The California Energy Commission has selected the Advanced Electrolyzer System (AES) technology for hydrogen energy storage. AES will recover hydrogen from waste syngas sources using excess electricity.

The AES was created by the team led by Pinakin Patel at T2M Global. Its proprietary technology allows for lower cost production of hydrogen with no greenhouse gas emissions. AES is the only technology capable of producing high purity green hydrogen at highly competitive costs. AES targets <$5/kg H₂, an improvement from the $10-15/kg H₂ levels currently in the market place. The significant cost savings through AES should promote the adoption of hydrogen technology to accelerate growth in sectors such as the fuel cell vehicles and renewable energy sectors. 

California is among the largest producers of hydrogen using the natural gas to syngas process. Over 250,000 t of dilute hydrogen (in dilute syngas) are wasted or used as a lower value heat source. California’s use of AES technology will help the state convert this wasted resource into a multi-billion dollar business. “The hydrogen energy storage will help stabilize the grid and provide hydrogen needed for the emerging fuel cell vehicles for clean transportation,” said Patel.