Worthy Farm, the home of the Glastonbury Festival, is currently utilizing an anaerobic digestion plant to produce power. This plant processes tens of thousands of tonnes of cow slurry and waste silage to generate energy. With the introduction of the LOOP technology, Worthy Farm will now be able to capture carbon from some of the biomethane produced during this process. This carbon will be used to create graphene and clean hydrogen, which will in turn be used to produce electricity through the existing combined heat and power plant. This installation is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 25 tonnes per year, and the graphene will be sold as an additive to enhance the performance of various products such as batteries, concrete, and plastics.
In order to support the development of an industrial-scale LOOP1000, Hexla has provided funding. This plant is expected to produce the lowest cost clean hydrogen in the world over its lifetime due to the high-quality graphene it will generate. Hexla and Levidian have entered into a Collaboration Agreement, with Hexla becoming a global deployment partner for the LOOP technology. They have plans to install up to 300 LOOP1000 units, which will significantly reduce the emission of hundreds of thousands of tonnes of CO2e per year. Hexla Founder Andy Yeow expressed his excitement about this partnership, stating that the Levidian LOOP is a standout technology in terms of thermal efficiency and cost. He believes that this technology will be game-changing and is committed to scaling it up for deployment in some of the most promising hydrogen production markets globally.