Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) in early May announced it plans to run a 10-year study that will blend natural gas and green hydrogen in a standalone transmission system for potential use in storage, electric generation and vehicle fuel. 

The project, known as Hydrogen to Infinity, will involve PG&E and several partners – the Northern California Power Agency (NCPA), Siemens Energy, the City of Lodi, GHD Inc., and the University of California at Riverside – testing different levels of hydrogen blends in a natural gas pipeline system independent from its current natural gas transmission system. 

Analyses of the study will be conducted at a new 130-acre facility in Lodi, CA. The facility is adjacent to NCPA’s 300 MW Lodi Center power plant, which PG&E said will accept a...