Israeli renewable energy company Doral Group intends to execute a large green H₂ project pipeline around the world and to support this plan it has invested in an electrolyzer developer to secure access to its technology.

Specifically, Doral’s corporate venture capital arm, namely Doral Energy-Tech Ventures, has made an investment of an undisclosed amount in H2Pro Ltd. In addition to that, the latter has entered into an agreement to supply a total of 200 MW of its E-TAC systems until 2030 for use in Doral’s green H₂ projects in Europe, the U.S. and Israel. According to the announcement, Doral will purchase minimum quantities depending on the performance of the systems.

Caesarea-based H2Pro is developing a method to produce green H₂ that differs from traditional electrolysis. Electrochemical - thermally activated chemical (E-TAC) uses electricity to split water into H₂ and oxygen but unlike with electrolysis, this happens in separate steps because of which the system does not utilize a costly membrane. As a result, this technology has significantly lower power consumption requirements. According to H2Pro, it is over 95% efficient and cost-competitive with fossil-fuel H₂.

Doral and H2Pro intends to launch their partnership next year with a 0.4-MW, government-backed pilot project in Kibbutz Yotvata, Israel. In this case, the E-TAC system will use electricity generated by a solar photovoltaic plant developed by Doral, while the H₂ produced by it will be blended with natural gas for use in the nearby Yotvata dairy production facility.

Another project being developed by Doral and its partners envisages the construction of a 30-MW H₂ hub that will be based on H2Pro's technology.

"The collaboration with H2Pro will not only diversify and secure our supply chains but also demonstrate best-in-class green hydrogen production in competitive pricing," said Yaki Noyman, CEO of Doral.