Plug Power, Brookfield Renewable to build green hydrogen plant (updated)

Brookfield Renewable Partners LP

30/03/2021 12:42

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    March 30 (Reuters) - Fuel cell maker Plug Power Inc  PLUG.O 
said on Tuesday it planned to build a green hydrogen production
plant in south-central Pennsylvania with Brookfield Renewable
Partners  BEP.N .
    Hydrogen has taken off this year as the future green fuel of
choice, with governments and businesses betting big that the
universe's most abundant element can help fight climate change,
worsened by the use of fossil fuels. (https://reut.rs/3u54x6L)
    Green hydrogen is hydrogen extracted from water using
electrolysis powered by renewable energy. It is being touted as
a way to decarbonise emissions from heavy industries and
transport sectors.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2IQ08Y
    Plug Power's Pennsylvania plant, which will use renewable
energy from Brookfield's hydroelectric facility in Holtwood in
the same state, is projected to produce about 15 metric-tons of
emissions-free liquid hydrogen per day.
    Plug Power's plant is expected to be online by late 2022,
with construction slated to begin by the first quarter of 2022.
    Last month, Plug power announced the construction of a green
hydrogen production facility and electric substation in New
York, joining the company's existing plant in Tennessee.
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 (Reporting by Rithika Krishna in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini
Ganguli)
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