How An Old Power Plant Is Being Refitted For The Hydrogen Economy

How An Old Power Plant Is Being Refitted For The Hydrogen Economy

Share to Linkedin FILE - In this July 27, 2018, file photo, the Dave Johnston coal-fired power plant is silhouetted ... [+] against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo. Wyoming's governor is promoting a Trump administration study that says capturing carbon dioxide emitted by coal-fired power plants would be an economical way to curtail the pollution “” findings questioned by a utility that owns the plants and wants to shift away from the fossil fuel in favor of wind and solar energy. Supporters say carbon capture would save coal by pumping carbon dioxide “” a greenhouse gas emitted by power plants “” underground instead of into the atmosphere. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File) Talk about changing times. An old gasification plant in West Terre Haute, Indiana is getting a new life. It will use petroleum coke and biomass to produce hydrogen for power. It will also capture and sequester the resulting CO2. Just how realistic is this pursuit and just how clean is the process? The developers say that it is viable. The hydrogen will be separated and the resulting energy is expected to be sold to power generators and chemical makers. Using a proprietary process, the CO2 will be