DCARB, a company specialising in creating environmentally friendly hydrogen solutions, has been selected as one of 32 finalists in the global 100+ Accelerator program.
A partnership between global FMCG companies, including Coca-Cola, ABInBev, Unilever, and Colgate Palmolive, the 100+ Accelerator aims to help businesses across the globe progress their sustainable technologies.
This year, 32 companies were chosen to develop projects focusing on solving each of the nine challenges set out by the program, which include circular economy, climate action, sustainable agriculture, biodiversity, etc. The chosen finalists will undergo six months of remote programming and training to accelerate the collaboration and growth of cohort companies in addition to a pilot/alliance with the partner companies, as well as access to mentor networks and up to $100K toward pilot execution.
DCARB is the only Australian business to be selected in the climate action category, which funds projects that help supply chains reach net zero carbon emissions by finding affordable solutions to decarbonise their value chains. As one of selected finalists in the category, DCARB will have an opportunity to conduct a fully funded trial of its hydrogen-powered D100 technology unit in Singapore to demonstrate the effectiveness of the unit in achieving lower emissions, generating fuel savings, and reducing maintenance downtime.
The trial, which is expected to begin later this month, will be conducted in partnership with The Coca-Cola Company, helping DCARB disseminate its D100 units to the logistic fleets of the global beverage giant. DCARB hopes that the trial will ultimately strengthen its rank in the green energy market, thus enabling the company to market the D1OO technology globally, starting with Coca-Cola and the other 100+ Accelerator partner companies.
“Our partner for the trial is The Coca-Cola Company and we are thankful for their trust in our technology to support their journey for greener logistics,” Indika Liyanage, DCARB’s Chief Business Development Officer, said. “For this trial, we will look at quantifying the benefits of our D100 unit by installing additional monitoring devices to support our claim of reduced fuel consumption, reduced CO2 emissions and reduced particulates.
“To achieve this, we have five phases to the trial: planning, baselining, installation, validation, and reporting,” Liyanage added. “We expect the pilot to last approximately five months and generate invaluable data to validate our claims of the D100 unit to The Coca-Cola Company and the program partners.”
Linton Burns, CEO & MD of DCARB, said that being selected as a finalist is a “massive achievement”.
“I am so proud of the DCARB team for all their efforts over the past several years developing the D100 unit,” Burns said. “Over the past months we have made significant progress in our commercialisation efforts, having signed several new customers and appointed distributors in major markets across Southeast Asia and North America. Being selected as a finalist of this program will help give those efforts an enormous boost.”
