Planetary Hydrogen, which plans to capture carbon in the world’s oceans, claimed the $2,000 first prize at the annual Start-Up Yard Pitching Event on Thursday.
Start-Up Yard, Innovacorp’s oceantech hub on the Dartmouth waterfront, brought together nine early-stage entrepreneurs to pitch their companies, and presented Planetary Hydrogen with the top award.
The cleantech company, which recently moved most of its operations from Ottawa to Halifax, has devised a system that has two market-oriented components that benefit the environment. First, it produces hydrogen, which is growing in demand