Plains All American and Atura Power, a subsidiary of OPG, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to conduct a low-carbon hydrogen (electrolyzer produced) and subsurface storage feasibility study and front-end engineering design (FEED) study related to the companies’ existing assets and operations in Windsor, Ont.
The prospective studies will analyze the technical and commercial feasibility of Atura designing, constructing, and operating a 20-Mw electrolyzer adjacent to its Brighton Beach Generating Station (BBGS), and Plains providing subsurface hydrogen storage service at its nearby Windsor salt-cavern product storage facility.
BBGS has direct access to a high-voltage switchyard for the electricity component, and proximity to the Detroit River and the BBGS water treatment system for the water component. Plains Windsor storage caverns are sit within 3-1/2 km of BBGS.
Start of the feasibility and FEED studies is contingent on receipt of Canadian federal grant funding, which is anticipated in this year’s second quarter.
Plains owns 28 million bbl of natural gas liquids storage capacity, including more than 50 storage caverns with connectivity via pipeline, rail, and trucking.
