Oregon gas utility to explore turquoise hydrogen production

Oregon natural gas distribution utility NW Natural said October 2 it had signed a letter of intent with Finland’s Hycamite TCD Technologies to explore applications for Hycamite’s methane pyrolysis technology to produce and distribute turquoise hydrogen and carbon products.

Within NW Natural’s service territory, large natural gas customers could develop facilities that use Hamite’s technology to deliver turquoise hydrogen to supplement or replace natural gas usage. Hycamite would install, commission, operate and maintain the methane pyrolysis units while NW Natural would deliver the natural gas feedstock used to produce hydrogen. 

“We want to help a variety of industrial customers to decarbonize their production cost-efficiently, and we are ready to scale up the production in North America swiftly,” Hycamite CEO Laura Rahikka said. “We look forward to working with NW Natural to develop opportunities with the utility and its largest natural gas customers.”

Carbon captured in solid form from Hycamite’s methane pyrolysis technology is used to produce nanocarbon and other industrial-quality products.