Muhaimin Iqbal
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The Appearance of Low Cost Green Hydrogen Carrier

Advanced Renewable

Wed , 24 Apr 2024 16:10 WIB

This is good news for all industries that already need hydrogen, both for power generation, bio-fuels, fuel cells, fertilizer and various other industries that need hydrogen in their processes. You can now get hydrogen, not only is it greener, cheaper, it is also an opportunity for your local energy economy.

You can produce this hydrogen carrier from any biomass charcoal, it can be from agricultural, plantation, forestry waste, urban organic waste or any biomass that does not compete with food, agricultural land and forest land. We adopted these criteria in accordance with the European Union's Advanced Biofuels standard in the Renewable Energy Directive II (RED II).

The materials in Annex IX of RED II are definitely carbon-neutral - that is, the emissions that come out when advanced biofuels are burned or oxidized are offset by the uptake of CO2 for photosynthesis when the biomass-producing plants grow. Apart from that, it will not sacrifice food supply and will not disturb the environment.

This biomass charcoal is also cheap, the market price is only in the range of US$ 200 - US$ 300 per ton. The process of making hydrogen is also cheap because it only requires 2-3 reactions in 1-2 reactors depending on the level of purity you need. Because this H2 can be produced in-situ and in-time, where and when the H2 is needed, the logistics during shipping and storage can remain in the form of charcoal - which is easy and cheap to store or transport.

This charcoal can deliver H2 in the range of 33% of the weight of the charcoal itself, this is the highest delivery figure compared to other hydrogen carriers such as Magnesium, Ammonia, Methanol, Ethanol and DME. The energy required to split H2 from water using charcoal is also the lowest, namely only 6.26 kWh per 1 kg of H2 produced, compare this with standard electrolysis which requires 54 kWh for the same production of 1 kg of H2.

And what is no less important is this feature, namely that charcoal can always be produced anywhere, all regions or countries must have the materials mentioned in Annex IX RED II above, which can be used for the production of charcoal as an H2 carrier. No country needs to import this clean energy raw materials.

To support the world target of achieving SDGs 2030, especially SDG no. 7 Affordable Clean Energy, we are looking for production partners throughout the world, both related to the production of the carrier or charcoal, as well as the reactors needed to convert this charcoal into green H2.

This is also an opportunity for manufacturers of transportation machines, power generation etc. that require hydrogen fuel, good news for you because the machines you produce can be very competitive with fuel that is clean, cheap and easy to get anywhere your product will be used.