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August 4, 2022
World’s largest underground
hydrogen storage project
Mitsubishi Power Americas and Magnum
Development are set to begin construction on a 300 GWh underground
storage facility in the US state of Utah. It will consist of two
caverns with capacities of 150 GWh, to store hydrogen generated by an
adjacent 840 MW hydrogen-capable gas turbine combined cycle power
plant.
The project will use Utah’s unique
geological salt domes to store green hydrogen in two massive salt
caverns. Image: Mitsubishi Power
Aces Delta, a joint venture between
Mitsubishi Power Americas and Magnum Development LLC, plans to build
an underground storage project with a capacity of 300 GWh in Delta,
Utah.
Advanced Clean Energy Storage I, LLC
recently won a $504.4 million loan guarantee from US Department of
Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office for the construction of the
storage facility. The project will store hydrogen generated by the
Intermountain Power Agency’s IPP Renewed Project – an 840 MW
hydrogen-capable gas turbine combined cycle power plant located in the
area.
“The plant will initially run on a blend
of 30% green hydrogen and 70% natural gas starting in 2025 and
incrementally expand to 100% green hydrogen by 2045,” Aces Delta said
in a statement.
US-based contractor WSP USA has secured
an engineering, procurement and construction management contract (EPCM)
to build the two underground hydrogen storage caverns, each with a
capacity of 150 GWh.
“This stored green hydrogen becomes an
energy reserve that can be released to produce fuel for electric power
generation at any time,” said WSP USA.
The storage caverns and the power plant will form the Advanced
Clean Energy Storage hub, which Aces Delta says will convert renewable
energy via 220 MW of electrolyzers to produce up to 100 metric tons of
green hydrogen per day. The development of the project began in May
2019.
“Central Utah is the ideal location for
this project, and Utah is a business-friendly state for projects like
this,” said Craig Broussard, CEO of Magnum. “Magnum’s site adjacent to
the Intermountain Power Project is positioned to take full advantage
of existing regional electricity grid connections, fully developed
transportation infrastructure, ample solar and wind development
capacity, a skilled workforce currently transitioning away from coal,
and, of course, the unique salt dome opportunity.”
Magnum Development also owns a domal-quality
salt formation in the western United States and five operational salt
caverns for liquid fuel storage.
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