Protium Green Solutions

About Protium Green Solutions

Protium Green Solutions, founded in 2019 by Chris Jackson, is a UK-based developer of green hydrogen projects. The company provides end-to-end services, including designing, developing, financing, owning, and operating green hydrogen and renewable energy infrastructure to help clients achieve net-zero emissions. It focuses on hard-to-abate sectors like industrial heat, heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), and aviation.

Founder and CEO Chris Jackson has a background in energy, finance, and economics, with a Master's degree from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. His work on hydrogen began at the World Bank, where he helped secure the bank's first internal funding for hydrogen research in over a decade. This experience, combined with roles at renewable energy developers and venture capital firms, provided the foundation for Protium. The company operates on a Hydrogen Energy Services Company (HESCO™) model, providing holistic, tailored green energy solutions.

Protium has achieved several key milestones, including securing significant funding to scale its operations. A seven-figure funding round was completed in early 2021. More recently, in January 2025, the company secured over £31 million in a Series B funding round led by existing investors Barclays Principal Investments and SWEN Capital Partners, with new support from ITOCHU Corporation and Toho Gas Co. This capital is intended to accelerate its UK projects and the commercial deployment of its portfolio.

The company launched its first commercial green hydrogen production facility, Pioneer 1, in South Wales in March 2023, supplying hydrogen for transport and fleet trials. Following its success, Protium announced plans for a second, larger facility, Pioneer 2, expected to be operational in late 2025 and produce up to 7,000 kg of green hydrogen weekly. The company is also developing projects like the HyHAUL project, which aims to deploy 30 hydrogen fuel cell HGVs along the M4 corridor, and is working with partners such as Budweiser Brewing Group on decarbonisation projects. In November 2023, Protium announced its first international expansion with a new office in the Netherlands to serve the European market.