UK, Australia award $610,000 to consortium to reduce renewable methanol costs with green hydrogen

In the UK, H2News reported that the UK and Australian Governments have awarded a combined $610,400 to a consortium looking to reduce renewable methanol costs with efficient green hydrogen production.

The report stated that HAMR Energy and Supercritical Solutions’ project plans to demonstrate high efficiency and high-pressure green hydrogen production could reduce renewable methanol costs by up to 20%.

In the first stage, the two firms aim to deliver a techno-economic feasibility study looking at the integration of high-pressure hydrogen from UK-based Supercritical’s electrolyzers into HAMR’s hybrid methanol plant design.

The pair estimates the electrolysis technology could reduce the cost of renewable methanol by up to 20% compared to current technologies, with the nascent system reportedly offering an efficiency of 42kWh/kg of hydrogen – 95% higher heating value (HHV), according to the report.

“We are not just engineering electrolyzers; we are crafting the keystones for the next generation of clean energy infrastructure,” said Matt Bird, CEO and co-founder of Supercritical.

More on the story.