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Hydrogen power plant proposed for Molokai July 18, 2009 The Honolulu AdvertiserA New Mexico-based energy technology company has chosen Molokai for one of four sites on which it plans to build what it calls the world's first utility-scale, zero-emissions hydrogen power plants.
The Molokai plant, proposed by Jetstream Wind Inc., would use electricity from wind or solar or a combination of the two to separate water into hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen would then be burned in a turbine - similar to what is used in a natural-gas-fired power plant - and would generate enough electricity to power 6,000 homes and businesses, the company said.
The company cannot disclose the exact location on Molokai for the plant because negotiations for the site are still under way, said Xavier Marquez, Jetstream Wind Inc. chief networking officer.
The company hopes to break ground in 30 to 60 days, Marquez said.
Yet, Hawaiian Electric Co. has not had any contact with the company about selling the power generated by its proposed new plant, said Peter Rosegg, HECO spokesman.
If Jetstream Wind is going to sell power to the utility on Molokai, it will need a Power Purchase -"Basically it's 8th-grade science scaled up very, very large," Herman said. "We need to go green to free us from our dependence on foreign oil."
Citing proprietary concerns, Herman provided few technical details about the inner workings of Jetsteam Wind's proposed plant in New Mexico.
The facility, which broke ground July 4 in Truth or Consequences, N.M., is the company's first power plant, and is expected to generate 150 construction jobs and 30 permanent jobs.
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http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/blog2/index.php/hydrogen-economy/new-mexico-building-hydrogen-power-plant/
New Mexico Building Hydrogen Power Plant July 16th, 2009It’s difficult throwing around terms like “world’s first” and “breakthrough” technology and this story probably doesn’t measure up to these standards. Nonetheless, it is important as another corporate entity is ready to put their money where their mouths are in regard to hydrogen technology.
Jetstream Wind Incorporated has just broken ground on a hydrogen power plant in Truth or Consequences (didn’t you just love that old game show?), New Mexico. The main idea behind this new renewable energy power plant is that they will use wind and solar energy and run the resulting electricity through water to create hydrogen gas.
The hydrogen gas will then be burned in a gas turbine similar to what other natural gas power plants are currently using. This in turn will create electricity for about 6,000 homes and businesses and create 150 construction jobs for the building of the plant. Excess hydrogen will be sold for cars and for medical purposes.
Now, I’ve talked about other hydrogen power plants in the past such as the natural gas project in Abu Dhabi, the garbage to hydrogen project in Italy, the chlor-alkali waste hydrogen plant in Ohio and the direct solar to hydrogen plant in Australia.
In regard to the Jetstream Wind project a couple of questions come to mind. First
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/utility_plans_zeroemissions_hy.html
http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/16/firm-to-build-first-utility-scale-hydrogen-power-plant/ http://www.odemagazine.com/exchange/9044/world_s_first_zero_emissions_hydrogen_power_plant_coming_to_new_mexico -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://gas2.org/2010/01/28/east-coast-could-get-a-hydrogen-highway/
East Coast Could Get A Hydrogen Highway
January 28th, 2010).
There are of course exceptions, such as Mazda and Mercedes, but electric cars are all the rage right now, and hydrogen arguably has more infrastructure issues to overcome. The biggest issue; where does one get hydrogen?
A Connecticut company called SunHydro wants to deploy 11 solar-powered hydrogen fueling stations (SunHydro, get it?) along the East Coast, creating the area’s first hydrogen highway.
What comes first? Hydrogen cars, or Using electrolysis technology from Proton Energy, based in Wallingford, CT, (one town over from me!) SunHydro wants to deploy stations from Portland, Maine to the southern tip of Florida. The stations will be small time, though completely self-contained, and will be able to fill just ten-to-fifteen cars per day. That doesn’t leave a whole lot of room for profit, but hydrogen cars are faced with the “chicken or egg” quandry.hydrogen filling stations? SunHydro seems to think the filling stations need to come first. Since the whole process uses just the sun to split hydrogen atoms, it is relatively cheap compared to other methods of building hydrogen fueling stations. Of course, “relatively” still means $3 million to install just one station.Still, the East Coast does have an advantage over California in terms of building a hydrogen highway. 14 states touch the Atlantic, compared to three on the West Coast, which
Exxon Brings Hydrogen Pipeline To Gulf Coast October 22nd, 2008
Louisiana is oiling up for a hydrogen network
It will also provide services to other customers in the region and is expected to be online by March 2010.
Exxon Mobil has entered in to a long-term contract with Air Products for constructing a new Steam Methane Reforming (SMR) Hydrogen production facility in Louisiana. The facility will be connected to Air Products’ Louisiana Hydrogen Pipeline Network and
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