Hyber

Hyber

Hydrogen for Back-Up Energy Resilience

On-site hydrogen, on demand — from ordinary aluminum and water, without pipelines, high pressure, or cryogenic storage.

Seal of Excellence — European Commission TRL 4, targeting TRL 6 >96% reaction yield, peer-reviewed
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At a Glance

  • ProposalHyber – Hydrogen for Back-Up Energy Resilience (Ref. 101310755)
  • CallHorizon Europe EIC Pre-Accelerator, HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-02-ACCESS-01
  • StatusAwarded a Seal of Excellence by the European Commission (5 May 2026)
  • CoordinatorASRHÜR (Ankara, Türkiye)
  • Core technologyAWR — Aluminum–Water Reaction hydrogen generation
  • Target deliverableReactoN-1, a 1 kW on-demand hydrogen generator (TRL 6 target)

The Challenge

Back-up and off-grid power today mostly means diesel generators or batteries — both carry logistics, emissions, or runtime limits that become critical exactly when resilience matters most: during disasters, at remote or off-grid sites, and wherever continuous power cannot be guaranteed.

Hydrogen is a clean alternative, but conventional hydrogen supply chains depend on high-pressure (700 bar) or cryogenic (−253 °C) storage and transport — infrastructure that is expensive, hazardous, and unavailable in exactly the field conditions where resilient power is needed. Industry estimates attribute 40–60% of delivered hydrogen cost to storage and logistics alone.

Hyber's premise: produce hydrogen exactly where and when it is needed, from a stable solid reactant and water — removing the storage and transport problem rather than solving it.

The Technology — AWR (Aluminum–Water Reaction)

ASRHÜR's patented AWR reactive powder reacts with water at near-ambient temperature to release hydrogen on demand:

2 Al + 6 H2O → 2 Al(OH)3 + 3 H2

  • No electricity, external pressure, or pipeline required to trigger the reaction.
  • Output is fuel-cell-grade hydrogen.
  • >96% reaction yield, 47.3 g H2 per liter — independently verified and published in a peer-reviewed journal (see Publications below).
  • The reaction is dosage-controlled via a micro-feeder system, enabling a semi-continuous, electricity-free production profile rather than an uncontrolled burst reaction.
  • By-product Al(OH)3 is recoverable in a closed loop (>90% material recovery targeted), supporting a circular consumables model.
  • Protected by two patent applications.

From Lab to Field — ReactoN-1

Hyber's engineering target is ReactoN-1: a portable, modular hydrogen generator sized for back-up and field power applications.

ParameterTarget
Output~0.5 m³ H₂/hour
Power class1 kW (integrated fuel-cell module)
Water compatibilityFresh, sea, or grey water
Operating principleElectricity-free, on-demand chemical reaction
Material recoveryClosed-loop, >90%
Current maturityTRL 4 (lab-verified proof of concept)
Target maturityTRL 6 (field-validated demonstrator)

ReactoN-1 is one entry in ASRHÜR's broader ReactoN product line, which also includes smaller portable generators and larger industrial fuel-cell power systems built on the same AWR core reaction.

Why It Matters

Because AWR removes the need for pressurized or cryogenic hydrogen storage, ReactoN-class systems are designed to be deployed where conventional hydrogen infrastructure cannot reach:

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Disaster and emergency response

Portable power where the grid is down.

02

Remote and off-grid sites

Industrial, telecom, or research locations without grid access.

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Continuity-critical facilities

Municipal and community back-up power resilience.

Recognition

Seal of Excellence, European Commission (5 May 2026)

Hyber was evaluated under the Horizon Europe EIC Pre-Accelerator call (HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-02-ACCESS-01) and awarded a Seal of Excellence by the European Commission, scoring 12.84, above the funding threshold on all three evaluation criteria (Excellence, Impact, Implementation). Owing to the highly competitive nature of the call and limited available budget, the proposal was not selected for EU funding.

This project has not received funding from the European Union. The Seal of Excellence is a quality label awarded by the European Commission to proposals evaluated positively under Horizon Europe; it does not constitute an EU grant, an EU funding award, or an endorsement of content by the European Commission or EISMEA.

Other recognized milestones

ASRHÜR, the company behind Hyber:

  • Peer-reviewed publication in Chemical Papers (Springer Nature) validating the AWR reaction.
  • Teknogirişim Rozeti (Turkish Ministry of Industry and Technology).
  • Incubation at Orion Tekmer and completed acceleration at ODTÜ Teknokent DualSpark.

The Team Behind Hyber

Doğukan Ünal

Co-founder & Chief Scientist

15+ years in hydrogen chemistry and electrolyzer R&D; second author of the peer-reviewed AWR publication in Chemical Papers (first author Prof. Dr. Demiral Akbar, OSTİM Technical University). Prior to co-founding ASRHÜR, at his previous company he led Türkiye's first industrial-scale alkaline-electrolyzer R&D project (TÜBİTAK TEYDEB 7170468, completed 2019).

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Hakan Aras

Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer

13+ years in fund management and EU project development; coordinator of the Hyber proposal.

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An advisory board spanning materials science, energy systems, regulatory affairs, and finance supports the team.

Field Validation & Collaboration

  • AFAD (Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority) — issued a Letter of Intent and Support (May 2026), recognizing the field potential of ASRHÜR's on-site hydrogen system for disaster and emergency-response power resilience. (Non-binding statement of support, not a supply agreement.)
  • TAM Foundation — signed Letter of Intent for disaster-response collaboration.
  • Hydrogen In Motion (H2M), Canada — signed Memorandum of Understanding.
  • Pro Control Process Automation BV, Netherlands — systems-integration collaboration under NDA.
  • CNR-ITAE, Italy — scientific collaboration toward a joint Horizon Europe research consortium.

Publications

Akbar, D., Ünal, D. et al. — Chemical Papers (Springer Nature).
DOI: 10.1007/s11696-025-04238-7

About ASRHÜR

Hyber is developed by ASRHÜR, an Ankara-based hydrogen-technology company building on-site, on-demand hydrogen generation systems around its patented AWR reaction. Learn more at asrhur.com.

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