StormFisher Hydrogen, a developer of clean fuels, has commissioned MAN Energy Solutions to deliver the pre-front-end engineering design (pre-FEED) for the methanation reactor of a large-scale Power-to-X plant.

The 200 MW facility, to be built in North America, will produce green hydrogen and e-methane by utilizing a local biogenic CO₂ source. The plant is expected to generate 2.5 million MMBtu (million British thermal units) of e-methane annually, equivalent to approximately 50,000 metric tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Once operational, the plant will convert 200 MW of renewable electricity—primarily from wind and solar—into green hydrogen via electrolysis and then into e-methane, meeting North American pipeline standards. This allows the fuel to integrate seamlessly into existing natural gas infrastructure.

As part of the project, MAN Energy Solutions will conduct in-house tests at its Deggendorf, Germany, facility to validate a quality booster—an enhancement to its methanation technology designed to increase methane purity by reducing unreacted components in the e-methane output.