Methane emissions remain one of the most potent drivers of near-term climate warming. Agricultural waste, livestock manure, and municipal landfills continuously release massive volumes of methane into the atmosphere. At the same time, heavy industry and transportation sectors face mounting pressure to decarbonize, but clean hydrogen production often demands excessive water or relies on carbon-intensive conventional methods. Finding scalable technologies that eliminate waste emissions while producing reliable clean fuel is critical to meeting global climate goals.
Hago Energetics addresses this challenge with proprietary methane pyrolysis technology that converts harmful waste gases into carbon-negative hydrogen and solid carbon co-products like biochar. By pairing clean fuel generation with permanent carbon sequestration, the company creates viable economic and environmental value for farms, landfills, and industrial operations worldwide. In this Executive Q&A, we speak with Wilson Hago, Founder and CEO of Hago Energetics, to explore how methane conversion is transforming the clean energy landscape.
Q: Methane is widely viewed as the most critical emergency brake for climate heating. How does Hago Energetics approach methane decomposition to tackle near-term warming faster than standard carbon capture?
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Wilson Hago: As you mention, avoiding methane emissions provides a critical handle on climate heating. Unfortunately methane generation is an unavoidable process resulting from organic matter decomposition. We capture the methane as it is being generated and, through our proprietary conversion process, break down the methane to yield hydrogen and carbon. The carbon from this process ultimately resides in the soil for long term storage. In this manner we produce a carbon negative hydrogen.
Q: Your methane pyrolysis process produces clean hydrogen alongside solid carbon co-products such as biochar. What role does biochar play in creating both agricultural value and permanent carbon sequestration?
Wilson Hago: Biochar is a crucial component in our carbon negative approach. It serves as both the catalyst for our methane production and as the repository for the carbon from the methane. After it exits our reactors, the biochar is usable as a soil amendment that has agricultural value for farmers. It thus serves the double duty of being useful form growing crops and providing permanent carbon sequestration.
Q: Hago Energetics is active in agricultural projects, including dairy manure conversion sites in California. How does your technology enable farmers to turn waste liabilities into active revenue streams?
Wilson Hago: Farmers are often under a variety of pressures, including increasing silage costs and fertilizer prices, so any way we can improve farm profitability will be welcomed as long as there is minimum interference with current operations. Dairy manure is a resource which can produce biogas that serves as feedstock for our hydrogen production. Farmers gain because they are able to benefit from resulting hydrogen sales. Our model is a turnkey solution for farmers and we do not require them to make any capital investment in our projects.
Q: Conventional green hydrogen production often requires substantial water consumption, which poses challenges in arid regions. How does your conversion method eliminate water dependency for industrial partners?
Wilson Hago: The feedstock for our hydrogen is methane, not water. It is true that methane is less readily available than water, so we look for opportunities where methane is not being efficiently utilized. We do not require water for our process, except for cooling needs, in which case we have a closed system.
Q: From landfill gas projects in Argentina and Nigeria to industrial natural gas applications in Saudi Arabia and Texas, Hago Energetics works across diverse feedstocks. How adaptable is your modular system to varying local waste sources?
Wilson Hago: Our process is designed to handle a variety of feedstocks, whether they originate from municipal landfills, dairy farms, wastewater facilities, or oil and gas operations. We expect different conversion efficiencies and different impurities in the feedstocks, and have accounted for these differences in our design.
Q: As clean hydrogen mobility expands for heavy transport and fleet operations, what milestones will define the next phase of commercial deployment for Hago Energetics?
Wilson Hago: The next milestone for us is to build continuously operating units that generate revenues. We plan to install our units in the major methane hotspots in the world. These hotspots include landfills in metropolises such as Lagos, Istanbul and Mexico City and oil and gas operations in the Permian Basian and Eagle Ford.
Converting methane from agricultural and municipal waste into clean energy offers a practical roadmap for addressing climate overshoot. Decentralized conversion technologies prove that waste management and industrial decarbonization do not have to be separate efforts. By producing both zero-emission fuel and valuable soil enhancements, modular pyrolysis creates tangible economic incentives that accelerate environmental stewardship.
As industries seek dependable alternatives to fossil fuels, carbon-negative hydrogen systems will play an essential role in energy resilience and circular resource management. Scalable solutions that capture emissions at the source ensure that communities and enterprises can build a sustainable, low-carbon future.
To learn more visit https://hagoenergetics.com/