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The project will include a green hydrogen generation plant and a hydrogen vehicle fueling station
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The fueling station will use green hydrogen generated from non-recyclable plastic waste and waste wood
UAE-based recycling and waste-management firm Bee’ah announced on Monday, May 31, that it plans to build the region’s first waste-to-hydrogen project in the UAE in collaboration with UK-based Chinook Sciences.
Local reports said the project will include a green hydrogen generation plant and a hydrogen vehicle fuelling station.
The waste-to-hydrogen project is reportedly an evolved version of Bee’ah and Chinook Sciences’ $180-million waste gasification-to-energy project, said the reports. It apparently addresses the increased market demand in the region for new sources of renewable energy such as green hydrogen.
During a visit by Chinook Sciences Chairman and CEO Rifat Chalabi, the plans for the waste-to-hydrogen project was agreed upon at a signing ceremony in the presence of Salim Al Owais, chairman of Bee’ah, and a delegation of senior officials from both entities. The project is expected to be the first of many such facilities.
Within the project, the fueling station will use green hydrogen generated from the waste-to-hydrogen plant from non-recyclable plastic waste and waste wood. The green hydrogen will be fed into the fueling station to power hydrogen vehicles, said the local reports.
Al Owais said of the initiative, “Green hydrogen will be a vital pillar of our future energy landscape, and Bee’ah has been looking into this market for some time now with Chinook in alignment with our long-term strategy to develop new, sustainable energy solutions.”
Khaled Al Huraimel, Group CEO of Bee’ah, which is operational in the UAE, KSA and Egypt, said, “As a waste management leader in the Middle East, we are proud to pursue the first waste-to-hydrogen solution in the region. This project will showcase the potential of waste-to-hydrogen.”
Chalabi was quoted by the local reports as saying: “We are very excited to use Chinook Sciences’ patented RODECS gasification and pyrolysis technology in the UAE, which breaks down hydrocarbons from waste through advanced thermal treatment to release and recover green hydrogen. When the green hydrogen is used in vehicles, it emits only water and no carbon emissions.”
He added: “Through the use of Chinook’s RODECS technology, the cost of green hydrogen from the plant shall be very competitive and has the potential to be equal to or even less than the cost of diesel and gasoline. At maximum production capacity, the plant shall be capable of fuelling 1,000 hydrogen-powered large vehicles per day.”