Hyzon Motors Inc. signed an MOU for a joint venture with Raven SR LLC , a renewable fuels company to build up to 100 H2 production hubs across the U.S. and globally. In connection with this partnership, Hyzon has agreed to acquire a minority interest in Raven.

Each hub is expected to convert organic waste in nearly every form, constituting almost all the waste produced globally, into locally-produced, renewable hydrogen for Hyzon’s zero-emission commercial vehicles.

Unlike alternative approaches to waste disposal, such as incineration or gasification, Raven SR’s Steam/CO2 reformation process involves no combustion, as confirmed by the State of California EPA. This avoids the creation of toxic pollutants and particulates while still producing more hydrogen per ton of waste than competing processes, and is expected to generate a carbon emissions profile that is superior to comparable waste-to-hydrogen technologies.

The hubs are planned to be built at landfills and are expected to power garbage trucks as well as other classes of heavy-duty trucks. The first hubs are planned to be built in California before expanding into the rest of the US and globally.

"Our planet produces over 5.5 MMt of municipal solid waste and 16.5 MMt of agricultural waste every single day," said Matt Murdock, CEO of Raven. "Theoretically, if we were to convert all of this waste, we could produce over 2 MMt of renewable hydrogen per day – enough to satisfy over 25% of total global oil demand. Currently, most waste is dumped into landfills or burned, which is extremely polluting to both air quality and other parts of our environment."