Clean tech provider BayoTech Inc., in partnership with Ranken Technical College, on Dec. 14 broke ground on the expansion of its hydrogen distribution network into the St. Louis, Mo., area. The BayoTech-owned BayoGaaS™ Hydrogen Hub will be located onsite at Ranken and will produce 350 tons per year of low-cost, low-carbon hydrogen for local users. The Hydrogen Hub will create 10 local clean energy full-time jobs.
BayoTech and Ranken will collaborate on the development of programs to educate and certify skilled workers to support the growing hydrogen sector. The curriculum will focus on hydrogen production plant manufacturing, operations, and maintenance; hydrogen dispensing, fueling, and transportation; and advanced manufacturing of hydrogen technologies.
Although modular ammonia production is still part of BayoTech’s plans for the future, the company told Green Markets that currently it is focusing on modular, low-carbon (or carbon neutral/negative) H2 production. It is developing a network of H2 hubs around the US, and plans to use its high-pressure equipment to distribute the H2 locally.