Hydron Energy Announces Strategic Partnership with Standard Nutrition Company

Dec 13, 2022

Hydron Energy Inc., the cleaner fuel company commercializing a revolutionary gas upgrading solution, today announced a strategic investment by Standard Nutrition Company (SNC), a leader in livestock nutrition and management consulting. This partnership and funding will extend our in-house manufacturing program and solidify Hydron's focus on commercial opportunities for renewable natural gas (RNG).

"Hydron is proud to add Standard Nutrition to its growing list of partners," said Hydron Energy President and CEO Soheil Khiavi. "This investment further validates our success to date and enables us to pursue manufacturing advancements that will further improve the capital- and operating-cost savings we can extend to our clients. In addition, with growing proof in our system's capability to deliver quicker returns on investment for project owners, we are well positioned to respond to the unique requirements of the small- and medium-scale projects."

Hydron's patented INTRUPTor™ system significantly reduces the cost of upgrading biogas to RNG and enables the deployment of small-scale plants aligned with feedstock availability. The INTRUPTor™, an acronym for Intensified Regenerative Upgrading Platform Technology, is a containerized module system scalable from 20 Nm3/hr to 2,000 Nm3/hr (12.5 SCFM to 1250 SCFM) and delivers a best-in-class carbon intensity score.

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