The owner of a power plant being built along the Ohio River in eastern Ohio is taking steps toward fueling it with hydrogen and not just natural gas, as originally planned.
When the 485-megawatt power plant at Long Ridge Energy Terminal in Monroe County opens later this year, the natural gas-fired plant will be blended with hydrogen, a carbon dioxide-free energy source being pitched as a way to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
The goal is to transition the plant to 100% hydrogen over the next decade potentially green hydrogen a renewable energy source that uses electrolysis to split water to harvest hydrogen molecules.