HELSINKI: State-owned energy provider Gasum and the Finnish company Hycamite TCD Technologies have begun developing a market for decarbonized natural gas and biogas in Scandinavia.

Hycamite produces hydrogen and pure solid carbon by splitting the methane molecules in natural gas and biogas without emissions.

Pure carbon can be used as a raw material in e-vehicle batteries and hydrogen can be used in clean energy production and as an industrial raw material.

”Capturing solid carbon from natural gas and biogas makes it possible to further reduce climate impacts from use of gas,” said Gasum Business Development director Mikko Syrjänen. “This is why we are really excited about this opportunity to explore the suitability of the solutions based on Hycamite’s technology.”

Gasum says it can now convert gas - both centrally and at customer sites - into clean hydrogen and carbon without GHG emissions.

”We’re really pleased to start cooperation with Gasum because we now have a chance to broadly study the suitability of our technology for various purposes in Finland and the other Nordic countries. Our goal is to offer companies the chance to start using sustainably produced hydrogen now,” added Hycamite CEO Laura Rahikka.