A hydrogen research & development company dedicated to creating safe, reliable, affordable energy with zero emissions
Star Scientific is committed to solving humanity’s energy issues by working with nature, not wasting it. We believe that “decoding nature” is the pathway to a clean, sustainable future for everyone.
“Unlimited energy unbound by geography is the moment humanity stops fearing scarcity and starts believing in possibility.”
- Andrew Horvath, Global Group Chair
INTRODUCTION
Star Scientific Limited is a privately funded research and development company located on the northern outskirts of Sydney, Australia. Our founding specialisation was nuclear science, and from there we have developed specialisation in hydrogen and its sustainable use.
Key Technologies
The Technology Behind Zero Emissions
Our inaugural breakthrough technology is our catalyst, the Hydrogen Energy Release Optimiser, or HERO®, which stems from our experiments in Muon-catalysed fusion.
Industrial Heat, Reinvented
HERO® chemically catalyses hydrogen and oxygen back into water, and in doing so creates industrial levels of heat, without a flame and without greenhouse gas emissions.
Advancing Hydrogen Utilisation
Much focus on clean hydrogen is on how to make it. HERO® is the answer to an often-overlooked challenge in the hydrogen supply chain, which is how to use it sustainably and safely.
MEET HERO® : THE CATALYST FOR A NEW ENERGY ERA
See how we are unlocking the true potential of hydrogen. From data centers to desalination, HERO® provides a sustainable, high-efficiency heat source that eliminates greenhouse gases by chemically combining hydrogen and oxygen – not burning them.
Priority Applications
Where Our Technology Makes an Impact
Heat is at the heart of everything we humans do. Since we first learned to harness fire to sustain life, heat has been indispensable to human existence. Everything around us, everything we eat, wear and shelter in has an element of heat. We harness it to make electricity – the critical element of modern life
HERO® allows us to generate that heat, cleanly and continuously. This heat can be used for industrial applications that can’t be electrified, and to generate electricity for domestic or industrial use.
Process heat
Meeting the challenge of decarbonizing those industrial processes that can’t be electrified.
Energy
Meeting the challenge for off-grid or behind-the-meter energy solutions.
Water Treatment
Turning saline and produced water into a useable resource.
District Heating
Bringing sustainable warmth to cold climate communities.
Green Steel & Aluminium
Decarbonising one of our largest and hardest to abate sectors.
Sustainability
WELCOME TO OUR THIRD ANNUAL SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
The way we generate and use energy has two major problems.
The first is that not everyone in the world has access to affordable, continuous energy. The World Bank estimates that 666 million people still have no access to electricity at all and 2.1 billion have no access to clean cooking fuels. The fossil fuel supply chain is not working for these people, contributing to their poverty.
The second problem is that to make energy we are still burning fossil fuels, which is a one-off and can be environmentally damaging.
By providing clean, continuous energy that can been produced and used locally, HERO® solves these problems.
Our Values
OUR CORE VALUES
Don’t Force
nature
We don’t have to
force nature to
meet our human
needs. We don’t
have to destroy it.
By deeply understanding the
science of nature
we can work with it
to sustain and
enhance our lives. We are, after all,
part of nature
ourselves.
We all have a
right to energy
Access to continuous, stable, safe, affordable energy is a fundamental human right. Nobody should be held in poverty for a lack of energy. Everyone deserves the energy they need to be their best selves.
Everyone has an
innovative spark in them
Scientific curiosity lives in every human being, regardless of their sex, their race, their beliefs, their education, or their wealth. No matter your background, if you’re curious about nature and science, you have a place at Star Scientific Ltd.
We all have a right to
a secure workplace
We view our staff’s time, energy, and effort as our most precious investment. In return, we will respect their right to a safe, secure, and nurturing workplace.
We will be
resilient
Scientific research takes patience and resilience. It involves both success and failure. We will celebrate our successes, face adversity with courage and learn from disappointment.
We will be
constantly curious
“Why?”, “How?” and “What?” is our mantra. HERO® was born from asking these very questions. We will never stop asking them.
