Aurora Hydrogen Advances Low-Carbon Hydrogen Market, Opening New Pathway to Decarbonization
April 23 2024 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Leveraging insight from its novel methane
pyrolysis method, Aurora Hydrogen supports Open Hydrogen
Initiative’s life cycle assessment toolkit and continues to drive
momentum at the Canadian Hydrogen Convention.
Aurora Hydrogen, an Edmonton-based hydrogen technology company,
is producing the world’s first high-efficiency clean hydrogen
through methane pyrolysis and collaborating across the industry to
develop the low-carbon hydrogen market in Canada.
Aurora Hydrogen is helping advance transparency and credibility
of hydrogen markets alongside industry leaders as a technical
sponsor of the Open Hydrogen Initiative (OHI), a group led by GTI
Energy, S&P Global Commodity Insights and National Energy
Technology Laboratory, and through its presence at prominent energy
conferences.
OHI recently released an open-source toolkit to standardize the
carbon intensity measurement of hydrogen for the global market.
With hydrogen supply expected to grow by 170% to 256 million metric
tons (mmt) in 2050, according to S&P Global Commodity Insights,
a standard tool to measure carbon intensity will unlock hydrogen’s
potential to decarbonize energy-intensive sectors. As the sole
methane pyrolysis company in OHI, Aurora Hydrogen provided input on
the toolkit to ensure it included all viable production methods and
factored in the valorization of the carbon coproduct.
“At Aurora, we believe that low-cost, low-carbon hydrogen is
necessary to bring the market to its full potential scale, and the
first step to recognize low-carbon hydrogen is to drive consistence
on how we are calculating carbon intensity,” said Dr. Andrew
Gillis, co-founder and CEO of Aurora Hydrogen. “The OHI toolkit
will support the adoption of hydrogen as an economically attractive
decarbonization pathway. We hope to see governments and companies
alike lean on the expertise of those involved with OHI and
implement this toolkit to measure the carbon emissions of hydrogen
at any given facility, regardless of location or production
method.”
To further industry collaboration and advance the progress of
low-carbon hydrogen, Gillis and Dr. Erin Bobicki, Chief Technology
Officer at Aurora Hydrogen, will be speaking at the Canadian
Hydrogen Convention in Edmonton from April 23-25. Gillis and
Bobicki will be featured on panels discussing hydrogen’s role in
the energy transition, how hydrogen can assist with energy security
and how to scale up microwave-driven methane pyrolysis.
“To accelerate the next phase of the hydrogen economy, we need
industry collaboration,” said Dr. Erin Bobicki, Chief Technology
Officer. “Conferences like the Canadian Hydrogen Convention bring
players from across the hydrogen supply chain to together to
discuss how we can drive the hydrogen market forward.”
Aurora Hydrogen’s method of methane pyrolysis produces clean
hydrogen at the point of use, eliminating the need for hydrogen
transportation or CO2 storage. First developed and tested by
scientists from the University of Toronto and University of Alberta
in Canada, the method uses natural gas and microwaves to produce
hydrogen and solid carbon without CO2 emissions.
For more information, visit https://aurorahydrogen.com.
About Aurora Hydrogen
Aurora Hydrogen is producing the world’s first high-efficiency
clean hydrogen through a novel methane pyrolysis method. Aurora’s
plants use existing energy infrastructure and proven technology, so
companies in hard to decarbonize sectors can move quickly to
produce low-carbon hydrogen fuel on site, at industrial scale.
Backed by energy supermajors and led by experts in methane
pyrolysis, microwave technology and industrial hardware, Aurora
Hydrogen is positioned to be a long- term partner for companies
striving to lower their energy costs and emissions simultaneously.
The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Edmonton, Canada.
Visit aurorahydrogen.com to learn more.
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