Hydrogen from hydropower

[GregLocock]

This is a puzzle.

$500 M to create 10000 tonnes of hydrogen per year from hydropower. So at 10% RoC, $5/kg. Market price of hydrogen is $2/kg - I wonder who will pay the difference?

NY is going to need every bit of storage it can get, turning almost half of (some of) that stored energy into low grade heat seems rather a waste. The reason they need hydro to do this is that they can't use intermittent power, like many industrial processes, or indeed, houses.

https://www.airproducts.com/company/news-center/2022/10/1006-air-products-to-build-green-hydrogen-production-facility-in-new-york

 

[MintJulep]

It doesn't need to be profitable because there's a "vision".

This project supports New York State's goal of becoming a Regional Clean Energy Hydrogen Hub, as announced by Governor Kathy Hochul in March 2022. New York's hydrogen hub ambitions directly support the goals of the State's Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.

Actually two visions that can gaze into each other's eyes and proclaim mutual adoration.

It's an economically depressed area of NY state so Air Products can count on "receipt of certain local and state incentives, as well as any benefits from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and which are anticipated in the current project budget."

 

[MintJulep]

Greg's link is two years old.

Construction started recently.

Construction starting on hydrogen plant in Massena

The project is expected to employ 200 people during construction and 90 people once production begins.

www.northcountrypublicradio.org