Clean Hydrogen from Methane Pyrolysis

A presentation by Pete Johnson, Private Equity Fund Leader at Azimuth Capital Management.
Methane pyrolysis for hydrogen, ie “Turqoise Hydrogen,” is a growing field where more and more commercial companies are being launched. The energy required to release hydrogen from methane or natural gas is approximately 7X less than the energy required to release hydrogen from water, but there are technical challenges for operating pyrolysis furnaces at scale, particularly around carbon management, coking, and carbon product control.

Most companies in the space are relatively early stage, but Monolith Materials was able to rapidly move into commercial operations by acquiring technology from Aker Solutions and fully commercializing it in Nebraska. The company is currently operating its first commercial scale production furnace, which is the largest CO2-free hydrogen production plant in the world by a factor of more than two. Opportunities exist now to rapidly deploy these furnaces to produce baseload hydrogen for large consumers eager to reduce their carbon footprints.



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