PYROCO2 is in the final phase of construction of facilities for its demonstrator and has selected Power to Hydrogen to produce green hydrogen for the process. The Power to Hydrogen AEM electrolyzer system will be deployed at SINTEF’s piloting facility at Tiller, Norway, for PYROCO2’s novel gas fermentation process. This process combines green hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide to produce zero-emission acetone, a platform chemical used across solvents, plastics, and industrial value chains.

This new installation is part of the PYROCO2 flagship EU Horizon 2020 Green Deal project, involving a consortium led by SINTEF. The project aims at demonstrating a commercially viable route targeting one of the key challenges in the management of the carbon cycle: making direct use of captured CO2 to produce industrial chemicals. Hydrogen supply to the process being entirely from renewable electricity is a key contribution to a low emissions profile of the end-product acetone. Power to Hydrogen’s AEM architecture is engineered for fast load-following with intermittent renewable power and low degradation under continuous industrial cycling, making it a direct fit for the operational profile that projects like PYROCO2 require.