Newly acquired hydrogen technology by Aberdeen International has been selected for a green hydrogen energy storage project in California, US.

The global resource investment company and merchant bank said it would acquire 41.67% of T2M Global’s Advanced Electrolyser System (AES) in February.

Expected to be a major contributor in the world’s carbon emission reduction efforts, the AES allows for much lower cost production of hydrogen with no greenhouse gas emissions, with a target of less than $5/kg of hydrogen.

Aberdeen International announced the news today (10th March) that the AES has been selected by the California Energy Commission for a project that will recover hydrogen from waste syngas sources using excess electricity.

“This is a win-win solution for California State by creating higher value from waste,” said Pinakin Patel, President of T2M Global.

Aberdeen International said Phase 1 of the AES project, valued at $1.2m, will validate lower cost hydrogen production.

It will open a pathway for a potential demonstration of $6m hydrogen energy storage to enhance microgrid resiliency in California, a multi-billion dollars market.

California is among the largest producers of hydrogen using the natural gas to syngas process.

Over 250,000 tons of dilute hydrogen (in dilute syngas) are wasted or used as a lower value heat source, Aberdeen International said.

California’s use of AES technology will help the state convert this wasted resource into a multi-billion dollar business, the company added.

“The hydrogen energy storage will help stabilise the grid and provide hydrogen needed for the emerging fuel cell vehicles for clean transportation,” said Patel.

Furthermore, the California grid has as much as 300,000 MWh per month excess electricity during the day.

This excess electricity requires expensive curtailments, potentially costing the state millions of dollars.

“The trust and belief in AES technology by the California Energy Commission speaks volumes about the technology we have developed,” Patel continued.

“We are very excited to work with California, as we believe they are going to be a leader in the move to a more sustainable green energy future and will prove to be a catalyst for more states to consider AES in the future.”

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