THE BLUEPRINT:
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New York State awarded $6.9M for hydrogen R&D on Long Island
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Stony Brook University awarded funding for hydrogen storage for healthcare system
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National Grid to deploy hydrogen-fueled linear generator
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Projects aim to cut emissions and boost grid reliability
New York State awarded $6.9 million in funding for clean hydrogen research and development projects on Long Island. The funding is part of $11 million that was awarded to five projects across the state.
Stony Brook University received $4.9 million to develop a low-pressure, ambient-temperature hydrogen storage system for Northwell Health, while National Grid Ventures was awarded $2 million to install what officials describe as “the first commercially deployed” fully hydrogen-fueled linear generator at National Grid’s Northport power plant in Fort Salonga.
“New York’s investments in clean hydrogen are helping to unlock this emerging resource as a potential contributor to the state’s affordable, abundant, and reliable energy system,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a news release about the funding. “Advancing alternative fuels like clean hydrogen will grow our clean energy economy while reducing emissions statewide.”
The projects were selected through the Advanced Fuels and Thermal Energy Research Program, administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). This program funds clean fuel innovation efforts that aim to decarbonize industrial processes, integrate clean fuel production with renewable energy sources, and demonstrate clean fuel-based power generation systems to enhance grid reliability. The awarded initiatives seek to address key challenges to the widespread adoption of clean hydrogen.
“We are proud to partner with these companies that have been awarded for their bold vision in advancing clean hydrogen as part of New York’s energy transition,” NYSERDA President and CEO Doreen Harris said in the news release.
“These innovative projects are catalysts for development that will lower costs, grow the economy, and make this resource a viable solution as part of a diversified clean energy mix for all New Yorkers,” Harris added.
Beyond grid support, the awarded projects are expected to demonstrate how clean hydrogen can help to reduce various emissions – including carbon, nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide and particulate matter – from industrial processes and transportation in congested areas, helping to improve public health near transit hubs, industrial corridors, and hospitals — including in disadvantaged communities, as defined by the state’s Climate Justice Working Group criteria.
“The investment by NYSERDA to support this [Stony Brook] project will enable significant advances in flexible energy storage that can meet dynamic industrial and consumer demand,” Stony Brook University President Andrea Goldsmith said in the news release.
“Demonstrating this novel technology in a hospital system will ensure that patients and healthcare workers are not subject to power outages or shortages in their critical care systems,” Goldsmith said. “This project reflects a collaboration between Stony Brook and seven industrial partners representing the entire hydrogen value chain, further strengthening New York’s leadership role in clean energy innovation.”
National Grid Ventures US President Will Hazelip said that the project is “another leap forward” in the utility’s efforts to “building a stronger, more resilient energy system.
“The first-of-its-kind commercial deployment of a green hydrogen linear generator at our Northport power plant is a big step forward in advancing new energy resources,” Hazelip said in the news release.
“This innovative, flameless technology will minimize emissions and run on clean hydrogen, with the ability to use other more accessible or affordable fuel sources as needed,” Hazelip said.
“This pilot project reflects our commitment to advancing dispatchable, zero-emission technologies essential to meeting New York’s climate goals and enhancing reliability,” Long Island Power Authority CEO Carrie Meek Gallagher said in the news release. “This exciting partnership with National Grid Ventures is bringing together stakeholders across the state to shape a more resilient, reliable, and carbon-free electric grid.”
The projects are funded through the state’s 10-year, $6 billion Clean Energy Fund.
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