In the United States (US), Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (B&W) has announced today that it has signed a teaming agreement with gas treatment specialist Newpoint Gas LLC to serve as a foundational technology partner, and provide advanced hydrogen generation, decarbonization, and combustion technologies for the redevelopment of the former US Department of Energy Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant site near Piketon, Ohio (OH).
B&W will supply its “BrightLoop” technology to produce hydrogen and isolate carbon dioxide for storage and will supply a steam generator utilizing the company’s “BrightGen” hydrogen combustion technology to produce clean, near-zero emissions energy.
Babcock & Wilcox Construction Co., LLC will provide construction and installation services.
We look forward to working with Newpoint and its partners on this innovative and groundbreaking clean energy project, said Joe Buckler, B&W SVP of Clean Energy.
When complete, the US$1.51 billion h2Trillium Energy and Manufacturing (h2TEAM) complex will operate as an integrated, energy decarbonized hydrogen and closed-loop manufacturing facility, generating clean hydrogen and capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) for long-term storage or beneficial use.
We appreciate Babcock & Wilcox and the opportunity to develop the h2TEAM project. The addition of B&W builds on the momentum for this project and sets the foundation for visionary industries to continue to come together and bring several hundred clean energy jobs to central Appalachia, said Wiley Rhodes, CEO of Newpoint Gas.
Newpoint Gas launched the ATH2 Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub initiative in March 2022.
B&W, Newpoint Gas, and other technical partners also intend to pursue a US$8 billion Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen Hub grant (H2Hubs) to fund the project and additional development.
The reindustrialization of the PORTS facility not only presents an enormous opportunity for industry, but also has a chance to be the single most impactful driver of economic growth and stability for this region in a generation, Wiley Rhodes said.
Proven cleantech
B&W’s flexible BrightLoop technology is part of its “ClimateBright” suite of clean energy technologies and can accommodate a wide range of usable feedstocks, product outputs, and applications.
It can convert a wide range of fuels, including natural gas, coal, petcoke, methane, biomass, biogas, and other industrial process off-gases and materials, into multiple products.
The BrightLoop system is highly scalable with benefits that can be applied to a wide array of industrial processes to produce hydrogen, syngas, and steam for power, processes, and heating.
B&W’s proven and reliable BrightGen hydrogen combustion technology produces no CO2 and has already been supplied to more than 60 industrial water-tube boilers firing hydrogen and hydrogen-blended fuels.
BrightGen technology is applicable to new installations or can be retrofit to existing equipment to fire hydrogen efficiently and safely.
B&W is a global leader in the clean energy revolution, and we’re excited to lend our expertise and game-changing technologies to the h2TEAM clean hydrogen and decarbonization project, ended Joe Buckler.
