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Additionally, the system will produce hydrogen at a lower temperature without needing combustion, thereby eliminating nitrogen oxide emissions. SoCalGas expects the project to develop a bench-scale demonstration that is both modular and scalable, offering a flexible means of creating renewable hydrogen.<\/p>\n
Neil Navin, SoCalGas vice president of Clean Energy Innovations, said in a June 8 statement: \u201cSoCalGas is at the forefront of hydrogen innovation as we look to decarbonize California through the use of clean fuels.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are thankful for the CEC\u2019s continued efforts to support technology and innovation to scale-up hydrogen production.\u00a0 This project will help us get that much closer to net zero by developing a method to create affordable, renewable hydrogen at scale to bring down prices and provide an important tool to help us reduce carbon emissions.\u201d<\/p>\n
This project aims to lower costs of producing renewable hydrogen to $1.39 per kilogram, comparable to the cost of producing hydrogen via more conventional means, whilst also reducing emissions up to 95 percent.<\/p>\n
Jonah Steinbuck, deputy director of the CEC\u2019s Energy Research and Development Division, said: \u201cWe continue to advance low-carbon hydrogen production for targeted, hard-to-electrify end use applications that support a clean energy economy. Technologies such as those being explored by SoCalGas are an important step towards decarbonizing hydrogen.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n When powered by renewable electricity, the system will produce low-carbon or carbon-negative hydrogen and capture all the carbon dioxide co-product for use in feedstock, CO2-based fuels, microalgae fuels and products and concrete building materials. The demonstration system will be designed to produce 5 kilograms of hydrogen per day.<\/p>\n This project is being developed in partnership with hydrogen and low-carbon technology pioneers Susteon and Build Momentum, who both specialize in administering and managing grant-funded energy innovation projects. Testing of the system is expected to begin in 2023.<\/p>\n In 2021, SoCalGas set out its aspiration to achieve\u00a0net zero greenhouse gas emissions\u00a0in its operations and the energy it delivers by 2045.<\/p>\n In 2022, SoCalGas gave notice of\u00a0a proposal to develop Angeles Link, a green hydrogen energy infrastructure system that could deliver clean, reliable energy to the Los Angeles basin to provide a path to decarbonize heavy industries that require clean fuels and cannot currently be electrified.<\/p>\n SoCalGas\u2019s research has shown\u00a0that clean fuels like hydrogen can help California achieve its net zero goals more affordably and resiliently.<\/p>\n In all, SoCalGas has more than 10 active hydrogen pilot projects.<\/p>\n