Utah took a step forward yesterday in switching a coal plant to 100% renewable hydrogen — a plan that would allow Los Angeles to be the first U.S. city powered by the fuel.

Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) announced a contract yesterday with Utah’s Intermountain Power Agency (IPA) for a gas turbine technology that will help a coal-fired power plant in central Utah gradually transition to using renewable hydrogen for electricity. Renewable hydrogen is created when renewable energy is harnessed to split water molecules.

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