Power the world on clean energy

The world has depended on fossil fuels for more than 150 years creating short-term benefits to civilization with unintended long term detriment to our natural environment. Today, humanity relies on fossil fuels for more than 80% of our energy needs, a pattern that must be reversed if we are to sustain life on this planet.

Hydrogen is the solution to the current energy crisis. Hydrogen shares all the same benefits and conveniences of traditional fossil fuels, from energy density and efficiency to availability and ease of production.

By ensuring that this zero-emission energy source is globally affordable and accessible, we're doing our part to repower the world on clean energy. H2C is our response to ending fossil fuel induced climate change.

Mission

To accelerate the hydrogen economy worldwide through the rapid, cost-efficient transport of green hydrogen and other forms of freight; and provide a practical solution to the safe “last-mile” delivery of pure hydrogen to end-users.

H2C — Our Story, Our Stand.

In 1987 the World Business Academy, a nonprofit think tank and action incubator that explores the role of business in relation to critical moral, environmental, and social issues of our time, was founded by Rinaldo Brutoco. The Academy's focal point is the role business can and should play in solving humanity's largest challenges with a focus on climate change and energy security as one of the most important threats to human survival. The work being done in the think tank led Rinaldo to co-author a book published in 2007— ‘Freedom from Mideast Oil’. Its final chapter Rinaldo lays out the case for why Hydrogen is the only possible carbon free replacement for fossil fuel.

Within the next year the Academy included in its research analysis of the biggest bottlenecks to realizing the Hydrogen Economy. The research yielded a clear answer: Transportation. Out of that clarity H2C (H2Clipper, Inc) was born.

The company was incorporated on June 10, 2011, and was granted the first patent December 25, 2012, for “System, method, and apparatus for widespread commercialization of hydrogen as a carbon free alternative fuel source”

H2C is committed to accelerating the hydrogen economy by providing a breakthrough in the transportation and infrastructure required to bring green hydrogen to market now at a price that is competitive with fossil fuel.

H2C provides the only integrated solution for both long-haul transportation of vast quantities of energy dense liquid hydrogen and last-mile distribution of gaseous hydrogen.

This is an imperative for all humanity.

Patents Granted

2012

Safe hydrogen transport

2014

Docking system for airship

2015

Safe and spacious exoskeleton

2016

Buoyancy control system

2019

Solar collection in flight

2020

Efficient loading and unloading systems

2021

Hub and spoke articulated assembly technique

2022

Assembly-ready design

2022

Isosceles triangle-based exoskeleton with interior cargo area

2022

Pipe-within-a-pipe hydrogen gas transmission system

2022

Pipe-within-a-pipe hydrogen gas transmission method

10

Issued patents

250+

Patent claims

9

Patents pending

Founder Rinaldo Brutoco

Letter from the Founder

For almost forty years, as an entrepreneur and executive, my focus has been on exploring how business can best serve the common good. I think that business is the most important and most powerful institution on the planet. And we should use business to solve humanity's largest challenges.

Of all the challenges I have worked on during the past four decades, the threat that climate change poses to human survival is the biggest. We can only mitigate the effects of climate change by rapidly discarding fossil fuels as the base of our energy infrastructure. I believe that sustainably produced—green—hydrogen is the best, and likely only, solution we can implement to replace fossil fuels and to reverse global warming. Only hydrogen can produce and store electricity as well as power heavy industry and transportation. However, green hydrogen faces a challenge: It can be produced at competitive prices where solar, wind and other renewables are cheap. But many of these places are far away from where energy is consumed.

We started H2C to solve that problem. Our airships—in combination with our last mile ‘Pipe-within-a-Pipe’ distribution—can bring green hydrogen quickly and efficiently where we need it now. Therefore, H2C is an essential contribution to the biggest crisis of our times.

We can only succeed in reversing global warming when humanity is willing and able to work together. H2C is committed to be part of that collaborative effort. We hope you will join us in that effort.

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Executive Team

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Rinaldo Brutoco

Founder, President & CEO

Rinaldo Brutoco

Founder, President & CEO

Co-Founder/Board, JUST Capital; Chair, Finance & Audit Committee; 15+ years — Renewable energy; 25+ years — Business growth specialist: 3.5+ Bn; Founder and CEO of World Business Academy.

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Robert Shelton

VP, Intellectual Property

Robert Shelton

VP, Intellectual Property

President, ShangriLa Group; Former CEO, Private Access, Inc.; Founding Director, VP Licensing, Allcare Health Mgt Systems; Named inventor, 14 issued patents.

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Matt Knapp

Chief Engineer

Matt Knapp

Chief Engineer

Aeronautical engineer, Former Chief Engineer and Co-Founder, Zunum Aero hybrid electric aircraft company; Former Lead Designer of ATV Javelin light jet and chief aerodynamicist. MIT Engineering.

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Mitch Ewan

Senior Technical Director

Mitch Ewan

Senior Technical Director

Hydrogen Systems Program Manager, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute; former Co-Chairman of National Hydrogen Association; former submarine commanding officer.

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Jerry B. Brown, Ph.D.

Managing Director, Spain & Portugal

Jerry B. Brown, Ph.D.

Managing Director, Spain & Portugal

Founding Professor, Florida International University; coauthor, Freedom from Mid-East Oil; 40 years' experience in renewable energy including advisory services to emerging enterprises.

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Dawa Tarchin Phillips

Managing Director, Germany

Dawa Tarchin Phillips

Managing Director, Germany

Founder, Empowerment Holdings; Co-Founder, IMTA; Co-Founder of UCSB's Center for Human Potential; 14+ years — Conscious capital entrepreneur.

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Mike Pfau

Corporate Counsel

Mike Pfau

Corporate Counsel

Founding partner, Reicker, Pfau, Pyle & McRoy law firm; outside general counsel for technology and manufacturing businesses, with extensive public and private offerings experience.

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Board of Directors

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Peter Georgescu

Chairman Emeritus

Peter Georgescu

Chairman Emeritus

Author, brand management specialist; Former CEO and Chairman Emeritus, Young & Rubicam, one of the world's most effective marketing communications companies.

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Bob Fornaro

Director

Bob Fornaro

Director

Former CEO of Spirit Airlines; former Chairman & CEO of AirTran Airlines; prior executive roles at Southwest Airlines, Trans World Airlines, US Airways and Braniff.

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Ángel Gurría

Director, Global Strategic Advisor

Ángel Gurría

Director, Global Strategic Advisor

President, Paris Peace Forum; Secretary-General (2006-21) of the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); formerly Minister of Finance, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mexico.

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Martin Whittaker

Director

Martin Whittaker

Director

Founding CEO of JUST Capital; Member of Forbes Finance Council; previous named to NACD Directorship 100; 25+ years' at the intersection of global business, finance, philanthropy & ESG.

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VADM Phil Wisecup (USN, Ret.)

Director, Dassault Liaison

VADM Phil Wisecup (USN, Ret.)

Director, Dassault Liaison

Retired U.S. Navy Vice Admiral; past-President of U.S. Naval War College; former Naval Inspector General; and Director of the Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group.

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Rinaldo Brutoco

Director, President & CEO

Rinaldo Brutoco

Director, President & CEO

Co-Founder/Board, JUST Capital; Chair, Finance & Audit Committee; 15+ years — Renewable energy; 25+ years — Business growth specialist: 3.5+ Bn; Founder and CEO of World Business Academy.

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Diane V. Cirincione, Ph.D.

Director

Diane V. Cirincione, Ph.D.

Director

Founder AHInternational; Director, World Business Academy; Fields of innovative change: business, education, health, institutions. Organizational Behaviorist, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist; Award-winning, internationally recognized author and lecturer in over 60 countries.

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Advisors

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Dr. Abas Goodarzi

Aviation & Fuel Cell Technology

Dr. Abas Goodarzi

Aviation & Fuel Cell Technology

President/CEO, US Hybrid; a 30-year veteran of the electric & fuel cell industries, including as Technical Director of GM's EV1 program and Senior Scientist at Hughes Aircraft.

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Janice Lin

Energy Storage

Janice Lin

Energy Storage

Founder and CEO of the Green Hydrogen Coalition and professional services firm Strategen, Co-Founder of the California Energy Storage Alliance and Global Energy Storage Alliance.

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Massimo Masini

Aerospace

Massimo Masini

Aerospace

Vice President Operations and General Manager, TECT Aerospace; former General Manager of B/E Aerospace (now Collins Aerospace); Head of Global Manufacturing Operations, CTC Global Composite; and adjunct MBA professor at CSULB.

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Thomas J. Neff

Talent & Executive Search

Thomas J. Neff

Talent & Executive Search

Chairman of Spencer Stuart, one of the world's leading global executive search and leadership consulting firms, where he focuses on CEO and board of director consulting and searches.

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Satish Korde

Global Advisor

Satish Korde

Global Advisor

Founder and CEO at GTB marketing agency; former Global Client Director at WPP; Clients include Ford, Mazda, Barilla, Gillette, AT&T, United Airlines, Citibank and Colgate.

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Tom Soto

Strategy

Tom Soto

Strategy

Long-time investor and pioneering voice in the impact and clean tech sectors, including having owned and managed four PE funds, founder of LA Clean Tech Incubator, and Managing Directory at TCW.

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Jim Villanueva

Social Impact & Investments

Jim Villanueva

Social Impact & Investments

Managing Director, Global Partnerships Social Venture Fund; former Executive Director, Eleos Foundation Social Venture Fund; impact investor and entrepreneur in growth companies.

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Joe Powell, Ph.D.

Hydrogen Research

Joe Powell, Ph.D.

Hydrogen Research

Former Chief Scientist for Shell Oil, who during his 36-year career led R&D programs; Chair of the U.S. Dept of Energy's Hydrogen Technical Advisory Committee; former Director of American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

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Bob Boyd

Hydrogen Expert

Bob Boyd

Hydrogen Expert

Bob is a well-known expert in hydrogen vehicle fueling station design & Hydrogen fuel quality analytical procedures as well as ASTM procedures. He spent 20 years with Linde in Hydrogen Solutions Project development, as well as Risk and Safety for Hydrogen fueling. Former Chair of the Hydrogen Industry Panel on Codes (HIPOC), CGA Hydrogen Technology Committee and principal member of the NFPA-2 Hydrogen Technology Committee.

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