Carbon negative e-fuels and e-fertilizer from waste


Hydrogen Refinery makes carbon negative e-fuels and e-fertilizer from waste

Hydrogen Refinery (London, UK) uses the patented plasma electrolyser system (PES) to transform mixed waste into renewable fuels (e-fuels), nitrogen fertiliser (e-fertilizer) and circular raw materials. The company goal is to be the world’s lowest cost producer of carbon negative sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), synthetic marine diesel (SMD), ammonia nitrate and urea fertilizers.
This is made possible because PES operates without a catalyst and can process mixed waste without the emissions of incineration or landfill.  The SAF and SMD that Hydrogen Refinery produce are renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBO).
The first two projects that the company are working on are:

  • SAF-from-Waste plant in London UK, that processes the mixed waste from food trays from airlines and other mixed waste, and produces RFNBO compliant or Advanced SAF.
  • Urea-from-Waste plant in Bali Indonesia, that processes non-recyclable plastic waste washed up on beaches and other mixed waste and produces ISO standard 46% N Urea fertilizer.


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Drop-in fuels and new energy fuels 

e-fuels SAF, SMD, e-methanol

e-fuels are also known as electrofuels, eFuels, Power-to-X (PtX), Power-to-Liquids (PtL) and renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBO’s). They are a synthetic alternative to fossil fuels and include synthetic aviation fuel (SAF) and synthetic marine diesel (SMD) that can be used in aircraft and ships without the need to modify the engines or refuelling infrastructure. 
e-fuels differ from biofuels (bio-fuels) that are made by growing crops for fuel.
The European Union ReFuelEU Aviation and ReFuelEU Maritime legislation mandates both the amount of e-fuels that must be used from 2025 and the amount of SAF and SMD that must be renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBO). Hydrogen Refinery e-fuels comply with the RFNBO targets, biofuels do not.
The Hydrogen Refinery technology can also deliver competitively priced hydrogen and hydrogen derivatives such as e-diesel, dimethyl ether (DME), e-methanol and e-ammonia. 


Low-cost Urea and Ammonia Nitrate 

e-fertilizer

Agricultural nitrogen fertilizers such as Urea and Ammonia Nitrate are essential for global food production. The Royal Society estimate that without them, half the world population would starve.  But the production of ammonia, which is the basis for all of these fertilizers, is the most carbon emitting chemical process on the planet, consuming 20% of industrial natural gas output worldwide.
For farmers, the price of fertilizer varies widely because it is linked to the price of natural gas. This makes it very difficult for farmers to plan.
Hydrogen Refinery breaks this link by producing the ammonia from mixed waste instead.



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Why the Hydrogen Refinery process is carbon negative 

Waste

Waste processing today is responsible for 4% of global emissions. Most waste is processed in 1 of 2 ways, either dumped in landfill or burned. Landfills create methane emissions, 28x more harmful than carbon dioxide (CO2). Burning waste in incinerators or energy-from-waste (EfW) plants creates on average 1 tonne of CO2 for every tonne of waste burned. 

With a growing global population, the human race is creating more waste. Despite efforts towards recycling, recycling rates remain low and more and more waste is being illegally dumped on land, in rivers and in the sea.
Hydrogen Refinery provides a third alternative to landfill or burning waste, by removing the waste from the environment with zero emissions. This is why the process to produce e-fuels or e-fertilizer is carbon negative, because we avoid the emissions from landfill or incineration and provide a step-up in the waste hierarchy.


 


 


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