A first-of-its-kind project to use gas from sewage waste to produce clean hydrogen is being delivered at United Utilities’ largest wastewater treatment works in Manchester in the UK.
The water company for the north-west has joined forces with leading Cambridge-based climate tech firm Levidian to demonstrate the opportunity for biogas produced from wastewater to create hydrogen and super-material graphene – the thinnest and strongest material ever to be discovered.
Development
The trial is taking place at Manchester Bioresources Centre, part of Davyhulme Wastewater Treatment Works, where modern-day sewage treatment processes were first developed back in 1914.
Supported by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s Hydrogen BECCS Innovation Programme, Levidian’s LOOP device uses electromagnetic waves to split methane gas (CH4) into hydrogen and carbon, capturing the carbon in solid form as graphene.
The lower carbon blend gas is then fed into United Utilities’ onsite generator where it is burned to help power the site.
The graphene produced has a multitude of use cases, from...
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