Metacon AB's fully owned Greek subsidiary, Metacon SA, has received European Union funding for its participation in the PUREHY2+ project, an initiative aimed at enabling biogas producers to add high-purity hydrogen production while capturing carbon dioxide on site.

EU Grant Covers 80% of Metacon's Project Budget

The funding corresponds to 80% of Metacon's project budget of USD 263,260. The project as a whole has a total budget of USD 1,822,070 and will run for 36 months.

It is co-funded by the European Union under the "Competitiveness" Programme (ESPA 2021-2027), with public expenditure co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Greek National Funds.

Turning Biogas into Fuel Cell-Grade Hydrogen

The PUREHY2+ project targets an integrated system solution designed to produce hydrogen at a purity above 99.97%, meeting fuel cell-grade specifications, with carbon dioxide separated for capture during the process.

Biogas is already produced from organic waste at thousands of sites across Europe, and refining it into high-purity green hydrogen could give existing biogas plants an additional high-value product while extending the production and use of locally available renewable energy sources beyond electricity and biomethane.

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.

"Biogas plants already have access to valuable renewable feedstock and established production infrastructure. We see great potential in how these assets can also be used to produce high-purity green hydrogen and capture green carbon dioxide on site. For Metacon, the project is an opportunity to advance our technology towards a new enabling system solution for existing biogas producers and the wider hydrogen market," says Christer Wikner, President and CEO of Metacon.

Consortium and Technical Scope

PUREHY2+ (ΕΚΠΑΡ02-0081456) brings together Metacon, the research centres NCSR Demokritos and CERTH/CPERI, and biogas producer BIOGAS LAGKADA.

The project will investigate two hydrogen production routes: biomethane reforming and dark fermentation using cyanobacteria. Hybrid membrane and sorbent systems will be developed to purify the resulting gas streams and capture carbon dioxide.

Building on the PUREHY Precursor

The new project builds on the completed PUREHY project, in which the same consortium developed and evaluated Greece's first semi-pilot unit for on-site hydrogen production and purification from biogas.

Installed at BIOGAS LAGKADA, the unit can produce 1 Nm³ of hydrogen per hour through biogas reforming, with a purity above 99%. PUREHY2+ will take this work further towards a more integrated and adaptable solution for biogas producers.

About Metacon

Metacon AB (publ) is a Swedish developer, manufacturer, and supplier of hydrogen production systems, covering design, installation, service, and maintenance. The company is listed and traded on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market in Stockholm, Sweden.

Metacon's Electrolysis business unit designs and delivers complete electrolysis plants for large-scale hydrogen production, developed in close partnership with PERIC Hydrogen Technologies in Handan, China, one of the global leaders in pressurized alkaline electrolysis technology.

The company's Reforming business unit develops hydrogen generation solutions based on its proprietary patented HIWAR® catalytic reactor technology.

These solutions consist of advanced, high-efficiency reformers that produce hydrogen through catalytic steam reforming, operating on biogas, biomethane, or other renewable feedstocks such as bioethanol and green ammonia, without the need for grid connection.

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