Raven SR awarded authority to construct organic waste-to-hydrogen facility in California
In Wyoming, Raven SR, a renewable fuels company specializing in producing clean hydrogen from waste, announced that it has received its final Air Permit and Authority to Construct (ATC) from the Bay Area Air District (BAAD), authorizing construction of the first facility in California to convert diverted organic waste into renewable hydrogen through a non-combustion Steam/CO2 Reforming process.
Located at Republic Services’ closed West Contra Costa Sanitary Landfill, the facility will process up to 99 wet tons of organic waste per day, producing approximately 2,400 metric tons of renewable hydrogen annually. The diverted organic waste will help California meet SB1383 diversion mandates and potentially avoid up to 7,200 metric tons per year of CO2 emissions from the landfill, the firm said.
Hydrogen will be collected daily by offtake partners and supplied to regional fueling stations serving both passenger and commercial fuel cell vehicles, supporting California’s decarbonization and zero-emission transportation goals. Hydrogen will not be stored on-site, Raven added.
Matt Murdock, CEO of Raven SR, said: “This facility will commercially demonstrate that we can convert waste that would otherwise emit methane and turn it into clean hydrogen without combustion or toxic emissions. At a time when many hydrogen projects have stalled or been cancelled, Raven SR’s Richmond facility will stand as proof that innovation and persistence still win. We believe it will set a new benchmark for waste-to-hydrogen projects globally, and positions Raven years ahead of other developers in bringing clean hydrogen from waste to market.”
Category: Hydrogen
