PowerTap Reports Breakthrough, Extracts “Lost” Hydrogen From Natural Gas Pipelines

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PowerTap Hydrogen Capital Corp (OTC: MOTNF) has announced significant advancements through its subsidiary, Advanced Electrolyzer Systems (AES), in extracting hydrogen from natural gas pipelines. Following 5,000 hours of efficient bench testing, AES technology has shown commercial viability in recovering hydrogen that can harness excess renewable energy, addressing grid instability issues. This innovation opens a multi-billion dollar market in hydrogen capture and storage, crucial for developing hydrogen infrastructure in transportation sectors.

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• Successful bench testing shows AES technology can efficiently extract hydrogen from natural gas pipelines.
• Addresses critical grid instability issues by providing a cost-effective solution for hydrogen capture.
• Potential to tap into a multi-billion dollar market for clean hydrogen energy.

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PowerTap Hydrogen Capital Corp (NEO: MOVE) (FWB: 2K6) (OTC: MOTNF) (“PowerTap” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that subsidiary Advanced Electrolyzer Systems, developed by Pinakin Patel and his team, a Company that has been the significant recipient of Federal grant awards for their many verticals, have now demonstrated substantial results in the new, novel and critical area of hydrogen recovery from natural gas pipelines.

Our landmark testing has demonstrated that the patented AES technology has an ability to store excess renewable electricity as hydrogen in natural gas pipelines. Currently, there is NO cost-effective solution to recover this hydrogen for commercial usage.

Bench testing over a period of 5000 hours has shown that the efficient extraction of hydrogen stored in natural gas pipelines is commercially viable with AES’ systems.

This both solves a major problem (grid instability) and creates a major new potential source of clean energy (hydrogen capture and storage) that heretofore has been discarded or uncapturable in an economic fashion.

In many jurisdictions globally, excess solar and wind power are leading to grid instability issues causing a lack of predictability and reliability for large-scale consumers of power. The current solution is “curtailment” of production. This is a very inefficient and expensive means of managing grid stability. The State of California alone has seen over USD $100 million in lost revenue due to the need to manage excess power within its electricity grid¹. Further, California must pay neighboring states to remove excess green electricity at an enormous cost and burden.

Our solution, which applies worldwide, focuses on the “low hanging fruit” as AES technology can store this valuable excess electricity as hydrogen, within existing natural gas pipelines. “Recovering this hydrogen for reuse is a potentially multi-billion dollar market”, said Mr. Pinakin Patel.

The hydrogen stored in the pipeline will be about 10% hydrogen content by volume without any significant modifications to existing infrastructure. Our advanced technology provides a cost-effective solution for extracting this “lost” hydrogen for higher value use in the emerging green transportation industry. The key value proposition offered by our technology is its ability to extract hydrogen at the point of use, thus eliminating the hydrogen transportation costs and associated safety issues.

Across the United States and Europe, this would mean substantial progress towards hydrogen infrastructure needed for clean and green electric vehicles. Every billion cubic feet of natural gas containing 10% hydrogen translates into 100 million cubic feet of hydrogen. This represents enough hydrogen to drive a local economy of electric cars, buses, trucks, and trains. Our technology provides a modular, scalable, low-cost solution to extract this hydrogen safely and efficiently from existing natural gas infrastructure.

AES is now scaling up its bench scale testing which will demonstrate its performance at a host site pipeline. Given results to date and the testing infrastructure already in place, PowerTap estimates that this technology can rapidly move towards commercialization, tapping into rapidly emerging multi-billion dollars markets of green hydrogen markets.

ABOUT POWERTAP HYDROGEN CAPITAL CORP.

PowerTap Hydrogen Capital Corp., through its wholly-owned subsidiary, PowerTap Hydrogen Fueling Corp. (“PowerTap”), is focused on installing hydrogen production and dispensing fueling infrastructure in the United States. PowerTap’s patented solution has been developed over 20 years. PowerTap is now commercializing its third-generation blue hydrogen product that will focus on the refueling needs of the automotive and long-haul trucking markets that lack hydrogen fueling infrastructure. There are currently under 100 operational publicly available hydrogen stations in the United States with most of the existing stations purchasing industrial hydrogen from industrial manufacturers and shipping hydrogen to individual stations via tanker trucks.

PowerTap Hydrogen common shares are listed on the NEO Exchange. Please visit the company's profile on the NEO Exchange website at https://www.neo.inc/en/live/security-activity/MOVE#!/market- depth.

PR Contact:
Ajay Bruno
Account Director | AMW PR
c: 732.546.4287 o: 212.542.3146
ajay@amwpr.com

Investor Contact:
Tyler Troup, Circadian Group IR
MOVE@circadian-group.com

PowerTap Contact:
Raghu Kilambi
raghu@hydrogenfueling.co
+1 (604) 687-2038

NEITHER THE NEO EXCHANGE NOR ITS REGULATIONS SERVICES PROVIDER HAVE REVIEWED OR ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS RELEASE.

Notice Regarding Forward Looking Information: This press release contains "forward-looking statements" or "forward-looking information" (collectively referred to herein as "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of applicable securities legislation. Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, forecasts, estimates, expectations and objectives for AES-100 Inc. and the AES technology that are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of PowerTap. Some assumptions include, without limitation, the ability to develop the AES technology to commercially extract hydrogen from natural gas pipelines and the ability of AES-100 Inc. or the Company to raise sufficient funds to fund its business plan. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects", "plans", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "projects", "potential" and similar expressions, or that events or conditions "will", "would", "may", "could" or "should" occur or be achieved. Forward-looking information is based on current expectations, estimates and projections that involve a number of risks, which could cause actual results to vary and, in some instances, to differ materially from those anticipated by the Company and described in the forward-looking information contained in this press release.

Although the Company believes that the material factors, expectations and assumptions expressed in such forward-looking statements are reasonable based on information available to it on the date such statements were made, no assurances can be given as to future results, levels of activity and achievements and such statements are not guarantees of future performance.

The forward-looking information contained in this release is expressly qualified by the foregoing cautionary statements and is made as of the date of this release. Except as may be required by applicable securities laws, the Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking information to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, whether as a result of new information, future events or results, or otherwise

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FAQ

What recent advancements has PowerTap Hydrogen Capital Corp made with its technology?

PowerTap announced that its subsidiary, Advanced Electrolyzer Systems, demonstrated successful extraction of hydrogen from natural gas pipelines, showing commercial viability.

How long was the bench testing for the AES technology conducted?

The bench testing for the AES technology was conducted over a period of 5,000 hours.

What is the market potential for the hydrogen extracted using AES technology?

The recovery of hydrogen using AES technology is projected to create a multi-billion dollar market, particularly in clean energy.

How does PowerTap's new technology address grid instability issues?

The technology allows excess renewable electricity to be stored as hydrogen, reducing the need for inefficient curtailment methods.

What is the significance of hydrogen extraction from natural gas pipelines for transportation?

Extracting hydrogen from natural gas pipelines is crucial for developing infrastructure for clean and green electric vehicles and transportation systems.