The collaboration brings together Transitus’ vision to decarbonise energy production in the North Sea region and Proteum’s proprietary steam non-methane reforming technology (SnMR™) coupled with CCS, to provide low-cost, low-carbon clean hydrogen.
Proteum’s SnMR™ reforms non-methane hydrocarbons and oxygenated hydrocarbons into low-carbon intensity hydrogen with CCS, enabling Proteum to scale up hydrogen production from 15 metric tonnes per day to 150 tonnes or more depending on site requirements.
The two company’s will explore development opportunities in the UK, Netherlands, Republic of Ireland and Norway, to utilise gas reserves and infrastructure, hoping to build a low-carbon energy supply and be on the forefront of decarbonisation.
Laurence B.Tree III, President and CEO of Proteum, commented, “We see the UK as a leading market for the implementation of hydrogen transition technologies and infrastructure.
“Our partnership with Transitus enables us to support that effort by producing low-carbon blue hydrogen from the UK’s available gas reserves and infrastructure utilising our proprietary SnMR™ technology.”
The North American Hydrogen Market – Overview, Demand, Policies, Deals and Key Players report released by GlobalData, predicted low-carbon hydrogen production in North America to nearly triple by 2030, reaching 1.4 million tonnes per annum.
The report projects that at least 85% of the produced low-carbon hydrogen to be blue hydrogen.
Read more: Low-carbon hydrogen production to nearly triple in North America by 2030
BjØrn Inge TØnnessen, Executive Chair of Transitus, said, “Blue hydrogen will accelerate the transition towards decarbonisation of the energy sector. It enables utilisation of natural gas as a clean fuel.”
Meanwhile, Jack Peck, CEO of Transitus, added, “Working with Proteum Energy and their cutting edge SnMR™ hydrogen technology will enable Transitus to convert wet natural gas into clean, robust and affordable hydrogen.”
“Blue hydrogen protects North Sea jobs and helps assure the UK and Europe’s clean, affordable energy security.”
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