About HyGenuity
About Us
HyGenuity is a unique hydrogen plant developer and producer. We can design highly efficient hydrogen production plants that can integrate neatly into existing industrial infrastructure as a bolt-on project or as a stand-alone plant to produce hydrogen for wholesale buyers via our commercialized electrolysis.
We can help energy companies achieve net zero emissions by producing clean hydrogen. No matter what our client's end usage of hydrogen is - whether it's to improve the efficiency of refining via hydrocracking & hydro-treating, production of ammonia, to produce backup electric power, refinery's combustion process, energize heavy machinery (i.e. forklifts), or transportation; HyGenuity can supply it.
HyGenuity's hydrogen plants are designed in neat production blocks that are stackable. Our smallest building block size is 10 MW and can easily be scaled up in increments of 10MW. This allows HyGenuity to produce at any volume or capacity depending on our client's needs.
Due to our small footprint, we can build our hydrogen plants almost anywhere our clients are located, allowing us to cut down on transportation costs. All we need is access to electricity and water. The water can be liquid or steam but the steam will maximize electric conversion efficiency. In certain industries that produce heat as a waste byproduct, we can gain maximum synergies ie; Refining, Methanol, Ammonia, Iron & Steel, Synfuels, and Biofuels.
HyGenuity's hydrogen plants are extremely well suited as a low-carbon and/or green alternative to steam methane reforming (SMR) in refineries. As a bolt-on to a refinery, we can pipe steam from a lower level in the steam ladder, similar to how SMR uses on-site steam, to drive our efficiencies.
Based only on the chemical reactions in SMR, for every 1 metric ton of hydrogen produced, 5.5 metric tons of CO2 are produced. A single 10MW hydrogen plant can produce a nominal 2,271 metric tons of hydrogen.
Based only on the chemical reactions in HyGenuity's process, we produce zero carbon. Thus, comparing an equal amount of hydrogen produced in a 10MW plant, HyGenuity can save just over 12,488 metric tons of CO2 emissions.
Our Mission
HyGenuity's objective is to become the world's dominant provider of green energy solutions. We help our clients achieve their decarbonization goals.
Our Strategy
HyGenuity provides low-carbon and green energy strategies. In HyGenuity’s low-carbon hydrogen technology production HyGenuity utilizes renewable power and/or the grid to produce its low-carbon hydrogen. HyGenuity also provides green energy strategies using CSP or PV in combination with Water Desalination / Demineralization, and Hydrogen-Oxygen separation as a first-of-a-kind complete process to produce 100% renewable and sustainable green energy.
HyGenuity can produce hydrogen plants as stand-alone projects or as a complete green energy process.
Our Value
HyGenuity’s capability is to provide cradle-to-grave complete green energy solutions or stand-alone hydrogen plants.
HyGenuity’s energy solutions are both scalable, sustainable, and modular in design so HyGenuity can build as a stand-alone power plant or can work within industrial settings and become a bolt-on technology solution. At HyGenuity, we use technology that is most efficient for the site location, applications solution, and our client’s needs.
The world is far from being green as we can tell by our many climate changes. It is time for commercial, industrial, and government enterprises to give HyGenuity the opportunity to offer dynamic green energy solutions to their backyards.
Our Focus
Refineries use hydrogen in their hydrotreating and hydrocracking processes. These processes are used to remove contaminants and create lighter products. Hydrogen can be produced from several domestic resources including fossil fuels, biomass, and water electrolysis with electricity. Environmental impact and energy efficiency depends on how the hydrogen is produced.
Currently, refineries predominantly produce hydrogen on-site using Steam Methane Reforming (SMR) technology to provide the hydrogen needed for their local processes. SMR is a mature production process in which high-temperature steam (700°C–1,000°C) is used to produce hydrogen from a methane source, such as natural gas. This method of natural gas reforming, using steam, accounts for most hydrogen production in the U.S. annually.
The problem is, SMR uses energy to convert natural gas into hydrogen but releases substantial amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere. Natural gas is made up of carbon and hydrogen, so for every 1 metric ton of hydrogen produced, SMR releases 5.5 metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. In contrast, HyGenuity’s hydrogen plant uses green electricity to convert water into hydrogen. The direct splitting of water molecules does not produce any carbon itself.