Press & awards
RockyH₂ featured in La Gazette du Laboratoire
The April issue of La Gazette du Laboratoire looks back on the founding of RockyH₂ and summarises our services and deep-tech research on stimulated natural hydrogen.
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Conferences, research milestones, press coverage and company news at the intersection of mining, geochemistry and natural hydrogen.
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Follow the story of RockyH₂ since its first public preview in 2024.
Company
RockyH₂ awarded the French Tech Emergence grant from Bpifrance
A €90k French Tech Emergence grant (BFTE) will fund the prototype of a next-generation hydrothermal reactor and officially classifies RockyH₂ as a deep-tech company.
Events
Public lecture on natural hydrogen at the Open University of Lyon
Our President Eric C. Gaucher gave a public lecture on natural hydrogen at the Open University of Lyon 1, at the CCVA in Villeurbanne.
Events
Natural hydrogen for the nickel industry: our talk at the CNRTEC conference
Invited by the CNRTEC, Centre du Nickel, we presented RockyH₂ and discussed the natural hydrogen potential of New Caledonia for the nickel industry.
Events
RockyH₂ to speak at the CNRTEC hybrid conference on natural hydrogen
Samuel Barbier will present RockyH₂ and the services we offer to optimise the development of deposits, mines and industrial sites.
Events
Two days at H-Nat Summit 2025
At the world’s leading event for natural hydrogen innovation, we presented RockyH₂ and our services centred on catalysing natural H₂ production, CO₂ storage and metal leaching.
Events
RockyH₂ at DeepTech Connect 2025
Eric Gaucher and Samuel Barbier presented RockyH₂ at the DeepTech Connect event, on the invitation of our SATT PULSALYS.
Research
Research time: mapping our samples with Ablatom’s Ablascan
We tested our rock samples on the Ablascan, an AI-powered, high-throughput elemental microscope based on LIBS spectroscopy, and watched the elemental maps appear live.
Events
Enhancing hydrogen production from rock: Eric Gaucher at GET 2025
Dr Eric C. Gaucher presented cutting-edge strategies to stimulate natural hydrogen production from geological formations at the Geothermal Energy Conference 2025.
Press & awards
RockyH₂ highlighted in Darcy Partners’ study on stimulated hydrogen
Darcy Partners selected RockyH₂ for its innovator comparison of the major players in stimulating natural H₂ production.
Company
A summer in the lab: thank you to our trainees
Emma Bonnet and Eden Postif-Laye spent part of the summer with us, between autoclaves, grinders and the experimental stimulation of natural hydrogen.
Events
Natural hydrogen prospecting: a training course we recommend
Lavoisier H2 Geoconsult offers a specialised training course, from science to licence, for anyone wishing to learn about natural hydrogen exploration.
Events
Samuel Barbier at ARPA-E Subsurface Week in Washington DC
Representing our Lyon laboratory and the geoH₂ collaboration with Texas Tech University at the ARPA-E meeting hosted with the U.S. Geological Survey.
Events
Meet us at DeepTech Connect 2025, in the Energy village
RockyH₂ will be at DeepTech Connect to discuss the optimisation of H₂ production from geo-inspired reactions.
Company
RockyH₂ joins La French Tech Saint-Étienne Lyon
We are delighted to announce that we have joined the La French Tech Saint-Étienne Lyon community.
Events
Pitching RockyH₂ at the Pulsapéro
A look back at the Pulsapéro “start-ups and large corporations at the heart of industrial renewal”, where Muriel Andreani pitched our young start-up.
Company
Thank you to PULSALYS: joining Lyon’s deeptech ecosystem
Our thanks to the teams of PULSALYS, Lyon Ingénierie Projets, the Lyon Geology Laboratory and the Lyon Observatory for their support during the incubation of RockyH₂.
Company
Big announcement: RockyH₂ is officially born
RockyH₂, an innovative start-up in the optimised and stimulated production of natural hydrogen, is founded in Villeurbanne by Eric C. Gaucher, Samuel Barbier, Muriel Andreani and Jean Gaucher.
Press & awards
A look back at the 2024 Research and Innovation Awards ceremony
A wonderful ceremony at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 that showcased Muriel Andreani, our work and the RockyH₂ start-up project.
Press & awards
Muriel Andreani receives the Lyon 1 Research and Innovation Award
We are proud that our co-founder and scientific advisor has been awarded the 2024 innovation prize of Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1.
Events
First public preview of RockyH₂ at SIM, Curious2024 and H-Nat 2024
In 2024 we introduced the RockyH₂ project and part of our R&D on catalysts optimising hydrogen production from rock at three conferences.
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