BEEAH, Chinook Hydrogen, and Air Water Gas Solutions Inaugurate the World’s First Super Green Hydrogen from Waste Demonstration plant at COP28
- Following the success of the world’s first Super Green Hydrogen demonstration plant in Nottingham, UK, the three parties officially entered into a joint development agreement term sheet at COP28 to build a commercial-scale waste-to-hydrogen plant in the UAE
- The recently inaugurated demonstration plant, located in Nottingham, UK, has completed successful operations and technical validation, achieving several technical and operational breakthroughs for hydrogen production
- The plant has demonstrated the effectiveness and scalability of green hydrogen in a carbon-negative process with one of the world’s lowest production costs
Dubai, December 04, 2023
Building on several breakthroughs achieved in its waste-to-hydrogen demonstration plant, BEEAH, the Middle East’s sustainability pioneer, Chinook Hydrogen, a UK-based innovator of waste-to-fuel technologies, and Air Water Gas Solutions, a US-based Industrial gas company and a subsidiary of Air Water Inc., a leading Japanese conglomerate with advanced industrial gases technologies, have entered a joint development agreement (JDA) to develop the world’s first commercial-scale waste-to-hydrogen plant in Sharjah, UAE. In the presence of His Excellency Eng. Sharif Al Olama, Undersecretary for Energy and Petroleum Affairs at the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MoEI), the JDA was signed at the UAE Pavilion, COP28, by Khaled Al Huraimel, Group CEO of BEEAH Group, Dr. Rifat Chalabi, CEO and Co-Founder of Chinook Hydrogen, and Ishmael Chalabi, President and CEO of Air Water Gas Solutions.
The JDA will build on the success of the hydrogen-from-waste demonstration plant, which has achieved major breakthroughs by demonstrating an attractive, carbon-negative solution to produce green hydrogen from waste. The demonstration plant transforms various organic-based waste, including Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), non-recyclable plastics and wood waste, into super green hydrogenthat is connected to a Toyota fuel-cell unit that generates power from the hydrogen produced, similar to the fuel cell installed in hydrogen fuel cell vehicles such as the Toyota Mirai.
“We believe achieving zero-waste to landfill goes hand-in-hand with achieving net-zero emissions. With the launch of this waste-to-hydrogen demonstration plant, we have achieved a solution that we can address the challenge of waste and carbon emissions. It can also be scaled and replicated in countries around the world, and together, we will now begin with a commercial-scale plant in Sharjah,” said Khaled Al Huraimel, Group CEO of BEEAH. “I would like to congratulate Chinook Hydrogen and Air Water Gas Solutions for working with us to realise this milestone, which not only supports our objective of creating a large commercial waste-to-hydrogen plant in UAE, but also demonstrates an economically and environmentally attractive hydrogen production solution that can be easily adopted worldwide.”
The demonstration plant benefits from Chinook Hydrogen’s RODECS ® pyrolysis technology, developed and optimised over 23 years with 18 gasification units installed world-wide. The technology is heavily patented, using “Active-Hydropyrolysis™” to process a wide range of post-consumer organic-based wastes in batches, including MSW, non-recyclable plastics, sewage sludge, biomass and waste wood feedstocks to produce a syngas. Chinook Hydrogen’s RODECS system is the only one in the world to process waste with low energy content to yield syngas with hydrogen concentrations of around 50%vol. In this system, the hydrogen rich syngas is further processed by advanced hydrogen refinement technology developed by Air Water to produce high purity fuel-cell grade hydrogen for use in transportation, fine chemical and industrial applications. The plant can also capture and store carbon dioxide from the syngas, making the process carbon negative.
“It is with immense pride and gratitude that I reflect on a journey marked by unwavering dedication and unparalleled innovation. This breakthrough hydrogen technology that we have developed is testament to the hard work and ingenuity of the Chinook team over the last 23 years and the decades-long collaboration with our partners BEEAH and Air Water Gas Solutions. That is 23 years of innovation wrapped by persistence and dedication,” said Dr. Rifat Chalabi, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Chinook Hydrogen. “In the realm of green hydrogen technology, we have not only merely advanced or pushed boundaries, we have pioneered the world’s first plant that produces Super-Green-Hydrogen™ that can fuel hydrogen fuel cells either for power generation or emissions-free mobility.”
The RODECS pyrolysis and gasification system in the demonstration facility is capable of producing up to 1.5 tonnes per day of hydrogen. The combined Active-Hydropyrolysis process controlled by the Hydrogen-Intelligencesystem ensures the production of the “Super-Green-Hydrogen™”, which offers one of the world’s lowest levelised cost of hydrogen (LCoH) today. Chinook Hydrogen, Air Water Gas Solutions, and BEEAH plan to implement a similar process and system, establishing the world’s first commercial-scale, hydrogen-from-waste facility in Sharjah, UAE, with an initial capacity of seven tonnes per day. The goal is to progressively augment the Sharjah plant capacity to reach 20 tonnes per day and extend the concept and innovation behind this plant throughout the Middle East.
Aligning with the UAE’s Net-Zero by 2050 Pathway, BEEAH has made significant strides in increasing landfill waste diversion rates and contributing to net-zero emissions. Its integrated waste management complex comprises 12 facilities, which process nearly all types of households, commercial and industrial waste, to produce recyclables, alternative fuels and alternative raw materials, enabling steadily increasing landfill waste diversion rates and contributions to the circular economy.
In May of 2022, BEEAH inaugurated the Sharjah Waste-to-Energy plant, the first project of BEEAH’s joint venture with global renewable energy leader Masdar, which further drove landfill waste diversion to a new regional record of 90% and displaces 450,000 tonnes of CO2 a year. The addition of the waste-to-hydrogen plant would be another major milestone for BEEAH as it drives towards total landfill waste diversion in Sharjah.
In addition to the decarbonisation of the transport industry and lowering emissions in the waste management sector, the planned waste-to-hydrogen plant in Sharjah is also strategically aligned with the UAE National Hydrogen Strategy 2050, which sets a goal of producing of 1.4 million tonnes of hydrogen per annum by 2031 and aims to establish the nation as one of the world’s major hydrogen hubs.
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Photo Captions:
- Khaled Al Huraimel, Group CEO of BEEAH Group, Dr. Rifat Chalabi, CEO and Co-Founder of Chinook Hydrogen, and Ishmael Chalabi, President and CEO of Air Water Gas Solutions during the MoU Signing at COP 28
- Rendering image for the Waste to Hydrogen Plant
About BEEAH Group
BEEAH Group is the region’s leading sustainability and digitalisation expert, renowned for ground-breaking environmental innovations and smart solutions for future-ready cities. Recognising sustainability and technology as the pillars of a modern economy, BEEAH Group has invested in a comprehensive, full-circle strategy for the future. BEEAH Group operates in the industries of waste management, renewable energy, technology, consulting, education, transport, real estate and healthcare. Raising the bar for the quality of life in the region, BEEAH Group businesses continue to set industry benchmarks in sustainable, smart solutions and help countries across the region create and execute their roadmap for a socially responsible future. The Group currently operates in the UAE, Egypt and KSA. For more information, please visit beeahgroup.com and connect with us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) @beeahgroup
About Chinook Hydrogen
Chinook is a cleantech company founded in the 1990s headquartered in Nottingham, UK with a regional office in New Jersey, USA, who aims to be a market leader within the hydrogen market developing and owning hydrogen infrastructure assets. Such developments will utilize the Company’s proven RODECS® pyrolysis and gasification technology to turn landfill and residential solid wastes and waste woods into hydrogen and other products, such as low carbon fuels including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and bio-methanol. The Company has commercially proven waste-to-value technology with over 23 years of operations, 18 RODECS® installations, and over 300,000 operational hours, converting various organic-wastes into syngas (a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen). The production of hydrogen rich syngas combined with the recovery of other valuables embedded in the waste is achieved using a patented and innovative Molecular Recycling™ system employing Active-Hydropyrolysis™ where the valuables, such as hydrogen and carbon dioxide are isolated and recovered individually. Chinook has deployed this technology widely across the world and in numerous industrial and process sectors.Chinook offers a range of services including the engineering, design, construction and operation of end-stage recycling fuel-from-waste and waste-to-value plants globally.
About Air Water Gas Solutions Inc.
Air Water Gas Solution is a wholly owned subsidiary of Air Water Inc. (“Air Water Japan”). Air Water Japan was established in 1929, Air Water has continued to grow in the manufacturing and supply of industrial gases and related services. Air Water has developed its own engineering capability to design, manufacture and operate air separation units and non-cryogenic air separation plants. Air Water has successfully managed its industrial gas businesses and expanded its product supply and service capability throughout Japan, becoming a strong No. 2 player in the market. In the past few years, Air Water also invested outside of Japan, in the U.S., India, and Asian markets. Since its incorporation, Air Water and its group entities (“Air Water Group”) have expanded their businesses and provided consistent growth in revenues. We will continue to meet society’s needs into the future, aligning with people and communities to provide products, services, and solutions that are integral to living and the industries that support society.
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