Hydrogen 100
100% HYDROGEN POWER…
For a modest uplift in capital cost - and no loss in output - NPV can generate 100% power output from waste-derived hydrogen.
100% HYDROGEN POWER…
GCORE converts waste into gaseous fuel – synthesis gas (syngas) – typically 45% volume CO and 40% H2.
Using standard hydrogen “water gas shift” (WGS) reactors, steam (a by-product of turbine and gas cooling & hydrogen turbine exhaust) is added to the syngas causing the following reaction:
CO + H2O → CO2 + H2
Raw WGS-treated hydrogen contains CO2, water moisture and atmospheric nitrogen. The CO2 and water moisture are removed in a small absorption tower that extracts 99% of the CO2 from the raw hydrogen, and all the H2O.
The CO2 is reserved (see below), the recovered hydrogen added back to the ~40% H2 already present in the syngas.
Post-treatment, the hydrogen is 88% pure, the remainder being atmospheric nitrogen and trace CO2. Since it’s only the hydrogen that fuels the turbines, we call it Hydrogen 100.
100% HYDROGEN POWER
ZERO EMISSIONS
Inert nitrogen and trace CO2 pass through turbines in vastly smaller quantities than are present in air. Process is carbon-neutral/negative.
CAPTURED CO2 - WHAT HAPPENS TO IT?
Captured CO2 is 99% pure - carbon capture has both environmental benefits & commercial applications:
Carbon Credits – where applicable/available: Sequestration – as it is in its raw state, pressurised and pumped into abandoned mines or salt caverns; mixed with soil for reabsorption – in conjunction with planting programmes – and numerous other agricultural applications. As a carbon NEGATIVE business, NPV can “sell” carbon offset credits on various exchanges, where permitted.
As a commercially valuable commodity – CO2 has a surprisingly large number of applications in industrial processes such as steel production, fire suppression, cooling, “gas-lift” in oil & gas production, packaging, etc. There is a global market for industrial CO2, UK pricing currently £41/tonne (May 2026)
With further purification, CO2 can also be extensively used in food production/manufacturing; dry ice, packaging, refrigerated transport, processing, carbonating drinks, and even as an essential component in decaffeinating coffee! Food grade CO2 achieves a higher commodity price and requires additional capex at the plant.
NOT JUST ELECTRICITY
Doing the “right thing” has commercial benefits
Nothing is wasted in the GCORE process - every stage produces commercially-valuable by-products - and contributes to protecting the environment