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    "title": "Hydrogen May Flow Soon, but Natural Gas Should Remain, Says Sapphire Technologies CEO",
    "modified_at": "2023-03-17 18:02:54",
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    "body": "<p><em>By Morgan Evans</em></p><p><em>This article was originally </em><a href=\"https://www.naturalgasintel.com/hydrogen-may-flow-soon-but-natural-gas-should-remain-says-sapphire-technologies-ceo/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>published here</em></a><em>.</em></p><p>After the Los Angeles City Council last month voted to transition the city&rsquo;s largest natural gas-fired plant to green hydrogen by 2030, there are still some &ldquo;areas of concern,&rdquo; Sapphire Technologies Inc. CEO Freddie Sarhan said.&nbsp;</p><p>According to&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.naturalgasintel.com/los-angeles-municipal-utility-aiming-for-net-zero-power-generation-by-2045/\"><strong>LA100, a study and roadmap</strong></a>&nbsp;for the city&rsquo;s best means to achieve 100% renewable electricity by 2045 or sooner, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) should work to transition its four owned and operated in-basin power plants to renewable fuels, green hydrogen or natural gas with renewable offsets.&nbsp;</p><p>Regulators took an initial step last month in approving a motion to open the regulatory process for the Scattergood Generating Station (SGS) Green Hydrogen project. If the LADWP&rsquo;s proposal receives final approval, the agency plans to transition the 876 MW SGS to green hydrogen by 2030.&nbsp;</p><p>The LADWP noted in a presentation it must also decommission two of its three natural gas-fired units in 2024.</p><p>Speaking to natural gas&rsquo; role in the United States&rsquo; clean energy transition, Sarhan told NGI that &ldquo;over time, anything hydrocarbon-based has been considered a pollutant, and in a purist sense, it absolutely is. But I do not believe it should go away. I do not believe natural gas should disappear, the same way I do not believe hydrogen should be the end-all, be-all solution to everything.&rdquo;</p><h4 id=\"continue-reading\" ><a href=\"https://www.naturalgasintel.com/hydrogen-may-flow-soon-but-natural-gas-should-remain-says-sapphire-technologies-ceo/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Continue Reading</em></a></h4><div id=\"bookmark-fd05d4fe-cffc-4957-9c75-abc317429ea9\"\n     class=\"release-content-bookmark release-content-bookmark--horizontal\">\n\n            <a class=\"release-content-bookmark__thumbnail\"\n           href=\"https://www.naturalgasintel.com/hydrogen-may-flow-soon-but-natural-gas-should-remain-says-sapphire-technologies-ceo/\"\n           rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\n           target=\"_blank\"           style=\"background-image: url(https://prezly.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.naturalgasintel.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F03%2FFreddie-Sarhan-20230307.png?ar=1%3A1&amp;fit=crop&amp;s=eed73539e046ddab1fc64924fcae0df3)\"\n        ></a>\n    \n    <div class=\"release-content-bookmark__details\">\n\n                    <a class=\"release-content-bookmark__title\"\n               href=\"https://www.naturalgasintel.com/hydrogen-may-flow-soon-but-natural-gas-should-remain-says-sapphire-technologies-ceo/\"\n               rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\n               target=\"_blank\"               data-type=\"bookmark\"\n               data-track=\"Story WebBookmark Click\"\n               data-placement=\"content\"\n               data-id=\"fd05d4fe-cffc-4957-9c75-abc317429ea9\"\n           >\n                Hydrogen May Flow Soon, but Natural Gas Should Remain, Says Sapphire Technologies CEO - Natural Gas Intelligence            </a>\n        \n                    <div class=\"release-content-bookmark__description\">\n                After the Los Angeles City Council last month voted to transition the city\u2019s largest natural gas-fired plant to green hydrogen by 2030, there are still            </div>\n        \n        <a href=\"https://www.naturalgasintel.com/\"\n           target=\"_blank\"\n           rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\n           class=\"release-content-bookmark__provider\"\n        >\n            <img class=\"release-content-bookmark__provider-icon\" src=\"https://avatars.prezly.com/favicon?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.naturalgasintel.com%2Fhydrogen-may-flow-soon-but-natural-gas-should-remain-says-sapphire-technologies-ceo%2F&newsroom=335a4011-7fdf-410f-8e36-cb891220e74b\" aria-hidden=\"true\" />\n            Natural Gas Intelligence        </a>\n    </div>\n</div>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>",
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