Metacon receives EU funding for project targeting high-purity green hydrogen production from biogas

Metacon’s fully owned Greek subsidiary Metacon SA has received EU funding for its participation in the PUREHY2+ project. The project targets an integrated system solution that can enable biogas producers to add high-purity hydrogen production while capturing carbon dioxide on site. Effectively for Metacon, EUR 188 018 is covered by the EU grant.

Biogas is already produced from organic waste at thousands of sites across Europe. Refining the biogas into high-purity green hydrogen could give existing biogas plants an additional high-value product and extend the production and use of locally available renewable energy sources beyond electricity and biomethane. The project PUREHY2+ will develop technology designed to produce hydrogen at a purity above 99.97%, with carbon dioxide separated for capture during the process. The project has a total budget of EUR 1 626 622 and will run for 36 months. Metacon’s project budget is EUR 235 022, of which EUR 188 018 is covered by public funding, corresponding to a funding rate of 80%.

For Metacon, the project supports the continued development of its proprietary reforming technology, gas purification and system integration capabilities. It also addresses how the company’s technology can be applied in existing biogas infrastructure, creating a potential route to distributed renewable hydrogen production without relying solely on new electricity-intensive production capacity.

The project builds on the completed PUREHY project, in which the consortium developed and evaluated Greece’s first semi-pilot unit for on-site hydrogen production and purification from biogas. PUREHY2+ will take the work further towards a more integrated and adaptable solution for biogas producers.