The new facilities, located at the Arroyo Culebro Cuenca Media Alta wastewater treatment plant, house a green hydrogen plant capable of producing approximately 400 kilograms daily and an experimental synthetic biomethane project. The monarch showed interest in the plant's technical aspects and waste management.
The center integrates renewable energy generation technologies with the reuse of urban wastewater. Since 2012, it has supplied high-quality reclaimed water for the production of 100% recycled paper, with nearly 3 cubic hectometers of the region's 15 reclaimed cubic hectometers allocated to this industry last year.
The green hydrogen plant uses reclaimed water and clean energy sources, generating a daily amount equivalent to what a vehicle would need to travel 40,000 kilometers. Half of the production will be used to decarbonize heavy transport by refueling trucks, with the remainder allocated for industrial uses and synthetic biofuels.
Additionally, the center hosts an experimental project for the production of synthetic biomethane (e-methane), a renewable fuel obtained by combining green hydrogen and carbon dioxide. This fuel, an alternative to natural gas, will be injected into the treatment plant's internal network to increase heat and electricity production, utilizing part of the green hydrogen produced at the EDAR and biogas from sludge digestion.
