Levidian and United Utilities launch 'first-of-its-kind' trial to turn sewage into hydrogen and graphene
United Utilities has joined forces with climate tech company Levidian to demonstrate the potential of using biogas produced from wastewater to create hydrogen and graphene at its wastewater treatment works.
The trial is taking place at Manchester Bioresources Centre, part of Davyhulme Wastewater Treatment Works, where modern-day sewage treatment processes were initially developed back in 1914. Levidian’s LOOP device uses electromagnetic waves to split methane gas into hydrogen and carbon, capturing the carbon in solid form as graphene. The lower carbon blend gas is then fed into United Utilities’ onsite generator where it is burned to help power the site.