Yosemite Clean Energy – Oroville

Overview

Status

Greenfield

Region

North America

Geography

USA

State

California

Equity Owner

Yosemite Clean Energy

Proponent

Yosemite Clean Energy

Output

Green hydrogen

Type of electricty

Capacity

12.2 t H2/d

Financing

Technology

Biomass

Technical Advisors

Advisors

Project Contact

Vice-President for Business Development Robert Jackson

Lawyers

Project Cost

Offtaker

Gunvor USA

Commercial Operations Date

2026

Decommission Date

FID

December, 2023

Description

The Yosemite Hydrogen Facility is expected to produce 24,000 kilograms per day of hydrogen.

It will utilize dual bed gasification technology to convert woody biomass waste from local forest and agricultural producers into syngas while the generated CO2 will be captured and then stored permanently underground by CTV.

Syngas is a combination of hydrogen, methane, CO2, carbon monoxide, and other trace gases that are used to produce other fuels.

California Resources Corporation’s Carbon TerraVault Holdings entered into a storage-only Carbon Dioxide Management Agreement with Yosemite Clean Energy, LLC, a bioenergy development company that specializes in transforming farm and forest wood waste into carbon-negative hydrogen and renewable fuel, to sequester at least 40,000 metric tons per annum (MTPA) of carbon dioxide (CO2) at CTV carbon storage vaults.

Over the next 10 years, Yosemite plans to construct two additional hydrogen facilities in California with similar technical and production characteristics.

July 12, 2023

California waste-to-hydrogen developer awarded $5m grant

Yosemite Clean Energy, LLC (YCE), a provider of sustainable energy solutions, has been awarded a $5m grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC), according to a news release. The funding will...

May 2, 2023

California Resources to manage carbon for bioenergy projects

California Resources Corporation today announced a storage-only Carbon Dioxide Management Agreement (CDMA) between Carbon TerraVault Holdings (CTV), a subsidiary of CRC that provides services including the capture, transport and storage...

March 3, 2023

California biomass-to-hydrogen developer agrees LOI for offtake

Gunvor USA, part of the Gunvor Group, has entered into a green hydrogen letter of intent with Fresno, California-based Yosemite Clean Energy, a developer of biomass to green hydrogen in...

February 9, 2023

Biomass-to-hydrogen developer in talks for development capital, series A

Yosemite Clean Energy, a California-based biomass-to-hydrogen start-up, is in discussions with potential investors to raise development capital for projects and a series A round. The company is currently seeking around...

January 23, 2023

Biomass-to-hydrogen developer to receive California grant

Yosemite Clean Energy was selected to receive two $500,000 Forest Biomass to Carbon-Negative Biofuels grants from the California Department of Conservation (DOC), according to a recent news release. The first...