September : The Golden Hydrogen Company is registered under the AIFC (Astana International Finance Center) jurisdiction in Astana,
July : The Golden Hydrogen Company presents the CO2-2-H2 process and the Karachaganak Megaproject to the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, the Ministry of Industrial Development and the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kasakhstan.
May : The Golden Hydrogen Company presents the CO2-2-H2 process to Shell
March : The Golden Hydrogen Company presents the CO2-2-H2 process to KMG Engineering, Astana for the second time
February : The Golden Hydrogen Company presents the CO2-2-H2 process to KMG Engineering, Astana
2022
December : Karl joins The Golden Hydrogen Company on the advisory committee
November : Stephan relaunches The Golden Hydrogen Company with Mirs, Arsen, Vanessa, Vipin and Chai
October : The Golden Hydrogen Company presents the CO2-2-H2 process to KazAzot, Aktau
September: The Golden Hydrogen Company presents the CO2-2-H2 process to ONGC, India
2022
August : The Golden Hydrogen Company receives a final No-Go from the EIC with the same rationale as the first No-Go: Quote: "The team consists of a single person as consultant (retired since 2016) ...The concept of a company and a clear business model are not available."
July : We recruit Iryna Marciano, PhD, Vanessa Sallee and Belinda Perriman to the management team to add more international business experience and diversity
June: First NO-Go decision by the EIC due to lack of commercial acumen and diversity in the management team
2022
May : Stephan and Alex form an alliance with Norbert Dolle of White Space Solutions to apply for funding from the EIC (European Innovation Council)
April : Alex and Stephan present CO2-2-H2 to Auriga, Holland
April : CO2-2-H2 is considered 'out of scope' for the XPRIZE
Jan : Alex and Stephan present CO2-2-H2 to Neptune Oil, Germany
Jan : CO2-2-H2 Screening tool is verified by a team led by Dr. Alexander Weber, with Professor Birol Dindorok, PhD and Steven Lee
2021
Stephan and Karl participate in Elon Musk's XPRIZE challenge : Gigaton scale CO2 removal