ATLANTA — Georgia Power completed a demonstration project this week blending hydrogen with natural gas at the utility’s Plant McDonough-Atkinson in Smyrna.The project was the first to test a blend of 20% hydrogen in a natural gas turbine in North America. The blend produced a 7% reduction in carbon emissions at a plant that burned coal until switching to gas a decade ago.Georgia Power, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company, worked in partnership with Mitsubishi Power.
“This monumental hydrogen demonstration project at Plant McDonough-Atkinson is another example of how, at Georgia Power and Southern Company, we are building the future of energy today,” said Allen Reaves, senior vice president…
