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Retired New Mexico coal-fired plant to be repurposed to hydrogen

A retired coal-fired power plant (CFPP) in Prewitt, New Mexico is set to be converted to produce blue and green hydrogen by a new technology collaboration, Escalante H2 Power.

Formed by Newpoint Gas and Brooks Energy, Escalante H2 Power has signed a letter of intent to purchase Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association’s now retired 253MW Escalante Generating Station in Prewitt, New Mexico and convert it to produce blue and green hydrogen.

The company states this will be the world’s first conversion from a large-scale CFPP to a large-scale blue/green hydrogen fired zero emission power plant.

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