Forgoing Fossil Fuels, a New Mexico Utility Eyes Green Hydrogen

Image caption: Kit Carson Electric has been seeking funding for a green hydrogen project at a Questa, New Mexico, molybdenum mine that is currently a Superfund site, shown here. Image credit: Kent G. Budge via Wikimedia Commons. Article by Mary Catherine O’Connor. Undark – August 27, 2024. Originally published by High Country News.

Hydrogen — the smallest and simplest molecule and also the Earth’s most abundant element — is essential to living things. It’s also necessary for modern industrial processes like oil refining and fertilizer production. And in Questa, New Mexico, it could help power a fossil-free electric grid by producing what’s called “green hydrogen.” […]

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