Escalante H2 Power, created by Newpoint Gas LLC and Brooks Energy Company, has signed an LOI with Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Inc., to purchase their now retired 253-MW Escalante Generating Station in Prewitt, New Mexico. 

Newpoint's process incorporates a steam methane reformer with hydrogen purification to separate the hydrogen and CO₂ pre-combustion. The carbon is sequestered underground and the pure hydrogen is used as fuel to produce steam and generate power.

In addition to the LOI, Newpoint has entered into an agreement for zero-emission modular design technology to Escalante H₂Power.

In upcycling the retired generation station, Escalante H2 Power will achieve: 

• Net zero emissions dispatchable power
• Provide employment opportunities in cutting edge hydrogen energy technology
• Include the ability to supply commercial scale clean-fresh water, which is produced from the combustion of hydrogen. 

Newpoint's blue and green hydrogen technology platform has the capacity to merge the low environmental impact of renewable power with the dispatchable power generation of a fossil fueled power plant. This approach produces hydrogen that can be distributed to support the emerging hydrogen economy which includes zero emission trucks/cars (without batteries) and fuel cells.

"Since announcing the retirement of the Escalante Station, Tri-State has been working with impacted communities to support meaningful economic development opportunities," said Tri-State CEO Duane Highley. "With the solid condition of the power plant, the potential sale for redevelopment utilizing innovative hydrogen technologies could advance the region's clean energy transition, while providing local employment and economic development opportunities."

Escalante H2 will be the world's first conversion from a large-scale CFPP to a large-scale blue and green hydrogen fired zero emission power plant.