Zeotech Limited advised it has been accepted as an industry partner into The Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Training Centre for the Global Hydrogen Economy, led by The University of New South Wales. In collaboration with research partner, The University of Queensland, the project will aim to develop a sustainable hydrogenation process for converting captured CO and green hydrogen into syngas and value-added hydrocarbon fuels such as methanol. The project will aim to develop a sustainable process for converting captured CO into syngas (synthesis gas) and value-added hydrocarbon fuels such as methanol.

The initiative will utilise high-performance metal-based manufactured zeolite catalysts, produced using Zeotech's proprietary mineral processing technology, to enhance production efficiency in the CO hydrogenation process. The ability to catalytically convert post-combustion CO into alternative fuels or value-added chemicals presents a potential circular economy enabler and cost-effective utilisation solution. By storing energy from large-scale renewable energy projects as hydrogen, or hydrogen derivatives such as methanol, global economies could expand the reach of renewable power and repurpose it for use in other sectors.

Sustainable conversion of CO and green hydrogen have the potential to assist in decarbonising traditionally hard to abate large sectors, such as transportation and industrial processes.