San Juan County, N.M., Aims to Become a Hydrogen Energy Hub
The county hopes to convert into a “hydrogen hub” that will supply clean energy to different industries. The first hydrogen fuel station is expected to be active by 2024, faster than any other current commercial project of its kind in the nation.
May 24, 2021 • (TNS) A team of veteran energy developers is putting the building blocks in place to potentially convert San Juan County, N.M., into a hydrogen hub to supply clean electricity to western utilities, plus non-carbon fuel for vehicles and industrial processes.
Libertad Power Project LLC says it could have its first hydrogen-fueled generating station up and running in the Farmington area by 2024 far faster than any other commercial project currently under development in the U.S. And once operating, the power plant would provide the initial anchor for building out a broad production-and-storage center that could attrac