Mote to establish second biomass to hydrogen project
Published by Poppy Clements,
Assistant Editor
Global Hydrogen Review,
Mote Inc. has received US$1.2 million in grant funding from the US Forest Service, the California Department of Conservation, and the California Department of Forestry (CAL FIRE) to establish its second biomass to hydrogen and carbon sequestration plant in partnership with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD).
As Mote’s hydrogen offtake partner for the second facility in Sacramento, US, SMUD and Mote have been collaborating on the project development. Upon completion, the facility would produce approximately 21 000 tpy (MTPY) of carbon-negative hydrogen for use in thermal power generation and transportation.
The plant would also sequester over 450 000 tpy of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually, equal to the CO2 emissions of over 100 000 cars each year. The project is supported by forestry stakeholders due to Mote’s capacity to create value from large amounts of wood waste. The project can utilise up to 300 000 tpy of forest residues and wood waste from regional forest management programmes, such as those in the Sierra Nevadas, US. This waste would otherwise be open-air burned, left to decompose, or sent to a landfill.
Lora Anguay, chief zero carbon officer at SMUD, said: “On our path toward a sustainable future, SMUD remains dedicated to harnessing the power of our partnerships and technologies to create innovative green energy solutions and opportunities for the entire region."
Mote’s carbon-negative hydrogen solution is a first-of-a-kind model for removing CO2 from the atmosphere. Similar to its first project near Bakersfield, this second plant will integrate with carbon capture and geological sequestration methods to produce carbon-negative hydrogen. Using gasification and a proprietary integration of proven technology, Mote can process woody waste from farms, forestry, and urban sources. The remaining CO2 from the process is captured and permanently placed underground in saline aquifers for ecologically safe storage.
Joshuah Stolaroff, CEO of Mote, said: “There is a pressing need for durable, large-scale carbon removal and scalable solutions that provide low-cost, clean hydrogen in the ongoing energy transition. Our projects in Sacramento and Bakersfield will be the first commercial-scale projects to utilise sustainably sourced biomass for this purpose.”
Read the article online at: https://www.globalhydrogenreview.com/hydrogen/11082023/mote-to-establish-second-biomass-to-hydrogen-project/
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