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    ABB supplying Electrical systems for two Plug Power Green Hydrogen plants

    March 10, 2022
    The two green H2 plants being developed are Project Gateway in New York, and Peachtree in Georgia. Together, the planned 60 tons of daily output will contain as much energy as 170 tons of fossil fuels and avoid close to 20,000 tons of CO2 annually
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    ABB will deliver the electrical systems for two new hydrogen plants in North America.

    Plug Power is developing the two plants in New York and Georgia, respectively. Together, the two facilities are expected to produce 60 tons of green liquid hydrogen per day.

    Hydrogen itself does not burn a carbon atom and is seen as a net-zero tool for both power generation, industrial and transportation sectors. To be qualified as truly green H2, however, it must be produced from electrolysis powered by carbon-free resources such as wind, solar or nuclear.

    ABB will provide the full electrical system encased in an ABB eHouse solution – a prefabricated, walk-in, modular outdoor substation hosting a range of electrical, automation and ancillary equipment that provides the site and process power. ABB will also supply gas and air insulated switchgear, low voltage motor control centers, along with low voltage variable speed drives for auxiliary applications.

    The two green H2 plants being developed by Plug Power are Project Gateway in Genesee County, New York, and Peachtree in Camden County, Georgia. Together, the planned 60 tons of daily output will contain as much energy as 170 tons of fossil fuels while avoiding close to 20,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year, according to the release.

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    “Plug Power’s investment in both the Project Gateway and Peachtree facilities shows our commitment to the region, our customers, and the future world we want to live in,” said Sanjay Shrestha, General Manager of Energy Solutions and Chief Strategy Officer of Plug Power. “ABB showed the focus, understanding and expertise to execute a successful project, and we look forward to collaborating on driving the broader hydrogen economy.”

    New York’s Project Gateway would be the North American continent’s largest green hydrogen production facility at 45 metrics tons per day, the companies say.

    “Green hydrogen will only become a widespread clean energy carrier if industry can scale up technologies and bring the overall production costs down,” said Brandon Spencer, President, ABB Energy Industries. “ABB’s goal is to help make hydrogen accessible as quickly and cost-effectively as possible to meet the growing global demand.

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    (Rod Walton, senior editor for EnergyTech, is a 14-year veteran of covering the energy industry both as a newspaper and trade journalist. He can reached at [email protected]).

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    Rod Walton, EnergyTech Managing Editor | Senior Editor

    For EnergyTech editorial inquiries, please contact Managing Editor Rod Walton at [email protected].

    Rod Walton has spent 15 years covering the energy industry as a newspaper and trade journalist. He formerly was energy writer and business editor at the Tulsa World. Later, he spent six years covering the electricity power sector for Pennwell and Clarion Events. He joined Endeavor and EnergyTech in November 2021.

    Walton earned his Bachelors degree in journalism from the University of Oklahoma. His career stops include the Moore American, Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, Wagoner Tribune and Tulsa World. 

    EnergyTech is focused on the mission critical and large-scale energy users and their sustainability and resiliency goals. These include the commercial and industrial sectors, as well as the military, universities, data centers and microgrids. The C&I sectors together account for close to 30 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.

    He was named Managing Editor for Microgrid Knowledge and EnergyTech starting July 1, 2023

    Many large-scale energy users such as Fortune 500 companies, and mission-critical users such as military bases, universities, healthcare facilities, public safety and data centers, shifting their energy priorities to reach net-zero carbon goals within the coming decades. These include plans for renewable energy power purchase agreements, but also on-site resiliency projects such as microgrids, combined heat and power, rooftop solar, energy storage, digitalization and building efficiency upgrades.

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