A power utility has secured $231m to produce green hydrogen from wastewater and solar power under a new energy storage and generation project in rural New Mexico.
Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC) said it would be using the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop 104MW of power production from green hydrogen and solar with battery energy storage systems (BESS).
The firm plans to produce green hydrogen from repurposed wastewater from a former mining site in the village of Questa and create energy storage technology that could last up to 16 hours.
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