H3 Dynamics, Raven SR partner on waste-to-hydrogen deal

Raven SR Inc., Pinedale, Wyoming, a renewable fuels company, and H3 Dynamics, a developer of hydrogen aviation technologies, have announced their memorandum of understanding to globally collaborate on waste-to-hydrogen energy systems to support the decarbonization of airport operations through the adoption of hydrogen at airports.

H3 Dynamics, with offices in Singapore, Toulouse, France, and Austin, Texas, will provide hydrogen power systems to replace conventional fuel and other energy sources at airports, particularly in Asia, Europe and the United States. Raven SR will provide renewable hydrogen production facilities to supply airports. The use of hydrogen to power various ground operations will help reduce emissions at airports.

“We see tremendous demand to decarbonize the aviation sector with renewable fuels, including on the ground,” Raven SR CEO Matt Murdock says. “By collaborating with H3 Dynamics, we can reach a broader network among airports and equipment, including a variety of aircraft operations, to install waste-to-energy [WTE] hubs where there is an acute need to curb emissions.”

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The Raven SR technology is a non-combustion thermal, chemical reductive process that converts organic waste and landfill gas (LFG) to hydrogen and Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuels. Unlike other hydrogen production technologies such as electrolysis, Raven SR’s Steam/CO2 reformation does not require fresh water as a feedstock. The process is more efficient than conventional hydrogen production and can deliver fuel with low to negative carbon intensity. Raven SR’s goal is to generate as much of its own power on site as possible to reduce its reliance on or become independent of the power grid. Its modular design provides a scalable means to locally produce renewable hydrogen and synthetic liquid fuels from local waste.

“Raven SR provides a way to convert a variety of waste feedstocks into clean hydrogen, with a process that uses less energy than other renewable hydrogen production,” H3 Dynamics CEO Taras Wankewycz says. “Raven SR’s advanced waste-to-hydrogen technology offers a less intensive, more sustainable means of locally producing fuel.”

H3 Dynamics will work with its technology and manufacturing partners to configure hydrogen power systems components to meet certification requirements within the airport and aircraft environment.

“H3 Dynamics will deploy decarbonization use cases that have a more immediate impact, so that the infrastructure built today can also welcome hydrogen aircraft in the future,” says Wankewycz.