Net Zero Platforms · Reformer Sidecar Model

Hedge your hydrogen.
Sidecar, not replacement.

For ammonia, fertiliser, chemical and merchant H₂ producers running SMR or ATR. NZP supplies spec-compliant hydrogen alongside your reformer — partial displacement, never replacement. We carry feedstock, logistics, and availability risk. You contract on €/kg and uptime.

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Three reformer-adjacent segments. One commercial logic.

Companies that already live and die by reformers — but are not oil majors. They already trust syngas. They already price hydrogen and CO tightly. They already feel carbon and gas volatility. They are organisationally capable of approving a sidecar.

Segment 01

Ammonia & Fertiliser

SMR/ATR feeding Haber-Bosch loops. Hydrogen cost is a first-order business variable. Carbon intensity is a regulatory variable.

Why they qualify: reformer ownership ✓ · no upstream oil ✓ · already accept retrofits and sidecars.
Segment 02

Chemical Producers

Methanol, oxo-chemicals, acetic acid. Reformers make syngas as an intermediate, used immediately downstream. Spec and uptime matter more than feedstock ideology.

Why they qualify: commercial logic driven by €/kg syngas and CO₂ exposure — not resource nationalism.
Segment 03

Merchant Hydrogen

SMR + PSA operators selling hydrogen over the fence or via pipeline / trailer. Already in the business of buying, making, and selling molecules to spec.

Why they qualify: structurally open to additional production pathways — especially ones that hedge feedstock volatility.
What the sidecar model is not
  • × Oil majors replacing core reformers
  • × Refineries changing feedstock philosophy
  • × Customers managing waste logistics
  • × ESG-led pilot theatre

Three principles that make the sidecar viable.

01

Partial displacement only

NZP never replaces the reformer. We replace part of the output — framed as a hedge, a risk reducer, a marginal supply option. The reformer keeps running. You stay in operational control.

02

NZP owns the complexity

You don’t want waste. You don’t want new operational risk. You don’t want planning exposure. Feedstock sits off your balance sheet. We — or the SPV — own waste, logistics, and availability risk. You touch only clean syngas or hydrogen.

03

Spec beats narrative

Industrial, Chemical, ISO 14687 fuel-cell, or UHP — we configure the membrane and PSA train to your offtake spec. Performance framed in €/kg and uptime, not storytelling. Contaminants controlled, contractually committed.

€/kg. Uptime SLA. Spec sheet. Done.

A sidecar deal looks like the merchant gas contracts you already sign. We negotiate on three things: delivered €/kg, guaranteed availability, and purity grade. Everything upstream of the fence is our problem.

For ammonia and fertiliser plants, this is a hedge against natural-gas price volatility and tightening carbon-intensity rules. For chemical producers, it’s a route to lower-carbon syngas without changing downstream synthesis. For merchant H₂ firms, it’s an additional production stream with feedstock economics decoupled from the gas curve.

Modular Phase 1 from €15–25M. Capital sequenced behind the model, not ahead of it.

What the customer contracts
  • Delivered €/kg of hydrogen or syngas
  • Guaranteed availability / uptime SLA
  • Purity grade (Industrial, Chemical, ISO 14687, UHP)
  • Carbon-intensity declaration
What NZP carries
  • Feedstock sourcing & logistics
  • Plant availability & performance risk
  • Permitting & planning exposure
  • Capex & project finance

A sidecar, not a swap.

Your reformer keeps running. NZP plant runs alongside. Both feed the same downstream synthesis. You decide the blend.

Existing
SMR / ATR
reformer
+ Sidecar
NZP UHTMG plant
(modular)
Blend
H₂ / syngas
to spec
Downstream
Haber-Bosch / methanol /
fence-line offtake
No process redesign. No downstream qualification programme. Customer remains in control of the reformer; NZP delivers an additional supply line to the same specification.

Model first. Sidecar second.

Same capital ladder as every NZP project. We model your hydrogen demand, your existing reformer cost stack, and the sidecar economics before any commitment.

Week 1
Share your spec sheet

Hydrogen demand profile, current SMR/ATR cost stack, target purity grade, available feedstock catchment.

Week 2
NZP models the sidecar

Delivered €/kg vs current reformer cost. CAPEX/OPEX delta. Carbon-intensity comparison. Sensitivity bands on gas price and feedstock economics.

Week 3
Term sheet conversation

Volume, €/kg, term, indexation, availability SLA, purity grade. The shape of a merchant gas deal you’ve already signed before.

Model first.
Invest later.

Bring your waste data to a platform demo — and we'll show you exactly what your streams could generate, and the economics behind it. No consultants. No commitment. No chemistry lecture.

Platform Licence
Software for your existing site, available today — no technology change required.
Joint Venture
NZP technology combined with your planning pipeline and site access.
Offtake Integration
Plug your H₂ output directly into NZP's contracted network — no separate negotiation required.
Pipeline Partnership
NZP as technology partner across your UK portfolio — structured to scale.
How a modelling run works
Week 1
Share your waste profile and composition data
Week 2
NZP delivers modelled scenarios across all output mixes
Week 3
Review investor-grade outputs with your finance team
ESG & Regulatory Signals
✓ Verified carbon credits on every tonne processed ✓ Only commercially proven PFAS destruction pathway ✓ Scope 3 auditable outcomes for FMCG & waste generators ✓ UK SAF mandate aligned — 10% blend by 2030

We respond within one business day. Your details are never shared.

Offtake, gasification, Fischer-Tropsch and Haber-Bosch partners are already in place — the back end of the value chain is covered.