In Utah's west desert, work is under way on what could be the largest battery in the world.
To reimagine and reinvent a 40-year-old power plant, IPP Renewed found a solution right under its feet.
The caves soon will be filled with hydrogen produced from solar energy. One day they could supply about a 10th of Los Angeles’ electricity, as well as power thousands of Utah homes and businesses. Cranes surround new combined-cycle gas power plant under construction at Intermountain Power Project on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023.When it comes online in 2025, it will be much like the natural gas plants that have been replacing coal as the “baseload” electricity source across the country. Two 430-megawatt combined cycle units will rely on natural gas from Wyoming, thanks toBut unlike any other natural gas plant, it will also blend in hydrogen from the salt caverns.
Hydrogen, the first element on the periodic table and only one proton, doesn’t occur naturally in quantities that can be captured. It has to be made. And making it requires putting electric power in so power can come out later. In other words, hydrogen is a rechargeable battery. That cheap power can flow back from California through to IPP, where ACES can use it to run 40 huge “electrolyzers” from Norway. Mitsubishi, a key technology partner in ACES Delta, is part owner of Hydrogen Pro, the Norwegian company that manufactured the electrolyzers.
“We are always looking at ways to develop additional markets such as the transportation and industrial sectors,” said Webster, who expects Chevron’s ownership will bring new opportunities.
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