U.S. Renewable Hydrogen Projects to Use Variety of Feedstocks
Although green hydrogen, made from the electrolysis of water using renewable energy, is sometimes referred as renewable hydrogen, Industrial Info's definition of “renewable hydrogen” is hydrogen manufactured from waste such as agricultural residues, foods wastes and more. While the concept hasn't received quite the buzz that green hydrogen has, the production of renewable hydrogen generated from waste accounts for more than $900 million in active U.S. projects. Plants use a variety of technologies and feedstocks to create the renewable fuel.
Both stages of one of the country's largest renewable hydrogen projects are expected to be in service by the end of this year. Raven SR Incorporated's (Pinedale, Wyoming) plant in Richmond, California, will manufacture 2,400 tons per year of renewable hydrogen from 99 wet tons per day of green and food waste sourced from the West Contra Costa Sanitary Landfill. California's mandate SB1383, passed in 2016, calls for a 75% reduction in organic waste disposal by 2025. Raven says its system will contribute toward fulfilling SB1383 and potentially divert up to 7,200 metric tons per year of carbon dioxide emissions from the landfill. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Project Database can learn more by viewing the related project reports.
Another project that could start construction toward the end of this year in New Iberia, Louisiana, will produce hydrogen from another waste source: plastics and old tires. FusionOne Energy Corporation's Hydroplas system shreds and grinds plastics to an optimum size to put into a high-temperature, zero-emissions reactor that results in the creation of hydrogen-rich gas, which is then purified to nearly 100% hydrogen. The plant will process 16 million pounds per year of plastic and tire waste. Construction is expected to be completed in 2026. Subscribers can click here to learn more about the project.
Tire waste also will be used at Tin Thanh Group's (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) planned renewable hydrogen plant in Allendale County, South Carolina. Tin Thanh will first construct a tire retread and recycling facility that will be able to retread 200,000 tires per year and recycle 488,000 tons of tires per year. Waste from the recycling center will be used to feed a nearby renewable hydrogen plant. Construction on the tire plant could begin later this year, followed by the hydrogen plant in 2025, putting both plants on track for 2026 completions, with the tire plant finished some months before the renewable hydrogen plant. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the reports on the tire plant and renewable hydrogen projects.
Yet another type of feedstock will be used for SGH2 Energy's plant in Lancaster, California, construction of which is set to begin soon. The plant is expected to be completed toward the end of 2025 and will use SGH2's technology to gasify mixed paper waste to produce 3.8 million kilograms (4.2 million tons) per year of renewable hydrogen. Subscribers can click here to learn more.
Proteum Energy LLC (Phoenix, Arizona) plans to construct a California plant using ethanol feedstock to create renewable hydrogen. The plant will process ethanol from Calgren Renewable Fuels' plant in Pixley, California, where the renewable hydrogen plant will be located. Calgren uses waste from dairy farms to produce its ethanol. The facility is expected to be commissioned in 2026, when it will begin ramping up to full production of 30 metric tons per day of renewable energy and 1,800 million British thermal units a day of renewable natural gas. Proteum also is considering adding a 23-megawatt solar plant with battery storage for the facility. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the project report.
