INNIO, in collaboration with Raven SR, announced Raven SR’s plans to use INNIO’s Jenbacher engines (60 Hz) with a Ready-for-H₂ option to produce renewable energy. The energy system will power and heat Raven SR’s S- Series H₂ production facility at a sanitary landfill in Richmond, California. At the site, landfill gas (LFG) will be the primary fuel to provide power for the non-combustion process that converts waste-to-H₂. The H₂ product will be resold to power fuel cells in heavy-duty trucks. The Raven SR process will also provide a residual fuel containing residual green H₂ from the concentration process to supplement the LFG to fuel the Jenbacher Ready-for-H₂ engines to generate renewable power in a continuous loop.

The collaboration with Raven’s technology offers a strong renewable H₂ alternative to electrolysis, using less electricity and no need for fresh water. INNIO’s Jenbacher engines will allow the Raven facility to generate a significant amount of their own electricity, reducing demand on California’s electrical grid.

“We are proud to collaborate with Raven on this H₂ industry first, which is a milestone in the interconnecting of transportation and industry with the power producing sector,” commented Dr. Olaf Berlien, President and CEO of INNIO. “This project produces onsite renewable H₂ from waste, uses a blend of H₂ to generate energy to power operations, and provides renewable H₂ for the transportation industry. This is a model example of how innovation can enable sector coupling which will be critical on the global path to net zero.”

“INNIO is able to meet our delivery schedule and provide engines that are compliant with emissions requirements for a blend of CO₂, methane and H₂,” said Matt Murdock, CEO of Raven SR. “The Jenbacher engines are a very important element for us to realize our objective of producing renewable H2 with our non-combustion steam/CO₂ reformation process, independent of the grid. Raven’s success in the increasing energy and electricity crisis requires that we generate autonomous power onsite,” said Matt Murdock, CEO of Raven SR. “To succeed in the energy transition, collaboration among best-in-class engineering around the world is required. We are grateful to work with INNIO on this advanced, self-contained renewable energy design.”

Raven SR plans to bring its S-Series online in the first quarter of 2023 at the Republic Services West Contra Costa Sanitary Landfill in Richmond, California. This project will initially process up to 99.9 tons of organic waste per day and produce up to 2,000 metric tpy of H₂.