NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland
NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland is a hydrogen project in southeast Portland, United States using methane pyrolysis; status: online / up-and-running.
Overview
Statusonline / up-and-running
Country · regionUnited States · southeast Portland
Technologymethane pyrolysis
Producthydrogen, solid carbon
Capacity10 MWInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
Capacity values retain their recorded units and scope. MW, kt H₂/y and Nm³ H₂/h are different measures; this page does not convert or add them without a shared operating basis. “Other Electrolysis” and “Unknown PtX” are recorded classifications, not a specific electrolyzer design or power-to-X route.
Details
Technology & product
Carbon Reductioncarbon capture and lower-carbon gas-system decarbonization
Componentsmethane pyrolysis equipment, solid carbon capture
Configuration DetailUnknown PtXInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
Final Usehydrogen blended with natural gas in existing energy infrastructure, solid carbon incorporated into asphalt products
Project Typethree-year pilot project
Status & timeline
Lifecycle Stagepilot
Eventofficial unveiling; project producing clean hydrogen while capturing solid carbon
Location & names
Site NameNW Natural Central Resource Center
Additional project information
Progress StatusConceptInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
ProductCH4International Energy Agency · as of 2026
TechnologyOther ElectrolysisInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
Capacity (Nm³ H₂/h)2,222 Nm³ H₂/hInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
Capacity (Announced Size)2-10 MWInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
Capacity (kt H2/y)1.73 kt H2/yInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
Timeline
No recorded project events.
Sources & record history
Sources
- Northwest Natural Holdings NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland Shared by 13 fields: Current
- International Energy Agency IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset Shared by 8 fields: Snapshot 2026-06-18 · Confidence: reported · Older value (2026)
Field sources
Shared date, confidence and value status appear once with their source above; a dash in the table refers to that source context.
| Field | Shown value | Original value | Source | Date basis | Meaning |
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| Name | NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | View exact valueNW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | — | |
| Site Name | NW Natural Central Resource Center | View exact valueNW Natural Central Resource Center | NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | — | |
| Administrative Area | southeast Portland | View exact valuesoutheast Portland | NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | — | |
| Country | United States | View exact valueUnited States | NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | — | |
| Carbon Reduction | carbon capture and lower-carbon gas-system decarbonization | View exact valuecarbon capture and lower-carbon gas-system decarbonization | NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | — | |
| Components | methane pyrolysis equipment, solid carbon capture | View exact value["methane pyrolysis equipment","solid carbon capture"] | NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | — | |
| Configuration Detail | Unknown PtX | View exact valueUnknown PtX | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Final Use | hydrogen blended with natural gas in existing energy infrastructure, solid carbon incorporated into asphalt products | View exact value["hydrogen blended with natural gas in existing energy infrastructure","solid carbon incorporated into asphalt products"] | NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | — | |
| Product | hydrogen, solid carbon | View exact value["hydrogen","solid carbon"] | NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | — | |
| Project Type | three-year pilot project | View exact valuethree-year pilot project | NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | — | |
| Technology | methane pyrolysis | View exact valuemethane pyrolysis | NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | — | |
| Capacity | 10 MW | View exact value10 MW | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Event | official unveiling; project producing clean hydrogen while capturing solid carbon | View exact valueofficial unveiling; project producing clean hydrogen while capturing solid carbon | NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | — | |
| Lifecycle Stage | pilot | View exact valuepilot | NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | — | |
| Progress Status | online / up-and-running | View exact valueonline / up-and-running | NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | — | |
| Progress Status | Concept | View exact valueConcept | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Product | CH4 | View exact valueCH4 | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Technology | Other Electrolysis | View exact valueOther Electrolysis | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Capacity (Nm³ H₂/h) | 2,222 Nm³ H₂/h | View exact value2222.222222222222 Nm³ H₂/h | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Capacity (Announced Size) | 2-10 MW | View exact value2-10MW | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Capacity (kt H2/y) | 1.73 kt H2/y | View exact value1.7325333333333333 kt H2/y | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
Record history
12 current sourced values · 2 older values · Record updated