Lex Scheepers joins Breakthrough Energy’s Innovator Fellows program from RIFT in North Brabant, Netherlands. An expert in energy technology, both traditional and renewable, Lex combines a passion for technology with a desire to contribute to a clean and sustainable future. At RIFT, Lex and his colleagues are leveraging hydrogen and the rusting properties of iron to produce carbon-neutral energy for heat-intensive industries.

Rusting, or combustion, of iron powder yields zero-carbon heat that can be turned into hot water or steam and fed to energy-intensiveindustries. The resulting iron oxide powder can be easily stored and transported, then turned back into iron powder through a chemical reaction with hydrogen and reused. Through the BE Fellows program, RIFT aims to advance their Boiler and Production Systems to a fully functional prototype to demonstrate viability of a commercial pilot plant.

Lex earned a Bachelorof Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering with a specializationin Energy Technology from Eindhoven University of Technology.