CarbHyGreen

Sustainable innovation is essential

The climate goals are clear: CO2 emissions must be significantly reduced. For industries where carbon is an essential raw material, sustainability becomes even more challenging. To achieve this, the carbon must come from non-fossil sources. We want to continue using carbon, but this requires innovative solutions and custom approaches like CarbHyGreen.

About CarbHyGreen

Uniper offers hard-to-decarbonize industries solutions with CarbHyGreen, which converts torrefied biomass into syngas. This allows us to replace natural gas with a natural source. Syngas (CO + CO2 + H2) is split into carbon and hydrogen, accelerating the use of green hydrogen. CarbHyGreen provides biological hydrogen at Chemelot without relying on the national hydrogen infrastructure, enabling companies to transition to sustainable practices more quickly.

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Chemelot as a strategic location

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Uniper has chosen Chemelot, the leading chemical cluster in the Netherlands, as the location for CarbHyGreen. This strategic site offers companies direct access to biological hydrogen without relying on the national hydrogen infrastructure, which is still under development. This allows companies to begin transitioning their processes towards sustainability today, without waiting for the hydrogen backbone to be completed.

Looking to the future

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The preliminary research for the syngas plant is well underway. Uniper aims to carry out a FEED (Front End Engineering Design) in 2025 and apply for the necessary permits. If everything goes according to plan, a final investment decision can be made in 2026, and the plant is expected to be operational by 2028.