{"id":39260,"date":"2023-11-16T09:42:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T09:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=39260"},"modified":"2023-11-16T09:42:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T09:42:22","slug":"proteum-energy-renewable-hydrogen-for-transportation-and-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/proteum-energy-renewable-hydrogen-for-transportation-and-power\/39260\/","title":{"rendered":"Proteum Energy produces low-cost, low-CI renewable hydrogen for transportation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Proteum Energy produces low CI green hydrogen from renewable ethanol.<\/h2>\n

Proteum Energy<\/a> is a progressive company aware of the global challenges we face with climate warming. They have a mission to produce low-cost renewable, clean hydrogen. By leveraging known technology with proprietary reformation controls, many of the challenges related to producing renewable, clean hydrogen are solved at affordable rates.<\/p>\n

Innovation News Network had the opportunity to talk to Proteum Energy\u2019s co-founder and CEO, Larry Tree, about the company\u2019s use of innovation in clean energy.<\/p>\n

How did Proteum Energy get its start? How did the idea to start a clean energy company come about?<\/h3>\n

Proteum Energy started as a corporation formed from the bankruptcy and closure of Advanced Green Innovations (AGI) in August 2020. Part of the technology platform at AGI included a flare gas remediation technology called Flare to Fuel.<\/p>\n

Within this technology, there was a heavy hydrocarbon reactor configuration. This reactor configuration produced hydrogen-rich syngas, and it was determined that this syngas, derived from non-methane hydrocarbons, could be a useful building block for renewable hydrogen production.<\/p>\n

With the urgent need to protect the planet, how do you manage to make clean energy affordable and accessible to all?<\/h3>\n

One of the keys to producing cost-effective renewable hydrogen from an oxygenated hydrocarbon like ethanol is the ability to manage the various reformation reactions. This is where the intellectual property associated with the Proteum Energy \u2013 Hydrogen Designer Fuel (HDF) technology<\/a> shines. Approximately 15 billion gallons of renewable ethanol are produced in the US every year.<\/p>\n

Ethanol is used primarily to blend with motor gasoline to reduce emissions. With the massive growth in the EV market, there comes the common denominator of reducing motor gasoline in automobiles, and the Proteum Energy technology provides a unique opportunity for ethanol producers to leapfrog\u2019 the motor gasoline blending market.<\/p>\n

Over $70 million has been invested into a proprietary technology where ethanol producers now have the option to profitably sell their product as feedstock to produce clean hydrogen from the Proteum Energy HDF technology.<\/p>\n

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This hydrogen will soon replace fossil diesel in heavy-duty transportation, the largest greenhouse gas polluting sector in the US. Hydrogen, produced from ethanol with Proteum Energy\u2019s HDF technology, will be low-cost, low carbon intensity, and potentially provide negative carbon intensity<\/a> liquefied hydrogen for heavy-duty transportation well into the future.<\/p>\n

What role has innovation played in Proteum Energy as a company?<\/h3>\n

Innovation has been a critical driver of success at Proteum Energy. The company has a portfolio of 12 patents and 23 patents pending for HDF technology. In addition, the company has a standing R&D initiative with the Center Energy Technologies Research Institute at the University of Regina, where Proteum Energy is using renewable ethanol as a feedstock to produce hydrogen and renewable natural gas, driving additional patent processes to produce low-CI hydrogen for hydroprocessing renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel.<\/p>\n

What are the ways in which low-carbon, renewable, and clean hydrogen fuels are being introduced in transportation?<\/h3>\n

The global fossil diesel heavy-duty truck industry is one of the largest greenhouse gas polluters in the US, and it is facing extraordinary legislative challenges to transition toward zero emissions solutions.<\/p>\n

These are just a few examples of the specific legislation and regulations in the US and Europe aimed at reducing CO2<\/sub> emissions, NOx and particulate emissions by phasing out, or minimising, the use of diesel in internal combustion engines in heavy-duty trucking.<\/p>\n

The legislative approaches and specific measures vary among different countries, regions, and states. They include:<\/p>\n