NiSource launches multi-phase hydrogen blending project

NiSource announced the launch of a multi-phase hydrogen blending project – one of the first in the United States to use a blending skid in a controlled setting to mix hydrogen and natural gas at precise levels to determine optimal blend percentages and their environmental and consumer benefits. Elected officials and community leaders joined NiSource President and Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Yates and other company officials on Oct. 5, at the program’s launch at the Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania Training Center’s Safety Town in Monaca, Pa., where the hydrogen blending skid has been constructed, to tout the possible benefits of this clean energy solution. Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, a subsidiary of NiSource, partnered with EN Engineering to construct the hydrogen blending skid, which allows for the controlled blending of hydrogen into Safety Town’s natural gas system at various percentages, ranging from two to 20 percent.