Hydrogen Blending Tracker

Company	Location(s)	State	Description	Announced	Blending	Status	Partners	Source	Notes
Constellation	Hillabee Generating Station, Alexander City	AL	“Working with Siemens Energy and EPRI, the hydrogen blending test was conducted at Constellation’s Hillabee Generating Station, a 753-megawatt combined-cycle natural gas plant in central Alabama that began operating in 2010. The test showed that with only minor modifications, an existing natural gas plant of that age can safely operate on a blend of 38 percent hydrogen, nearly doubling the previous blending record for similar generators. The blending test occurred May 18 at Hillabee on a Siemens Energy SGT6-6000G gas turbine.”	05/24/23	x	Completed	Siemens Energy, EPRI	Constellation site
Southwest Gas Holdings Co.	Tempe	AZ	Inject hydrogen into gas grid at training facility to assess optimal blend percentages, safety economics performance	05/07/21	x	Completed	Arizona State University	SPGlobal
Pacific Gas and Electric Co.	Lodi	CA	Build 130-acre facility to blend hydrogen and gas in stand-alone transmission pipeline system; test injection, storage, and combustion of various blends in end uses, including Lodi Energy Center power plant	05/02/22	x	In development	Northern CA Power Agency, Siemens Energy, Lodi, GHD Inc., University of CA at Riverside	SPGlobal
San Diego Gas & Electric Co.	Borrego Springs	CA	Produce green hydrogen on site at microgrid, inject supplies into storage containers for use in fuel cells to produce electricity	04/19/21		In development		SPGlobal
San Diego Gas & Electric Co.	Escondito	CA	Produce green hydrogen on site at Palomar Energy Center to power fuel cell vehicles, blend hydrogen into plant’s gas stream, cool turbines	04/19/21	x	In development		SPGlobal
San Diego Gas & Electric Co.	La Jolla	CA	Pilot hydrogen blends of up to 20% in medium-pressure gas distribution system comprised of all-plastic pipe on University of California San Diego’s main campus	09/08/22	x	Proposed to regulator	University of CA, San Diego	SPGlobal
Southern California Gas Co.		CA	Demonstration tests of modular 200-kW electrolyzer that can be stacked for use in microgrid	04/20/21		Completed	H2U Technologies Inc.	SPGlobal
Southern California Gas Co.	Thousand Palms	CA	Produce hydrogen on site to power hydrogen fuel cell buses, using renewable natural gas as feedstock	04/21/21		In progress	SunLine Transit Agency	SPGlobal
Southern California Gas Co.	Downey	CA	Demonstrate hydrogen-natural gas blend’s potential to power systems, appliances in model home	12/15/20	x	Completed	ATCO Ltd.	SPGlobal
Southern California Gas Co.	Pico Rivera	CA	Field-test technology that separates, compresses hydrogen from natural gas blends	12/16/20		Completed	HyET Hydrogen	SPGlobal
Southern California Gas Co.	Irvine	CA	Produce green hydrogen using solar, wind power to create zero-emissions energy system on college campus	07/26/21		In development	University of CA, Irvine	SPGlobal
Southern California Gas Co.	Los Angeles	CA	Demonstrate, commercialize technology using solar power to separate hydrogen from natural gas, capture CO2 in solid form	07/26/21		In development	University of CA, Los Angeles	SPGlobal
Southern California Gas Co.	Pasadena	CA	Use high-temperature solid oxide electrolyzer to produce hydrogen for injection into the California Institute of Technology’s gas infrastructure to generate electric power in fuel cells	12/14/21		In development	Bloom Energy Corp.	SPGlobal
Southern California Gas Co.	Los Angeles	CA	Test and demonstrate Kore Infrastructure’s pyrolysis-based thermochemical conversion system to process organic waste into renewable natural gas and hydrogen at SoCalGas facility	07/20/22		Completed	Kore Infrastucture, South Coast Air Quality Management District	SPGlobal
Southern California Gas Co.	Bakersfield	CA	Test-drive a prototype Ford F-550 Super Duty hydrogen fuel cell electric truck to evaluate performance as a utility fleet vehicle	08/15/22		In development	Ford Motor Co., U. S. DOE	SPGlobal
Southern California Gas Co.	Irvine	CA	Pilot hydrogen blends of up to 20% in medium-pressure gas distribution system with mixed steel and plastic pipes on University of California at Irvine campus	09/08/22	x	Proposed to regulator		SPGlobal
Southwest Gas Holdings Co.	Truckee	CA	Pilot hydrogen blends of up to 20% in working gas distribution system to generate performance and safety data for shipment at high elevation	09/08/22	x	Proposed to regulator		SPGlobal
Southern California Gas Co.	Arvada	CO	Use GKN Hydrogen’s HY2MEGA system to store green hydrogen produced on-site in a solid state (metal hydrides)	06/28/22		In development	GKN Hydrogen, NREL	SPGlobal
Xcel Energy	Box Elder Creek Ranch subdivision	CO	“In Box Elder Creek Ranch, Xcel Energy plans to start with a two percent hydrogen blend later this December, then work up to a 10 percent blend over the next two years.” “In documents presented to state utility regulators, it nevertheless estimates the $5 million demonstration will avoid about 50 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions — roughly equal to taking 11 gasoline-powered cars off the road. The company would eventually recover the cost from all natural gas ratepayers, not just residents of Box Elder Creek Ranch.” https://xcelenergyadamsdemo.com/#:~:text=Beginning%20in%202023%20we%20set,recently%20submitted%20to%20state%20regulators.	07/18/23	x	Postponed – “We continue to evaluate the project and have requested commission approval,” said Michelle Aguayo, a spokesperson for the state’s largest electric and gas utility. “If approved, we anticipate construction could begin around the middle of next year. ” https://www.cpr.org/2023/10/09/xcel-energy-delays-project-to-deliver-hydrogen-to-natural-gas-customers/		Plans to blend – https://www.cpr.org/2023/07/18/xcel-energy-wants-to-mix-hydrogen-into-the-natural-gas-system-starting-with-hudson/	Xcel Proposal to PUC – https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/07/Xcel-PUC-Proposal.pdf
Florida Power & Light	Okeechobee	FL	“FPL said a 5% blend of hydrogen will initially be tested in one of Okeechobee Clean Energy Center’s natural gas combustion turbines.”	10/11/23	x	In development		Power Engineering	First proposed in 2020 as NextEra project
CenterPoint Energy Inc.	Minneapolis	MN	Produce green hydrogen, blend less than 5% into low-pressure portions of CenterPoint’s MN distribution system	08/06/20	x	In progress		SPGlobal
Dominion Energy Inc.		NC	Test 5% blend of hydrogen in training facility system before blending hydrogen into distribution system	04/19/21	x	In development		SPGlobal
Southern California Gas Co.	Cary	NC	Develop low-temperature hydrogen production system powered by renewable energy capable of using biogas from waste sources as a feedstock	06/10/22		In development	Susteon Inc., Build Momentum Inc.	SPGlobal
New Jersey Resources Corp.	Howell	NJ	Produce hydrogen from solar power, blend less than 1% by volume into gas distribution system	11/30/20	x	In progress		SPGlobal
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.	Edison	NJ	Produce hydrogen using 1-MW electrolyzer and blend supply into distribution system at 2% by volume	03/01/23	x	Proposed to regulator		SPGlobal
South Jersey Industries Inc.		NJ	Produce hydrogen using electric power from offshore wind, study blending in gas grid	12/15/20	x	In development	Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind LLC	SPGlobal
Southern Co., National Grid Plc., One Gas Inc., New Jersey Natural Gas Co.		NREL, Sandia, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory	Evaluate impact of hydrogen blends in gas pipelines; study life-cycle emissions from blending; quantify costs and opportunities	11/18/20	x	In progress	U. S. DOE, and ~ 20 industry, academia, and public partners	SPGlobal
Southwest Gas Holdings Co.	Henderson	NV	Inject hydrogen into gas grid at training facility to assess optimal blend percentages, safety economics performance	08/06/21	x	In development	University of NV, Las Vegas, GTI Energy	SPGlobal
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc.	New York City	NY	Test hydrogen-gas blends for steam production in turbines at East River Station to verify operating and emissions characteristics	11/23/22	x	Proposed to regulator		SPGlobal
National Grid Plc	Central NY	NY	Pilot the Energy Transfer System, a combined hydrogen production, storage, and distribution facility	03/11/21	x	In development	Standard Hydrogen Corp.	SPGlobal
National Grid Plc	Lido Beach	NY	Expand project installed to pilot green hydrogen production for transportation decarbonization in order to blend supplies into gas distribution system	12/15/21	x	In development	Town of Hempstead, ODIN PC, Gilbarco Feeder Route	SPGlobal
Dominion Energy Inc.	Boston Heights	OH	Test hydrogen production and blending in a closed-loop distribution system	05/01/23	x	In development		SPGlobal	Hydrogen Heights news story – https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2024/01/16/blending-hydrogen-natural-gas-village#
General Electric	Hannibal	OH	“The plant, a subsidiary unit of the companies Fortress Investment Group and GCM Grosvenor, has enough capacity to supply the equivalent electricity needed to power 400,000 U.S. homes. The beating heart of the facility is GE Power’s 7HA.02 gas turbine, one of the world’s most advanced gas turbines in production. ‘This is a profound achievement for Long Ridge Energy Terminal, GE and the entire power generation industry,’ says Bo Wholey, president of Long Ridge Energy Terminal. “Long Ridge used a mix of natural gas and 5% hydrogen for the first firing test. ‘It’s 5% hydrogen [by volume] today, but 5% will lead to larger amounts,’ says Jeffrey Goldmeer, emergent technologies director for decarbonization at GE Gas Power.”	04/21/22	x	Completed	Fortress Investment Group (New Fortress) and GCM Grosvenor	GE website	Originally proposed in 2020.
Northwest Natural Holding Co.	Eugene	OR	Use local renewable power to produce hydrogen for use in Oregon distribution system	10/08/20	x	In development	Eugene Water & Electric Board, Bonneville Environmental Foundation	SPGlobal
Northwest Natural Holding Co.	Sherwood	OR	Test up to 20% hydrogen blend in distribution pipes and assess impact on appliances at training facility	11/05/20	x	In progress		SPGlobal
Northwest Natural Holding Co.	Portland	OR	Produce hydrogen and solid carbon from natural gas and air using concurrent combustion methane pyrolysis	07/27/22		In development	Modern Electron	SPGlobal
NiSource Inc.	Monaca	PA	Test hydrogen blends at Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania training facility	11/07/22	x	In progress	ENTrust, GTI Energy	SPGlobal	https://www.powermag.com/nisource-announces-blending-project-with-hydrogen-natural-gas/
Peoples Natural Gas Co. LLC	McKeesport	PA	Benchmark and research existing information and research on hydrogen transportation and blending in gas distribution systems	09/21/22	x	In development	University of Pittsburgh	SPGlobal	https://news.engineering.pitt.edu/peoples-gas-and-the-university-of-pittsburgh-partnering-on-pilot-program-to-evaluate-the-transport-of-hydrogen-in-natural-gas-systems/
One Gas Inc. (Texas Gas Service Co. Inc.) Southern California Gas Co.	Austin	TX	Produce hydrogen from electrolysis and renewable natural gas to power computing center fuel cell, supply fuel cell electric vehicle filling station	09/15/20		In progress	Frontier Energy Inc., Gas Technology Institute, U.S. DOE, University of TX at Austin	SPGlobal
Dominion Energy Inc.	Salt Lake City and Delta	UT	Four-phase pilot project aiming for 5% hydrogen blending in UT distribution system by 2030	Q3 2020	x	In progress		SPGlobal
Puget Sound Energy Inc.	Seattle	WA	Blend hydrogen into natural gas training facility system; test for leaks, air and gas quality, impact on end-use appliances	04/01/21	x	Completed	Western Energy Institute, American Gas Association	SPGlobal
Hope Gas		WV	“So we have a company that makes a fuel cell that can burn hydrogen. It can also burn natural gas as well, and it can be put in your home and basically act either as a backup generator or actually help you, basically, come off the grid at some point and use the fuel cell to be one of your sources of energy.”	10/31/23	x	In development	WATT Fuel Cell Corp., EQT	WV Metro News	Morgan O’Brien is CEO of Hope Gas. Read about him starting on p. 21 of https://www.betterpathcoalition.org/_files/ugd/4825d0_ebece26d28814adebfb053abe7d1bf0d.pdf He’s also mentioned throughout the brief.
Black Hills Energy Corp	Gillette	WY	Study feasibility of building a plant to produce hydrogen from WY coal through an oxidation reduction chemical process	05/01/23		In development	Babcock & Wilcox, Ohio State University, WY Energy Authority	SPGlobal
Southern Co. Gas			Advance microbial electrolysis technology to produce hydrogen from food waste; quantify costs and opportunities	08/03/21		In development	Electro-Active Technologies, T2M Global	SPGlobal