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PROPOSED HYDROGEN PROJECTS IN THE WEST

dvanced Clean Energy Storage This ambitious project, currently in the planning phase, would use excess solar and wind power to extract hydrogen from water. The fuel would then be pumped into natural underground salt caverns, where it would be stored for use at the nearby Intermountain coal power plant, which is currently being converted to burn natural gas and hydrogen, with a goal of burning 100% hydrogen by 2040. The power from the plant goes to utilities in Los Angeles and Utah.

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