Boson, Siemens see large-scale waste-to-hydrogen deployment

Technology and components provider Siemens AG and Boson Energy, a Luxembourg-based emerging energy markets company, say they have entered into an agreement to “accelerate the green energy transition through waste-to-hydrogen technology.”

Boson says its gasification-based technology can create “syngas with high quality and stability” from “nonrecyclable solid waste,” including municipal solid waste (MSW), while doing so with what it calls low capital expenditures and operating expenses.

The firm describes its gasification technique as “a flexible next-generation thermochemical recycling technology.”  The resulting syngas, says Boson, can be passed through downstream processes to be “separated into hydrogen gas in fuel cell quality and industrial grade CO₂ for further use or storage in a gas separation unit.”

Siemens says a memorandum of understanding (MoU) it has signed with Boson will “facilitate collaboration on technology that converts nonrecyclable waste into clean energy. The collaboration aims to advance sustainable, local energy security, enabling hydrogen-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure without compromising grid stability or impacting consumer prices.”

“We are excited to join forces with Siemens in our ambition to make a difference in society and support global decarbonization with our Waste-to-X solution,” says Jan Grimbrandt, CEO of Boson Energy. “Siemens, with its unique capabilities of people and technology, gives Boson Energy ‘unlimited’ capacity to scale and reach markets from Berlin to Delhi and beyond – from day one.”

“We look forward to supporting Boson Energy with our portfolio to contribute to a more sustainable circular economy,” said Axel Lorenz, CEO of Process Automation at Siemens Digital Industries. “Digitalization and automation are crucial for building and scaling production capacities—even more so for complex processes such as thermochemical recycling.”

Boson Energy is targeting more than 300 plants in order to produce 1 million tons of hydrogen derived from waste by 2030. The firm says it intends to start in Sweden, Poland and Germany and then expand to markets in Europe and beyond.

Siemens says it can provide automation, electrification and instrumentation technology and support throughout the process, “from initial chemical processes to the final charging stations.”

“The collaboration with Boson Energy represents a significant step forward in our commitment to advancing technologies toward CO₂ reduction,” says Stephan May, CEO of Electrification and Automation at Siemens Smart Infrastructure. “By leveraging the breadth of our comprehensive portfolio, we aim to create a scalable and efficient model for converting waste into clean hydrogen. This collaboration not only addresses the urgent need for local energy security but also contributes to reducing the global carbon footprint, paving the way for a more sustainable future.”

The MoU was signed at a trade fair in Frankfurt, Germany, by Axel Lorenz, CEO for Process Automation, and in advance by Stephan May, CEO for Electrification and Automation at Siemens.