Montgomery County, Maryland Will Generate Hydrogen at Its Main Transit Center

1) Montgomery County, Maryland will generate hydrogen at its main transit center, supported by a microgrid developed by AlphaStruxure that includes 5 MW of rooftop solar, a 2 MW/7.35 MWH battery storage system, and electrolyzers creating sufficient hydrogen to fuel 13 fuel-cell-powered transit buses.

2) Orange and Rockland Utilities commissions 12MW/57 MWh battery system to support distribution grid and provide sub-station back-up.

3) S&P Global Commodity identifies 39 U.S. gas utility hydrogen pilot projects, with over 50% involving blending low- or zero-carbon hydrogen with methane into pipeline networks.

4) Microsoft to buy CO2 credits from Orsted for gases captured at two Danish biomass cogeneration power plants, with carbon to be stored in geological reservoirs under the North Sea. 

5) After five additional attempts, Lawrence Livermore National Ignition Facility unable to replicate experiment yielding net positive energy.

6) North American Reliability Corporation issues separate warnings related to both upcoming summer grid reliability as well as winter preparedness. Winter Level 3 warning unprecedented.

7) PJM tells federal regulators almost 50% of its black-start units lack firm fuel supplies, while being spread unevenly across the grid. Asks for designated black-start incentives.