Clean hydrogen from biogenic waste, solid carbon as a co-product

PYRAH2 is a European innovation project that demonstrates a new, fully circular pathway to produce renewable hydrogen and highvalue solid carbon from residual biomass and biogenic waste.

The project integrates advanced gasification, biological methanation and plasma assisted methane pyrolysis into a single pilot plant, converting nonfermentable organic waste into biomethane, then into zero direct CO₂ hydrogen and biobased carbon materials.

By recovering up to 90% of the carbon in solid form and targeting energy consumption below 15 kWh per kilogram of hydrogen, PYRAH2 aims to deliver cost-effective, scalable hydrogen production while creating valuable carbon products for sectors such as tyres and low-emission steel. In doing so, the project supports EU climate neutrality, circular economy and energy security objectives by coupling waste valorisation with the decarbonisation of hard-to-abate industries.