STARS’ Vision (why we exist)
By applying the power of small, we will solve some of the world’s largest problems.
Anthropogenic Climate Change, caused by emissions of about 51 GigaTonnes of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) each year, is among the the world’s largest problems today. However, technology solutions that allow our society to reduce our use of fossil fuels — which is a major source of GHG emissions, need to be economically competitive with fossil-based technologies.
STARS’ revolutionary products — advanced, affordable energy conversion and chemical processing systems, based on microchannel process technology — are designed to be economically more productive than current generation fossil-based technologies. This is the key to worldwide reductions in Greenhouse Gas emissions.
STARS’ Mission (what we are doing)
Located in Richland, Washington, STARS Technology Corporation is a startup Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of products based on process-intensive, microchannel reactors, heat exchangers and separators.
We are a product developer, not a technology developer. Our technologies are licensed from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory .
We are changing the world through our approach to developing and commercializing advanced energy and chemical process systems. This includes establishing value-chain, partner companies that make up our business ecosystem.
STARS’ Products (how we create value)
Distributed Production rapidly establishes a Hydrogen Grid. Our initial commercial product is a compact Hydrogen Generator that can be placed in close proximity to where hydrogen is needed.
Renewable Hydrogen. Feedstocks are water and renewable methane. Placed on the nation’s natural gas grid, a renewable hydrogen grid is established with zero fossil carbon emissions.
Multiple Applications:
Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles, including passenger vehicles, fleet vehicles and long-haul trucking
Distributed power and heating via stationary fuel cells and gas turbines, including energy storage for intermittent renewable electricity (i.e., wind turbines and solar photovoltaics)
Railroads and Shipping
Green Airports, including ground handling vehicles and, eventually, airplanes
Fertilizer production
Ore refining
Low Cost Hydrogen. The economies of hardware mass production will enable the production cost of the hydrogen to be substantially less than the cost of hydrogen at filling stations today.
Carbon Credits. In regions where tradeable carbon credits are authorized, such as in California, the net hydrogen production costs will additionally fall in inverse proportion to the value of the carbon credits.
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Worldwide anthropogenic Greenhouse Gas emissions now total 51 billion metric tonnes, CO2-equivalent, per year. STARS’ chemical transformers, including our first H2 Generator product, can help reduce GHG emissions in all five sectors.
Affordable, economic solutions are necessary. STARS’ advanced clean energy technologies are designed to be cost-competitive with, or cheaper than, conventional fossil energy systems. This is the key to helping reduce GHG emissions worldwide.
STARS’ First Commercial H2 Generator in assembly at HiLine Engineering, in Richland Washington. This compact, microchannel chemical process system (circled) has a footprint of ten square feet (1 square meter) and, coupled with a commercially-available H2 purification module, is designed to produce up to 100 kg H2 per day.
The existing gas grid can become the renewable hydrogen grid. STARS’ H2 Generators act as “chemical transformers”, producing hydrogen from low-cost methane.