US hydrogen production company Bayotech and UK CO₂ capture specialist Carbon Clean are to work together on a demonstration facility to design and operate a carbon-capture plant at a Bayotech site by the end of 2022.

The demonstration facility will include a Bayotech steam methane reforming unit and Carbon Clean’s carbon-capture technology. The units are modular and scaleable, and can be installed next to existing industrial capacity which is in need of hydrogen, according to a statement from the firms.

Currently, most hydrogen is produced at large, centralised facilities before being delivered to end-users. 

2022 – Date by which demonstration plant will be operational

The technology avoids the challenges of hydrogen storage and transport, which is difficult and expensive. It is ideally suited to applications such as anaerobic digestion from landfill, organic waste, and biomass plants where carbon-negative hydrogen can be produced.

“The combination of technologies provides an ideal solution to industrial decarbonisation and clean fuel production that is deployable today,” says Mo Vargas, CEO of Bayotech.

The firms will work together to explore other commercial opportunities following the deployment of the demonstration project.

Bayotech has also signed an agreement with hydrogen fuel-cell suppler Loop Energy to deploy vehicles manufactured by Loop’s customers in combination with on-site hydrogen generation infrastructure provided by Bayotech.

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Author: Tom Young