A hydrogen demonstration facility has launched in Austin, Texas. It will help provide power to the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) data center via a fuel cell. Part of the US Department of Energy (DOE)’s H2@Scale initiative, the facility is designed as a model for future large-scale hydrogen development, showcasing an ‘integrated hydrogen ecosystem’ for production, distribution, storage, and use. The project – located at the University of Texas (UT) J.J. Pickle Research Campus in Austin – is a collaboration between GTI Energy and its subsidiary Frontier Energy, the UT Center for Electromechanics, and nearly two dozen industry stakeholders. The site will generate hydrogen using water electrolysis powered by solar and wind energy, as well as steam methane reformation via natural gas from landfills.

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