NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland
NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland is a hydrogen project in United States using Methane pyrolysis; status: Recently confirmed.
Overview
StatusRecently confirmed
Country · regionUnited States
TechnologyMethane pyrolysis
Productclean hydrogen, solid carbon
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.
Details
Technology & product
ComponentsModern Hydrogen-designed methane-pyrolysis equipment, NW Natural Central Resource Center installation, solid-carbon capture and collection
Configuration DetailMethane pyrolysis with solid-carbon capture
Final UseOn-site hydrogen blended with natural gas and delivered via existing energy infrastructure; captured solid carbon incorporated into asphalt products
Status & timeline
Lifecycle StageOperational
Phase Sequencethree-year pilot project
Eventofficial unveiling (event date not stated in directly inspected source)
Date online (tracker field)2024 (meaning under review)International Energy Agency · as of 2026
Location & names
Site NameNW Natural Central Resource Center, southeast Portland, Oregon
Additional project information
Administrative AreaPortlandInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
CountryUnited StatesInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
Progress StatusDemoInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
Configuration DetailMethane pyrolysisInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
ProductH2International Energy Agency · as of 2026
TechnologyOtherInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
Timeline
No recorded project events.
Sources & record history
Sources
- DecarbonFuse NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland Shared by 10 fields: Current
- International Energy Agency IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset Shared by 7 fields: Snapshot 2026-06-18 · Confidence: reported · Older value (2026)
- NW Natural / Northwest Natural Holdings NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland Shared by 2 fields: Current
Field sources
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| Field | Shown value | Original value | Source | Date basis | Meaning |
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| Name | NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | View exact valueNW Natural and Modern Hydrogen 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, southeast Portland, Oregon | View exact valueNW Natural Central Resource Center, southeast Portland, Oregon | NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | — | |
| Country | United States | View exact valueUSA | NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | — | |
| Components | Modern Hydrogen-designed methane-pyrolysis equipment, NW Natural Central Resource Center installation, solid-carbon capture and collection | View exact value["Modern Hydrogen-designed methane-pyrolysis equipment","NW Natural Central Resource Center installation","solid-carbon capture and collection"] | NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | — | |
| Configuration Detail | Methane pyrolysis with solid-carbon capture | View exact valueMethane pyrolysis with solid-carbon capture | NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | — | |
| Final Use | On-site hydrogen blended with natural gas and delivered via existing energy infrastructure; captured solid carbon incorporated into asphalt products | View exact valueOn-site hydrogen blended with natural gas and delivered via existing energy infrastructure; captured solid carbon incorporated into asphalt products | NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | — | |
| Product | clean hydrogen, solid carbon | View exact value["clean hydrogen","solid carbon"] | 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 | — | |
| Event | official unveiling (event date not stated in directly inspected source) | View exact valueofficial unveiling (event date not stated in directly inspected source) | NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | — | |
| Event | Date online : 2024 | View exact value{"date":"2024","date_precision":"year","event":"Date online","basis":"iea_hydrogen_projects_raw.csv"} | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Lifecycle Stage | Operational | View exact value{"code":"LS-07","as_of":"2024-05-16","label":"Operational","source_wording":"online; up-and-running"} | NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | — | |
| Phase Sequence | three-year pilot project | View exact valuethree-year pilot project | NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | — | |
| Progress Status | Recently confirmed | View exact value{"code":"PS-01","as_of":"2024-05-16","label":"Recently confirmed","source_wording":"getting the project up-and-running"} | NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland | — | |
| Administrative Area | Portland | View exact valuePortland | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Country | United States | View exact valueUnited States | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Progress Status | Demo | View exact valueDEMO | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Configuration Detail | Methane pyrolysis | View exact valueMethane pyrolysis | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Product | H2 | View exact valueH2 | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Technology | Other | View exact valueOther | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
Record history
11 current sourced values · 1 older value · Record updated