Hydrogen Utopia International PLC (HUI) is pleased to announce that Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) has finalized technical feasibility evaluation to deploy the syngas cleanup and hydrogen extraction of Powerhouse Energy DMG technology in Poland.
Now HUI and Linde are in their final stage of signing a mutual contract for the syngas cleanup.
HUI have so far acquired exclusive rights to the Powerhouse DMG system in Poland, Hungary and Greece.
The feasibility study envisaged a plant to be jointly developed by Linde, HUI and Powerhouse Energy (PHE), located in Konin in Central Poland. The plan is to convert 40 tonnes of plastic waste into 58 MWh of renewable electricity and clean hydrogen per day. Once the plant is realised, the hydrogen will be used locally as a fuel for city buses and other heavy-duty vehicles, as well as for passenger cars. The DMG system will also be used to provide heat to the citizens of Konin thanks to the Central Heating System.
The project, when completed, will contain ten DMG units in one location. The site is one that Hydrogen Utopia International Ltd has received legal access to commence planning applications, necessary permits and EIA, and for this purpose, HUI has engaged SWECO to commence the process.
The project is subject to funding approval by the Just Transition Fund which will be matched by funds from the Polish Government under the JUST Transition fund terms of Government matching funds.
Hydrogen is increasingly seen as an essential component in the energy transition to clean energy away from fossil fuels. It is the best available technology for heavy-duty and long range transport, as well as for decarbonising key industries including cement and steel production and potentially domestic heating.
Polish Hydrogen Strategy 2030, which is being currently implemented, sets out six key targets and forty steps that must be taken to achieve European Union guidelines. The three sectors where hydrogen will be needed are energy, transport and industry. Poland is looking for new energy solutions in order to reduce its dependency on coal and make a swift transition towards sustainable energy.
Over the course of 2019, the city of Konin prepared a new energy transition strategy for the city, which includes both waste-to-energy initiatives as well as using hydrogen as a fuel for local transport and municipal companies. The city is currently engaged, together with other relevant regional stakeholders in preparing the territorial just transition plan for the Eastern Wielkopolska region.
This transition would not be possible without a close collaboration between HUI and Powerhouse Energy PLC – a UK based company which is a leading provider of onsite clean energy systems and long-term energy off-take services. Powerhouse Energy uses both traditional and renewable forms of fuel to generate both electric and thermal energy in an economically viable and environmentally responsible manner. Powerhouse holds the rights to the Distributed Modular Gasification (DMG) technology.
“We are proud to have Linde , who are proven hydrogen experts, on board of this project. In the case of DMG deployment in Poland, Linde’s efficiency will speed up decarbonising my country. Thanks to our Powerhouse Energy DMG technology, we also aim to offer a valid solution to a massive plastic waste issue which we are facing at the moment in Poland,” says Aleksandra Binkowska, CEO of HUI.
“We at Linde are very happy to contribute our gas-cleaning and hydrogen technologies to this forward-looking project. Producing hydrogen from plastic waste will help to solve an environmental problem and at the same time foster decentralized hydrogen utilization,” says Harald Ranke, Managing Director at Selas-Linde.