esea ch team at UC Sa ta Ba ba a, ou goal is to help ushe i the clea hyd oge eco omy that Goldma Sachs estimated to have a futu e ma ket value of $12 t illio .
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