Our Chief Production Officer Ian Hopkins sits down to discuss his career in the energy industry, exciting projects at Levidian, and the future of hydrogen and graphene.

Unlike natural gas, which produces greenhouse gas emissions, hydrogen combustion produces water as its only by-product. When generated in a low-carbon way, hydrogen represents an excellent option for decarbonising heavy industry.

Graphene and LOOP have significant decarbonisation potential for our transport sector and the way we think about transport’s emissions potential – from roads, to batteries, to aeroplanes.

Industry must address methane emissions. The Levidian LOOP is one technological answer to doing so. The solution provided by our technology takes methane and decarbonises it by 40 per cent, producing market-leading graphene and hydrogen – both revolutionary materials in their own right.

While achieving net-zero might seem like a daunting process for traditionally hard-to-abate sectors, LOOP is a solution that could help heavy industry begin to decarbonise their own energy supplies.

UK gas and power infrastructure company National Grid is to trial a new hydrogen production technology that strips carbon out of natural gas, system developer Levidian said Jan. 26.

Levidian’s LOOP could be the next ‘electric vehicle response’ to address the climate challenge.

Graphene – the strongest and thinnest material ever discovered – is one of the UK’s greatest innovation success stories.