Mote Bakersfield Hydrogen Project

Mote has completed a key engineering design phase (FEL-2, with EPC firm Fluor) for its first carbon-negative hydrogen facility in Kern County, California. The plant will convert wood waste (from farms, forests, etc.) into hydrogen, while also removing CO₂ from the air and permanently storing it. It has secured commitments for 450,000 tons of feedstock — enough to supply the first facility. Mote expects the plant to produce roughly 7 million kg of carbon-negative hydrogen annually, while removing about 140,000 metric tons of CO₂ per year.