Global industrial software and technology leader Emerson has entered a multiyear strategic framework agreement with BayoTech, an innovator in hydrogen solutions, to accelerate the delivery of hydrogen around the world. Emerson will deliver advanced automation technologies, software and products to enable BayoTech to build hundreds of hydrogen units to produce cleaner, lower-cost hydrogen.
“Across the globe, industries and organisations are searching for sustainable solutions to solve their most pressing problems,” says Mike Train, chief sustainability officer of Emerson. “Our agreement with BayoTech accelerates the development and adoption of hydrogen at scale as a critical step forward in diversifying our global energy mix.”
200 vehicles a day
BayoTech’s modular hydrogen generation units produce up to 1 000 kilograms per day, enough to fill as many as 200 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. This patented technology requires less feedstock, which means lower carbon emissions and less cost to produce hydrogen than traditional reformers. To meet growing hydrogen demand, BayoTech is leveraging its core technology to develop 5-, 10- and 20-tonne units, which will drive further efficiencies.
Using Emerson’s programmable logic controller and edge control technologies, remote monitoring and Microsoft Azure IoT Suite, the unmanned, fully autonomous skids will operate and be monitored remotely from BayoTech’s Albuquerque, New Mexico headquarters.
Largest in the world
“We plan on becoming the largest distributed hydrogen company in the world,” says Mo Vargas, CEO of BayoTech. “Emerson’s advanced technology is the right choice to support our vision of disrupting the established centralised hydrogen supply chain with a new, highly-efficient model of local autonomous production hubs.”
“This agreement between BayoTech and Emerson will make hydrogen technology more accessible to more places across the world,” adds Linh Austin, COO of BayoTech. “Together, we are creating a solution to lessen the carbon footprint of countless customers as we build a sustainable – and more affordable – global hydrogen supply chain.”
Global locations
These hydrogen generation units are already being built and will be placed in BayoGaaS hydrogen hubs and at customer sites throughout the United States and other global locations. From the hubs, locally-produced hydrogen will be distributed to nearby consumers via high-pressure gas transport and storage equipment, which can transport three times more hydrogen per trip than traditional steel tube trailers.
The higher payloads translate into lower transportation costs, higher driver productivity and less carbon emissions.
