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The carbon contained in biomass, if not captured, returns to the atmosphere as CO₂ or methane. Converting biomass to energy with carbon capture has long been explored for its potential to provide clean energy and negative emissions. However, the industry has faced questions over the net emissions benefit, economic viability and land use when competing with space for food.
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The problem
Biomass to energy with carbon removal has been possible for decades but is yet to scale. Most commonly used to generate heat, electricity or synthetic gas (“syngas”), the major challenges to scalability have been the capital and operational cost of biomass conversion plants and the falling costs of other renewables, even before the additional overhead for carbon capture, transport and storage. Finding a sustainable and low impact feedstock supply is also a challenge on logistics and location. Gasification of biomass is a proven technology and additional carbon capture is technically viable from the carbon rich syngas produced. However, without sufficiently supportive carbon markets and additional commercially desirable products, costs are too high to be financially sustainable.
Why Mote?
Mote will convert biomass to carbon negative hydrogen. The potential for this has long been recognised but Mote is a pioneer putting the hypothesis into practice. By capturing the CO₂ emissions from gasifying waste biomass, Mote is not just producing green hydrogen but high value and truly carbon-negative hydrogen.
Additional benefit of avoided emissions: Capturing carbon avoids the CO₂ and methane emissions from burning or decomposition of waste biomass. And the carbon negative hydrogen will displace fossil fuels for a secondary benefit.
Scalable technology integrating proven components Mote's optimised technologies have the potential to remove large quantities of CO₂ by interrupting the biomass natural carbon cycle, and accelerating the transition to green hydrogen.
Leading the transition to green hydrogen in the right place, at the right time, benefiting from the growth wave in H₂ and carbon markets will enable Mote to make the most of dual revenue streams from carbon capture and hydrogen production.
Visionary team. Assembling deep scientific and operational experience in policy, carbon, gasification and biomass, Mote has a clear vision for biomass to hydrogen and is racing to make it happen.
