Comments on: First Hydrogen Power Plant in Italy

By: michael

michael — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:45:38 +0000

Everyone should read this:

http://www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/coalpower/turbines/refshelf/igcc-h2-sygas/Using%20H2%20as%20a%20GT%20Fuel.pdf

Using Hydrogen in a gas turbine is great! but you still get NOx emissions that need to be handled properly.

By: Kanwaljit Singh

Kanwaljit Singh — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:38:08 +0000

Its amazing to know about hydrogen Power Plant in Italy. I think a Prototype should be thought of and made available to the World.This could be a path breaking revolution in Energy Stream and I am sure this could be Generation Next when we talk of diminishing Energies today.

By: ksviswanathan

ksviswanathan — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:20:42 +0000

It is nice to know that a byproduct is being used for producing power. The purity of hydrogen is not known. If hydrogen is of high purity a number of value added products can be made instead of power.

By: Zach

Zach — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:27:04 +0000

Sweet lets build more. Use these to reinvest in America!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:27:41 +0000

Great vision and concept !

By: JP

JP — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:45:09 +0000

Yes, congratulations for a good solution. It’s not the 1st in the world though, I know 2 plants been running in Finland for some years already. Like here, hydrogen coming as a by-product from a chemical process.

By: Vilas Khadse

Vilas Khadse — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:49:43 +0000

Dear Neil,Please understand that hydrogen is a byproduct of their main process i.e. ethylene cracking.The company is utilizing the byproduct for generation of 12+4= 16 MW of power. It is first of its kind in the world. All of us should congratulate the company for reducing/offsetting its carbon emissions in such a groundbreaking way.

By: neil mantena

neil mantena — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:31:24 +0000

It could be a game-changer if Hydrogen production is commercially competitive and if the power-generation cost is comparable to coal-based, natural gas based, and wind-based Power plants that have been in operation.

Could anyone enlighten the green power community how viable is the extraction of Hydrogen from Ehylene and the overall costs of such a power plant as compared to the conventional power plants and the safety issue?

By: Francisco A Roque

Francisco A Roque — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:49:55 +0000

I wonder if any of the USA power plants will try to do the same here at home. Although they are still very much inclined to waste gas and oil, and that we all know is very bad for the environment, I feel they could try doing this one town at a time.

Francisco