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Infinite Composites (Tulsa, Okla., U.S.) has been awarded a $470,748 contract via the Industry Innovation Program (formerly OARS) from the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement in Science and Technology (OCAST) to scale its products in both size and pressure to aid the growing hydrogen economy.

Infinite Composites will benefit from the proposed project by scaling up its products to meet customer demand for large-format, lightweight hydrogen tanks for aviation and transportation. This will enable the company to secure larger, more lucrative contracts with both civilian and military customers. The project will also benefit the company by developing new talent through its continued collaboration with Oklahoma State University –Tulsa (OSU). OSU will also benefit from the project by giving its students  experiential learning opportunities, which will prepare them for graduation and job placement in the future. Infinite Composites will match this project with a recently received $1.6 million award from the Army for conformal hydrogen tanks.

“This project is coming at a perfect time,” says Matt Villarreal, co-founder and CEO of Infinite Composites. “We’re going to be able to match the funding from OCAST with our existing Army contract, both of which are focused on growing the capabilities of Type V tanks to serve 700-bar pressures for vehicle and infrastructure needs. We’ve seen significant demand increases for higher pressure hydrogen tanks, and these funds will help us advance our products to serve more customers in different industries.”

Villarreal notes that hydrogen is penetrating multiple markets as the fuel of future mobility, including aircraft, unmanned vehicles and ground vehicles, but also for rockets and spacecraft, grows. The higher pressure capability tanks that Infinite Composites is developing will also serve its space customers and create new infrastructure capabilities for applications that need high-pressure, lightweight solutions. internships between local industries and higher education.