Bee’ah, the UAE-based sustainability pioneer, has announced that it will be pursuing plans for the region’s first waste-to-hydrogen project in the UAE.
The project includes a green hydrogen generation plant and a hydrogen vehicle fuelling station, in collaboration with UK-based Chinook Sciences.
The waste-to-hydrogen project is an evolution of a $180 million waste gasification to energy project and addresses the increased market demand in the region for new sources of renewable energy such as green hydrogen.
The plans were agreed during a visit by Chinook Sciences chairman and CEO, Dr Rifat Chalabi, a statement said.
It added that the project will overcome the challenges of costly transportation of hydrogen. The fuelling 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 fuelling station to power hydrogen vehicles.
Salim Bin Mohammed Al Owais (pictured above), chairman of Bee’ah, said: “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.”
Chalabi added that at maximum production capacity, the plant will be capable of fuelling 1,000 hydrogen-powered large vehicles per day.
The UAE has previously announced its aim to become a major hydrogen producer, and to reduce carbon emissions by 24 percent by 2030. Plans include investment in green hydrogen, which is produced using renewable energy, like solar power as well as using carbon-capture technologies to create what is known as blue hydrogen.
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