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A Fifth of U.S. Green Hydrogen Projects Eyed for Water-Stressed Areas

09 Aug 2024 | Abstracted from CleanTechnica

"...wind- and solar-powered plant in the Sonoran Desert will make hydrogen trucking fuel from a groundwater source that experts say is not sustainable. The 11,000 metric tons of hydrogen per year that the project plans to produce will require at least 26 million gallons - and use between 32 to 45 million gallons total if the additional water needed for purification and cooling...it will remove even more water from an aquifer that has been declining by 3 feet per year..."

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