Cleveland-Cliffs takes part in pioneering hydrogen test

Cleveland-Cliffs recently took part in a first-of-its-kind hydrogen power test.The Milwaukee-based company WEC Energy Group and the Electric Power Research Institute, or EPRI, demonstrated the blending of hydrogen in a natural gas generator to power the Michigan operations of steelmaker and mine operator Cleveland-Cliffs, one of the Region’s largest employers. It’s billed as “the first hydrogen power test of a utility-scale, grid-connected reciprocating engine generator in the world.”The project supplied energy to Cleveland-Cliffs’ mines in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, which supply iron ore to its blast furnaces, including at its steel mills in Northwest Indiana.”We’re very pleased to take a leading role exploring the potential of this technology as we focus on providing customers with affordable, reliable and clean energy,” said Gale Klappa, executive chairman of…

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