BayoTech, Inc. (“BayoTech”), an innovator in hydrogen solutions, announced an agreement with New Mexico Gas Company to deploy a new highly-efficient hydrogen production facility in Albuquerque. The BayoTech-owned BayoGaaS™ Hydrogen Hub will be located on New Mexico Gas Company property and provide hydrogen to support the utility’s decarbonization goals.
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“Hydrogen provides us with an opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and we’re invested in exploring its potential,” said Gerald Weseen, Vice President, Regulatory, Strategy & External Affairs at New Mexico Gas Company. “We’re proud to partner with BayoTech in deploying their made-in-New Mexico technology to fuel our hydrogen blending project.”
Hydrogen produced at the hub will be used by New Mexico Gas in a pilot project to demonstrate the safe and effective blending of hydrogen into the company’s natural gas distribution system. Hydrogen can be injected into natural gas pipelines, and the blend can then be used by conventional end users of natural gas for power, heat and cooking. Because combustion of hydrogen emits only water, blending hydrogen with natural gas reduces the greenhouse gas intensity of the natural gas stream.
The low-cost, low-carbon hydrogen produced at the BayoGaaS™ Hydrogen Hub will also be available for other local customers, including retail hydrogen refueling stations and operators of fuel cell fleet vehicles and backup power systems.
“With the commissioning of a BayoTech hydrogen hub in Albuquerque, transportation and industry in New Mexico will now have a local source of reliable, economical clean hydrogen to decarbonize their businesses,” said Mo Vargas, BayoTech’s CEO. “I’m proud to celebrate this significant milestone on the path to becoming the world’s largest distributed hydrogen company.”
The administration of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is taking a leadership role in establishing New Mexico at the forefront of the clean hydrogen revolution. Leveraging its existing industries and infrastructure, New Mexico has an opportunity to develop a world-class, clean hydrogen economy focusing on the production, use, and export of clean hydrogen.