More on the region’s first commercial-scale waste-to-hydrogen plant: State-backed sustainability firm Beeah unveiled its comprehensive plans for the Middle East’s first commercial-scale waste-to-hydrogen plant to be set up in Sharjah’s Al Sajaa area alongside green technology firms, the UK-based Chinook Hydrogen and Japan’s Air Water, Wam reports. The project will be developed in collaboration with the Energy and Infrastructure Ministry, with its first phase slated to be commissioned in 2Q 2027.

The plant will produce green hydrogen from municipal solid waste using Chinook Hydrogen’s Rodecs gasification and pyrolysis technology and Air Water’s hydrogen refinement solutions. The first phase will produce 7 tons of green hydrogen daily, which is equivalent to 2.6k tons annually, with plans to scale production to a daily 20 tons of hydrogen.

The impact: The plant is set to divert thousands of tons of waste and prevent about 30k tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually.

Years in the making: The three sides entered a joint development agreement to set up the plant back in 2023 during COP28.

Other industrial products are in the plant’s pipeline: The facility will also produce valuable byproducts like biogenic carbon dioxide, which can support alternative fuel production and nitrogen for industrial use.

REMEMBER- Beeah has been keeping busy: The UAE tapped the company to develop a national waste exchange platform to enable the buying and selling of recyclable waste. The firm partnered with the cleantech startup accelerator Catalyst to support startups and fund projects that focus on green mobility and waste management. And last year it unveiled plans to invest AED 500 mn in Egypt’s waste management and sustainability.

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