Talk:Intermountain Power Plant

Proposed addition
The "Conversion to Natural Gas" section is quite sparse so I included further information on the project below.

Also, the IPP is actually being converted to hydrogen not natural gas so this heading should be updated!

Conversion to Hydrogen: A major example of a Power-Gas-Power project is the conversion of Intermountain Power Project (IPP). Owned by Intermountain Power Agency (IPA), this project will convert existing assets to a 840 MW combined cycle gas turbine capable of using a blend of natural gas and 30% green hydrogen in 2025, ultimately increasing that percentage to 100% on or before 2045. The green hydrogen used by the new power plant will be produced exclusively by electrolysis using renewable energy. The goal is to leverage curtailed and low-cost purpose-built wind and solar energy to produce green hydrogen, store it onsite and use it in place of natural gas at IPP; ultimately enabling carbon-free, dispatchable electric generation. The primary offtaker of the resulting renewable electricity will be Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, which is in a transmission constrained basin and has a 100% clean energy mandate. The large salt dome formation in central west Utah nearby the Intermountain Power Project (IPP) plant can be used for long term storage of green hydrogen and provide a strategic renewable energy reliability reserve for the electric system.

All information above can be found at this source: https://www.ghcoalition.org/guidebook

I am a volunteer for a non-profit, the Green Hydrogen Coalition, an organization that specializes in developing educational materials about low-carbon hydrogen. I do have a conflict of interest on this topic due to my affiliation with the GHC so I thought that it would be best to suggest these edits rather than making any myself.

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 * Firstly, I sincerely thank you for openly declaring your COI!!! Much appreciated, as many other editors add content and refuse to admit their COI.


 * The addition you suggest would need to be sourced from a Reliable Source WP:RS, that is also an Independent Source WP:IS. I was planning to soon update this article with info from a LA Times article on the power plant,  and intend to include at least one or two sentences about this new generation including green hydrogen, which I have seen mentioned in other newspaper articles also.


 * If you can find and list any newpaper articles which have covered this subject, I'll read them and can use those as acceptable sources for more information about this new project at the power plant site.


 * It is interesting, this is the first I've heard of "green hydrogen"...essentially an energy storage system for storing solar/wind electricity...are there any cost comparisons of storing electricity with hydrogen vs. batteries? Just something I'm curious about, but could be included if sourced from Reliable Sources, Thanks!!--- Avatar317 (talk) 21:51, 3 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Providing some helpful sources below:
 * https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2019-12-10/los-angeles-hydrogen-fueled-intermountain-power-plant


 * https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/uploadedFiles/CPUC_Website/Content/Utilities_and_Industries/Energy/Energy_Programs/Gas/Natural_Gas_Market/Nov13LADWP.pdf


 * http://www.ladwpintake.com/the-future-of-ipp-is-green/


 * https://www.iea-coal.org/usa-power-station-switch-from-coal-to-hydrogen-sets-new-global-example/


 * Also Section 5.2 of this source is on batteries vs hydrogen storage and has external sources cited if the source itself isn't ok to use: https://www.ghcoalition.org/guidebook


 * Green hydrogen has become really popular quickly! Now included in Biden's climate plan & gaining international popularity. I hope this is all helpful!


 * Thanks for the sources! I also found others that I used. I have added to the article, and feel that the request has been done, so I will remove the "edit request" tag. --- Avatar317 (talk) 00:54, 23 October 2020 (UTC)