High Energy Efficiency
Requires only around 10 kWh of electricity per kg of H₂ — roughly one-fifth of conventional water electrolysis.
HYDROGEN
Hydrogen for the Energy Transition
Produce low-carbon and green hydrogen from natural gas and biomethane with Graforce plasma technology—delivering clean hydrogen while creating valuable solid carbon.
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Powering the Decarbonized Economy
Hydrogen is more than a clean fuel—it is a critical industrial feedstock and energy carrier. Its versatility enables low-carbon solutions across energy, transportation, manufacturing, buildings, and chemicals.
- ✓ Decarbonizes hard-to-abate industries
- ✓ Supports energy storage and grid flexibility
- ✓ Provides clean industrial heat
- ✓ Enables sustainable mobility
- ✓ Reduces fossil fuel dependence
Why Graforce
Four reasons this pathway scales
Instead of relying on conventional electrolysis, Graforce uses methane plasma technology to produce hydrogen with significantly lower energy demand while generating valuable synthetic carbon and recoverable process heat.
Valuable Solid Carbon
Produces 3 kg of high-purity solid carbon per kg of H₂ as a marketable industrial raw material.
Integrated Heat Recovery
Reuses 25–30% of high-temperature reaction heat directly within existing thermal processes.
Modular Scalability
Containerized modules from 0.5 MW up to 20 MW plants for flexible industrial deployment.
Why Methane, Not Water
Water is an unusually stable compound
Conventional electrolysis needs roughly 50 kWh to split 1 kg of hydrogen from distilled water — a German cost of around €9.00/kg. Hydrogen is bound far more loosely in methane or biomethane. Graforce's plasma reactor exploits that difference, bringing energy demand down to around 10 kWh/kg, with high-temperature waste heat recovered and reused on top.
CO₂/kg H₂10Graforce methane
plasmolysis
plasmolysis
Energy demand≈10 kWhper kg hydrogen
produced
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Conventional electrolysis≈50 kWhper kg hydrogen
produced
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Two Feedstocks, One Reactor
Choose your hydrogen pathway
Both routes run on the same modular Plasmalyzer® technology. What changes is the feedstock — and what that means for your carbon balance.
Low Carbon · Hydrogen
Produced directly from natural gas, LNG or LPG — with no CO₂ released in the process and solid carbon recovered as a marketable co-product.
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Green · Hydrogen
The same reactor, fed with biomethane — achieving a negative CO₂ footprint when biogenic carbon is permanently bound in solid form.
Explore Green · HydrogenCarbon Creates Value
Not a waste stream — a second product line
High-purity solid carbon, tunable up to graphite-like quality, is what makes this a market-ready alternative to Carbon Capture Storage rather than just a cleaner fuel.
Check in carbon page →Battery Materials
High-purity carbon for next-generation batteries and energy storage.
Steel
Increase steel production with a valuable solid carbon alternative.
Construction
Durable carbon materials for advanced construction applications.
Rubber
Replace carbon black with high-performance carbon additives.
Case Study · Carbon Creates Value
Already commissioned: RAG Austria AG
Both pathways run on the plant architecture already operating at RAG Austria AG, Kremsmünster — not a lab demonstration.
50 kg/h hydrogen output150 kg/h solid carbon
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is low-carbon hydrogen?+
Hydrogen produced by splitting natural gas, LNG or LPG in a plasma reactor — no CO₂ is released in the process, and the carbon is captured as a solid, sellable material.
What is green hydrogen?+
The same reactor fed with biomethane or biogas instead. Because the carbon is biogenic and permanently stored in solid form, the process can achieve a negative CO₂ footprint.
Why methane instead of water?+
Hydrogen is bound far more loosely in methane than in water. Splitting methane needs around 10 kWh versus roughly 50 kWh/kg for water electrolysis — about a fifth of the energy.
What happens to carbon?+
Roughly 3 kg of high-purity solid carbon is recovered per kg of hydrogen, sold into steel, construction, battery-material and agricultural markets — keeping that carbon out of the atmosphere long-term.
How much energy does it consume?+
Around 10 to 10.7 kWh per kg of hydrogen, factoring in recovery and reuse of 25–30% of the high-temperature waste heat generated during the reaction.
Ready to Build Your Hydrogen Strategy?
Talk to Graforce's engineering team, or go deeper into the technology behind both pathways.