Hydrogen Production Boosted by Utility Global’s $100M California Biogas Initiative

Picture this: the dairy farm down the street powering zero-emission trucks. That’s the dream Houston-based Utility Global is chasing. They just secured $100 million in a Series D round led by Ara Partners and APG Asset Management, setting the stage for a California biogas-to-hydrogen mobility project with their proprietary H2Gen® technology.

Turning Manure into Mobility

Working alongside Maas Energy Works, Utility Global is drawing biogas straight from dairy digesters at a California farm (they’re keeping its name under wraps for now). Their aim? Pump out up to three tons of deeply carbon-negative hydrogen every day—no extra juice from the grid. That fuel will keep zero-emission trucks and buses buzzing along, ticking off California’s mandate to have all heavy-duty vehicles go zero-emission by 2040.

Why It Matters

California has been leading the charge on clean energy for years, yet most big hydrogen hubs still cluster in Texas. This venture flips that script, weaving agriculture right into the heart of U.S. hydrogen production and green hydrogen efforts. By making fuel on-site at dairies, operators ditch hauling heavy feedstocks and cut lifecycle carbon intensity far below what you’d see with typical electrolyzer routes.

Parker Meeks, CEO of Utility Global, calls H2Gen®’s ability to pull hydrogen and a concentrated CO2 stream from leftover biogases—without tapping the grid—a real breakthrough for industrial decarbonization and sustainable energy. Daryl Maas, CEO of Maas Energy Works, chimes in that flipping manure into fuel could be the template for other agri-energy win-wins.

This capital injection will fast-track front-end engineering, help nail down a final investment decision before year’s end, and beef up manufacturing capacity. Utility Global’s eyeing more launches with partners like Kyocera and Symbio North America—basically creating a playbook dairy farms, landfills, and wastewater sites nationwide can pick up and run with.

Collateral Impacts

• Curbs emissions from heavy-duty trucks in one of the country’s smoggiest regions.
• Generates negative carbon credits by capturing CO2 from biogas streams.
• Creates local jobs in manufacturing, plant ops, and maintenance.
• Strengthens hydrogen infrastructure along vital logistics corridors.

Sure, there are hurdles: nailing down binding offtake agreements before they can give the green light, plus navigating California’s permitting maze. But with global demand for cheap, low-carbon mobility fuels surging, Utility Global’s California project could set the pace for next-gen hydrogen production and zero-emission technology.

About Utility Global
Utility Global is all about industrial decarbonization—transforming off-gases and biogases into hydrogen without guzzling external power. Their H2Gen® process churns out high-purity hydrogen and a concentrated CO2 stream you can sequester or repurpose.