Pacific6’s investment in Ways2H parent company, Clean Energy Enterprises, has kicked off a second round of funding that will support Ways2H’s expansion and waste-to-hydrogen projects.
By Haley Rischar| Waste Today Magazine | October 20, 2020
Ways2H, Long Beach, California, a leading developer of solutions that convert the world’s worst waste into clean hydrogen fuel for mobility, microgrids and power generation, announced it has closed an investment from local investment firm Pacific6 Enterprises, led by founding partner John Molina.
“Solutions to convert waste into clean energy are needed now more than ever, to address two current crises: climate change and our growing waste problem,” said Molina. “Ways2H offers an elegant solution that produces renewable hydrogen while responsibly disposing of waste and has the ability to scale. I look forward to working with the team to accelerate our vision for the future of clean energy.”
Pacific6 Enterprises holds interests in health care, local media, aquaculture and real estate. The firm supports the development of numerous projects and companies that have the potential to make a significant positive social, environmental and economic impact.
Ways2H is working to complete its first two commercial waste-to-hydrogen production facilities in Japan and California and build out its global pipeline of facilities in Europe, Asia and the Americas. The company uses a patented thermochemical process to produce clean hydrogen fuel from municipal solid waste, wastewater sludge, plastics and/or other waste materials, without incineration. The process is net-zero carbon by itself and carbon-negative when paired with carbon capture and storage.
“We are honored to welcome Pacific6 and John Molina as a Ways2H investor and shareholder, and thank the partners for their support of our company and commercial waste-to-hydrogen facilities,” said Ways2H CEO Jean-Louis Kindler. “We look forward to working together to scale the company, build out our project pipeline, and contribute to the clean hydrogen economy.”
Ways2H began operations in 2019 with an initial “friends and family” investment round led by Dennis Poulsen, former chairman of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and CEO of Rose Hills Inc. Pacific6’s investment in Ways2H parent company, Clean Energy Enterprises, has kicked off a second round of funding that will support Ways2H’s expansion and waste-to-hydrogen projects.
