Topsoe and Fidelis New Energy partner to produce carbon-neutral hydrogen
11 January 2023
Topsoe and Fidelis New Energy have entered into a global alliance for technology used for producing carbon-neutral hydrogen. The alliance pairs Topsoe’s hydrogen process portfolio with FidelisH2 technology for reduction of lifecycle carbon emissions in hydrogen production. Combined, the alliance solution enables the production of hydrogen from natural gas with a lifecycle carbon intensity of 0 kgCO2e / kgH2.
Fidelis and Topsoe will jointly and exclusively license FidelisH2 alongside Topsoe’s blue hydrogen technology portfolio. Topsoe will lead engagement with potential licensees interested in utilizing FidelisH2 to produce carbon-neutral hydrogen at world scale using proven technologies.
Topsoe’s hydrogen process portfolio includes both steam methane reforming and SynCOR autothermal reforming solutions to produce hydrogen with integrated carbon capture. FidelisH2 is a proprietary solution for incorporation of renewable energy into reforming processes to achieve clean hydrogen production.
The novel integration of these proven technologies offered through the alliance provides a scalable solution well suited for generating climate and environmental incentives such as the Section 45V tax credits provided in the “Inflation Reduction Act” of 2022.
With all the hydrogen they will produce, it's about time they start distributing hydrogen cars and truck thus construct a hydrogen pump infrastructure for them. I want to be carbon neutral by 2030 and especially i want to pay less than gasoline at the refill center. They have to start now for this to be possible.
Posted by: Gorr | 11 January 2023 at 05:42 AM
What about the CO2 generated from the extraction of the natural gas, and the energy used to separate the hydrogen from the natural gas, compress it, transport it etc?
Green hydrogen is the only way to go and absolutely not for transportation.
Posted by: Paroway | 11 January 2023 at 08:15 AM
@Paroway:
Topsoe Haldor is a very reputable company, who do proper accounting both financially and for emissions etc, although no doubt they are less than perfect, like the rest of us.
They state:
' The alliance pairs Topsoe’s hydrogen process portfolio with FidelisH2 technology for reduction of lifecycle carbon emissions in hydrogen production. Combined, the alliance solution enables the production of hydrogen from natural gas with a lifecycle carbon intensity of 0 kgCO2e / kgH2. '
So clearly the claim takes into account all the factors you have mentioned.
Unless you have concrete information that that is not the case, it would seem that in the absence of evidence to the contrary they should be given the benefit of the doubt.
They have vast experience in the field, and some of the most exciting technologies.
Posted by: Davemart | 11 January 2023 at 09:45 AM
“What about the CO2 generated from the extraction of the natural gas”
Good question. However, it is important to have a good infrastructure in place to utilize and store captured CO2. Topsoe and Fidelis New Energy are definitely doing that in two projects in Louisiana, USA and others in Europe.
The Grön Fuels Plant in Louisiana, though not using NG will sequester tens of millions of tons of biogenic CO2 using Capio Sequestration (a Fidelis Company).
https://fidelisinfra.com/project/capio-sequestration/
https://fidelisinfra.com/project/gron-fuels-llc/
In another example, Topsoe has been chosen as technology provider to Ascension Clean Energy (ACE), an industrial scale low carbon hydrogen-ammonia joint venture project by Clean Hydrogen Works (CHW), Denbury Carbon Solutions and Hafnia.
* Note: Denbury has the CO2 Pipelines and sequestration sites.
https://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2022/12/topsoe-technology-chosen-for-industrial-scale-low-carbon-ammonia-project-in-louisiana-usa
https://www.energytech.com/energy-storage/article/21253915/denbury-gains-ccs-rights-for-proposed-hydrogenammonia-complex-in-louisiana
So Topsoe and Fidelis New Energy are developing Zero Carbon projects, some with “Blue” Hydrogen.
Posted by: Gryf | 11 January 2023 at 01:23 PM
Sounds like another accounting sleight of hand like Cap & Trade.
Posted by: dursun | 11 January 2023 at 07:21 PM
@dursun
Your evidence free dismissals out of hand are not useful, and are in the same category as, for instance, claims that politicians are ' all as bad as each other.'
Thst kind of attitude leads to not discriminating between those attempting to do an imperfect best, and the wilful con-men and liars.
Dismissing the likes of Topsoe Haldor and Fortescue Industries in Australia who are both at the heart of reducing carbon emissions and havebeen and are consistently leading the development of technologies to do so instead of differentiating them in any way from the likes of BP, who are fully deserving of any criticism that people like you or yoatman might make, having engaged for decades in wilful deception, put there bottom line above anything and have done and continue to kill and injure the health of countless people.
Not only is such sweeping undiscriminating lumping of the good, the bad, and the inbetween unrealisitic, it is deeply damaging to real attempts to deal with our problems from lethal levels of pollution to GHG emissions.
Yeah, its a wicked world and much of our efforts are to one extent or another flawed.
You are not bringing us news on that front.
Do actually engage, and instead of a child like dismissal of all, appreciate and respect what is being done to try to help, and save scorn and dismissal for the murdrous con-men and corporate thugs running so much of the fossil fuel industry.
Posted by: Davemart | 12 January 2023 at 01:34 AM
Nothing wrong with being skeptical, however, this definitely looks like a good move.
In the US, Aviation uses 20 billion gallons of fuel (100 billion gallons are used globally). The Grön Fuels Plant will produce 1 billion gallons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). This is a good use of H2 required for hydrocracking and is accepted by the airlines.
More is needed. There are are other SAF plants coming online. Check the World Energy Paramount, California SAF facility and the Martinez Renewable Fuels Project
https://www.worldenergy.net/
https://www.airproducts.com/campaigns/casaf
https://www.marathonmartinezrenewables.com/Sustainable-Energy/
Posted by: Gryf | 12 January 2023 at 09:01 AM
Just to be clear both Topsoe and Fidelis are involved with the Grön Fuels Plant.
https://blog.topsoe.com/grön-fuels-llc-select-haldor-topsoes-hydroflex-renewable-fuels-and-h2bridge-bio-hydrogen-technologies-with-bio-ccs-option-for-a-multi-billion-low-carbon-intensit-1607702386153
Posted by: Gryf | 12 January 2023 at 09:13 AM
' The oil giant Exxon privately “predicted global warming correctly and skilfully” only to then spend decades publicly rubbishing such science in order to protect its core business, new research has found.
A trove of internal documents and research papers has previously established that Exxon knew of the dangers of global heating from at least the 1970s, with other oil industry bodies knowing of the risk even earlier, from around the 1950s. They forcefully and successfully mobilized against the science to stymie any action to reduce fossil fuel use.'
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/12/exxon-climate-change-global-warming-research
Folk need to save their outrage for the real horror story companies and people, not seek to denigrate those making real efforts to improve things.
Posted by: Davemart | 12 January 2023 at 12:04 PM