Waste wood feedstock would come from orchards
Mote developing biomass-to-hydrogen facility
California-based company expects to start production of carbon-negative hydrogen in 2024
Californian startup Mote is establishing its first facility to convert wood waste into hydrogen fuel while capturing and sequestering the resulting CO₂ emissions. The wood waste would come from citrus or nut trees, or even almond shells, sourced from orchards in California’s Central Valley, says co-founder and CEO Mac Kennedy. The state produces a vast amount of such biomass, he says. The company expects to start producing carbon-negative hydrogen as soon as 2024. Volumes are expected to amount to c.7,000t/yr with 150,000t/yr of CO₂ removed from the air. Kennedy says the process is the first to combine the creation of synthetic gas from biomass, hydrogen production from synthetic gas and CO₂
Also in this section
23 May 2025
Investors remain committed to development but are waiting on greater international market certainty
22 May 2025
The government has ambitions to scale up production and become a major exporter by the end of the decade
21 May 2025
Half of winning bidders are based in southern European country as €1b auction clears at lower-than-expected levels
16 May 2025
Only 21% of approved IPCEI projects reach FID as cost overruns and funding delays hamper progress, according to European Commission officials
