Friday, September 9, 2022

SoCalGas, UCI In Hydrogen Gas Project

Southern California Gas (SoCalGas) and the University of California, Irvine (UCI), said this morning that the two are in a "proposed collaboration" around clean, renewable hydrogen can be blended into the campus natural gas system. According to the two, the project will help better understand how clean fuels like renewable hydrogen could be delivered at scale through California's existing natural gas system, either to existing customers connected to the gas grid, or to generate clean electricity in zero-emissions fuel cells. The new project will use hydrogen generated through something called an electrolyzer, which converts water into hydrogen. The two said the demonstration project would power existing residential and light commercial equipment, including water heaters, boilers, furnaces, and ovens in academic buildings, student amenities, and housing.