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Clean energy,
produced where it's needed.

We make low-cost hydrogen on site from ethanol, one source for clean power generation and zero-emission fleet fueling. Low-cost because we skip hydrogen's biggest expense: moving it.

Why it wins · at a glance
  • Lower costthan delivered H₂ or diesel power
    Hydrogen made at the point of need, without the cost of moving it
  • Monthsnot years
    To deploy on site, with no wait in a grid interconnection queue
  • Up to 20 MWbuilding blocks
    Power generation capacity, scaled site by site
  • Weeksof feedstock on site
    Ethanol stored on site, delivered by existing rail and truck
  • ZeroNOx and PM
    Combustion-free, unlike diesel generation
The core idea

Pioneering a New Hydrogen Production Process to Enable Power Generation and ZEV Mobility

One low-cost hydrogen source, produced on site, deployed two ways and generating valuable coproducts.

A row of long low fuel cell power modules on a concrete pad, their cable tray running across to a switchgear cabinet at the data center wall
Power Generation

Firm, clean power for loads the grid can’t reach yet.

On-site hydrogen powers PEM fuel cells in up to 20 MW building blocks, providing baseload power, peak shaving, or backup power (replacing diesel gensets 1-for-1), with no NOx or PM, an easier permitting path, and a lower cost than diesel power.

Up to 20 MW building blocksNo NOx or PMBeats diesel on costNet water producer
ServesData centers · industrial loads · mission-critical facilities
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A hydrogen truck stop on a wide concrete yard: a flat canopy lettered HYDROGEN REFUELING carried on two slender white columns that branch into arms at the top, a red flame detector on a stainless bracket under its right-hand corner, a silver cab-over tractor unit standing side-on at the left with its tanks enclosed behind the cab and two rear axles close together, a dispenser marked H2 on a kerbed island with the fuelling coupling stowed in its holster, yellow bollards at each end of the island, and a long low grey industrial building behind a chain-link fence
Mobility

Zero-emission fueling for fleets that can't stop.

Hydrogen fueling and high-power BEV charging from one on-site system, priced below delivered hydrogen, with no grid constraints and 2× the energy from the same ethanol.

H₂ + BEV chargingZero-emissionBelow delivered-H₂ priceNot grid constrained
ServesDrayage · transit · port equipment · off-road
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What we do

One Distributed Process. Multiple Products and Applications.

Ethanol in. Clean hydrogen out. No flame. A liquid already moved at scale becomes clean hydrogen, clean power, and valuable co-products at the point of use.

A tanker truck arriving at an on-site storage tank marked ETHANOL, with black ethanol rail cars on the siding behind and a pipe leading out of frame
Step 1

Deliver

Ethanol by existing truck & rail Ethanol delivered by existing infrastructure, carrying 2.5× more hydrogen by volume than liquid H₂
PCC's reforming skid on the plant's concrete yard: one continuous steel frame carrying the plate heat exchanger stack on the left, the insulated stainless reactor column rising clear above the frame in the middle with a caged ladder and a small landing at its head, and process pipework with upright vessels, valves and gauges on the right
Step 2

Reform

No flame PyroCat™ catalyst converts ethanol on site, without combustion
A pressure swing adsorption unit: eight identical slender adsorber vessels standing in a row, each closed by a plain rounded top, connected only by the pipework and valves at their base
Step 3

Purify

To spec A clean hydrogen stream, conditioned and ready for power or fueling
Step 4 · Deploy

Multiple products from one process.

  • Clean hydrogen

    Conditioned to spec, ready for power or fueling.

  • Clean power

    Hydrogen becomes clean power through fuel cells, from 150 kW up to 20 MW building blocks.

  • Co-products

    Biogenic CO₂, nitrogen for cooling, and clean water: co-products with real market value.

Multiple applications
350 / 700 bar fueling Industrial customers Onsite fuel cells for distributed electricity BEV charging support
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Beyond power and fueling

Multiple Applications for Our Hydrogen and Coproducts

The same process also serves complementary uses of hydrogen (refining, e-fuels, and distributed green ammonia) and yields co-products with real market value: biogenic CO₂ for food & beverage, SAF, and eMethanol production; nitrogen for cooling; and clean water.

Four output streams from one feedstock

  • Hydrogen

    Feedstock for refining, e-fuels, e-ammonia and fertilizer, and on-site fleet operations.

  • Biogenic CO₂

    Food & beverage, greenhouse cultivation, cold chain, sequestration, and e-fuels.

  • Liquid nitrogen

    Cold chain, food processing, and industrial applications.

  • Water

    A usable output stream from the hydrogen-to-power conversion process.

Selling these co-products is a key reason our hydrogen is low-cost: every co-product revenue stream lowers the cost of the hydrogen.

Coproducts

Ethanol in. Four output streams out.

Hydrogen is the product. Valuable biogenic CO₂, nitrogen, and water are available from our mobility and power generation solutions.

  • Hydrogen

    RefiningE-fuelsE-ammonia and fertilizerOn-site fleet operations

  • Biogenic CO₂

    Food & beverageGreenhouse cultivationCold chainSequestratione-methanole-diesele-SAF

  • Liquid nitrogen

    Cold chainFood processingIndustrial applications

  • Water

    The process yields clean water rather than consuming it, an asset at water-constrained sites.

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Spotlight · backup power for the AI build-out

AI is scaling faster than the grid can power it.

New data centers need hundreds of megawatts, often years before the grid can deliver them. Backup power needs require rows of diesel generators: expensive, heavy-emitting, and only ever meant to be temporary. PCC Hydrogen can replace or augment where needed.

The backup generator opportunity
  • 20 → 55 GW2018–2024
    Diesel backup capacity at U.S. data centers
  • 90+diesel generators
    At a single hyperscale campus
  • ~0.9 kgCO₂ per kWh
    From diesel generation
A long row of containerized diesel backup generators alongside a data center whose roof carries a dense line of cooling units: each acoustic enclosure has a full-height louvred air intake at its end face and a second storey of machinery on its roof, an exhaust silencer, a tall insulated stack and a flat radiator bank behind it, one stack showing a thin haze, and a tanker refilling the day tank at the far end
Today

Diesel gensets, lined up and idling.

High fuel and maintenance cost, on-site emissions, and permitting friction. No path to clean.
The same data center, its roof carrying the same line of cooling units, with a row of low dark fuel cell power modules and hydrogen storage in place of the diesel generators: bare roofs, no stacks, no silencers, nothing above the modules
With PCC Hydrogen

Clean backup power, made on site.

Low-cost hydrogen produced at the point of need and converted to electricity. No interconnection queue, no diesel.
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Projects in development

A broad portfolio spanning geographies, markets, and use cases

Active across the U.S. and abroad, from our first commercial unit in Cloverdale, Indiana to active projects across Southern California and the United Kingdom. Wherever ethanol logistics exist, the model travels.

In development

Southern California

Multiple hydrogen ecosystems Enabling drayage truck transition to ZEV and Power Generation to support California power needs
In development

United Kingdom

Multiple hydrogen ecosystems Expanding clean fuels and biogenic CO₂ availability
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Site plan of the Cloverdale, Indiana location on an aerial photograph, about one kilometre across: the PCCH2 plant marked on its parcel as the first commercial unit, with a short line running east to the industrial offtake for advanced materials processing, two points on the plant’s own site, one for hydrogen dispensing at H35 and H70 and one for power generation covering BEV charging and stationary power, lines running east-north-east to a second hydrogen dispensing point at the ready-mix concrete plant and to the point where CO2 is fed into process water, and two lines leaving the top of the frame as arrows: a solid one to hydrogen fuelling for the quarry haul truck fleet, and a dashed one to the ethanol supply of 100 million gallons a year. A key at the bottom left gives the scale and reads dashed for feedstock coming in, solid for product going out
Cloverdale Site Map — PCC Hydrogen · aerial imagery: USDA NAIP 2023 via USGS, public domain
Cloverdale, Indiana

One Site. Multiple Applications.

Our first commercial installation in Cloverdale, Indiana proves the model: hydrogen produced on site, integrated with the customer's plant, serving fleet, power, and industrial demand at once.

  • Cloverdale, Indiana (in operation 3Q 2026)
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Project economics

A Comprehensive Economic Analysis Feeds Every Price Estimate.

Our proprietary deployment model works through every input (feedstock cost, CapEx, co-product value, and regional incentives) and charts how they roll up to the levelized cost of hydrogen and power for a site. The example shown is illustrative: contact us and we’ll run the model on your numbers.

Low-Cost Hydrogen Levelized cost vs. plant size
$/kg plant size →

Site-specific values depend on inputs.

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Validated

Backed by independent research.

  • NLR lifecycle study

    Peer-reviewed and published March 2025, below the 45V threshold. Read the study → (opens in a new tab)

  • Patented technology

    Patented catalyst, reactor technology and production process.

  • Grant support

    Grant support from USDA, NSF, and DOE.

  • Commercial traction

    MOUs with Fortune 500 companies and industry leaders.

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First facility online 3Q 2026  ·  Patented PyroCat™ catalyst  ·  NLR-verified