Big Step – Georgia Power Uses 20% Hydrogen Mix in Power Plant

In April MDN told you about a world first when the gas-fired power plant (currently powered by Utica Shale gas) on the banks of the Ohio River in Hannibal (Monroe County), OH, successfully added a 5% mixture of hydrogen to the natural gas it burns (see Utica Gas Power Plant on Ohio River Uses Hydrogen in World First). The Long Ridge Energy Terminal is the first large, commercial operation to blend hydrogen with natural gas to produce electricity. Somebody just one-upped Long Ridge. Georgia Power has completed a commercial test of blending 20% hydrogen with natural gas at one of its facilities.

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