The extraction of limitless clean energy from underground in the form of geological hydrogen is the focus of Koloma, a startup company co-founded by Tom Darrah, a professor at The Ohio State University's School of Earth Sciences. Darrah is also the director of the Global Water Institute (GWI) and a principal investigator at the Byrd Center. The company uses technology and AI tools to drill Midwest wells and test rock and gas samples for hydrogen volume and purity. Geologic hydrogen removal is low-carbon, low-cost, and uses less water with fewer environmental risks compared to hydrogen production from natural gas.

The company's success could lead to tapping into a market estimated to be worth $1 trillion annually by 2050.

To learn more, visit the news story on the GWI site.