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Energy entrepreneur: Kansas wind power, underground storage fuels optimism of hydrogen’s potential – Kansas Reflector
TOPEKA — People drink it day-after-day, however a central component of that substance may ultimately energy manufacturing crops or gasoline autos whereas shifting the nation towards a way forward for diminished reliance on oil and pure fuel.
That’s the optimistic view of hydrogen’s potential from Joe Spease, chief govt officer of WindSoHy, an Overland Park firm devoted to mixing low cost electrical energy from Kansas wind energy, an unlimited community of underground storage caverns and expertise to separate hydrogen from the oxygen in water. The bundle may considerably cut back reliance on fossil fuels contributing to local weather change and rising greenhouse fuel concentrations, he stated.
“The potential for inexperienced hydrogen for automobile gasoline and producing electrical energy is our best financial and environmental hope, as a result of it’s going to be cheaper than all fossil fuels when it’s made accurately and goes to do extra to cease local weather change than every other technological supply on this planet,” Spease stated. “There’s nothing to not like about it.”
Spease stated on the Kansas Reflector podcast advances in use of nitrogen within the power financial system would decrease utility prices and create thousands and thousands of jobs. Nevertheless, he estimated just one/tenth of 1% of individuals appreciated potential of hydrogen — a lightweight, extremely reactive gasoline derived by a chemical course of often called electrolysis. Utilizing nature’s most plentiful chemical component for power would decrease emissions of carbon dioxide into the ambiance, however would necessitate a rise in photo voltaic and wind property to achieve environmental objectives.
Corporations and governments all through the world have elevated investments in hydrogen growth. There’s rising curiosity by Congress and President Joe Biden in acceleration of analysis resulting in reasonably priced, plentiful and clear hydrogen manufacturing and consumption in the US.
In 2021, the U.S. Division of Vitality’s Earthshot program included an initiative designed to hurry deployment of hydrogen at scale. The company plans to take a position billions of {dollars} in decreasing the price of producing hydrogen from renewable power akin to photo voltaic and wind.
A Kansas angle
Spease stated the good information was that making hydrogen with the greatest pure property may end in a product cheaper than any fossil gasoline.
At present, a lot of the price of producing inexperienced hydrogen was the worth of energy to run electrolyzers that cut up hydrogen from oxygen in water by way of electrical present. A key to success of a hydrogen trade in Kansas, he stated, can be the acquisition of wind energy generated at evening when demand and price had been lowest.
Spease stated this inexperienced electrical energy would to run industrial electrolyzers in Kansas to create large portions of hydrogen. The hydrogen can be saved within the state’s underground salt caverns till moved to business companies by PVC pipelines.
Heavy trade — suppose metal or cement crops — ought to decrease emissions by drawing hydrogen from inexperienced sources relatively than the so-called grey or blue hydrogen constituted of pure fuel or different fossil fuels that contain carbon sequestration, Spease stated. He pushed again towards fossil gasoline advocates enthusiastic about mixing hydrogen with pure fuel within the nation’s present pure fuel pipeline community.
“That’s going to be a dangerous thought,” Spease stated. “There are some folks in the hydrogen trade who insist that it’s okay. All they’re doing is actually making an attempt to lengthen the use of pure fuel.”
Gas pump station
In some unspecified time in the future, he stated, companies ought to have the ability to set up electrolyzers and underground storage tanks at gasoline stations for the manufacturing and sale of hydrogen for autos.
Spease stated vehicles or vans may very well be transformed to run on hydrogen — a technique embraced by Amazon in a contract with hydrogen gasoline cell producer Plug Energy for long-haul vans. The excellence from present apply can be that hydrogen have to be pumped into automobile or truck gasoline tanks underneath stress, he stated.
“As a result of hydrogen gasoline cells are actually, actually efficient they’re far far superior to batteries. With a battery, you can go a couple 100 miles, and then you have to spend a lot of time to recharge the battery. And with a hydrogen gasoline cell automobile, you will go 500 or 600 miles on with one tank,” he stated.
Spease stated the way forward for hydrogen, given economies of scale, may result in a revolution in the way in which energy was provided to particular person residences. The science was shifting in the path of making it doable to have electrolyzers put in wherever hydrogen was wanted, he stated.
“We’re gonna get to the level ultimately every particular person family will be in a position to make their personal,” he stated.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – A Kansas City funeral home with a history of complaints is ordered to stop operating after an investigation found “continued violations.”
The Missouri State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors revoked the license for Savory and Sons Funeral Home. The funeral home is located near E. 43rd Street and Blue Ridge Boulevard in Kansas City, Mo.
The state provided information that shows the company received a probationary license in September 2020. The license was extended in July 2023, even after records show there was a second violation at the funeral home.
The Missouri State Board of Embalmers said it received further complaints about Savory and Sons, which caused it to hold a probationary hearing this week. The board said it decided to revoke the funeral home’s license after hearing testimony from people who complained about issues at the funeral home.
Some of the complaints include not receiving cremated remains of a family member, overcharging, and not receiving a death certificate.
The decision means Savory and Sons will no longer be able to hold funerals or practice as a funeral establishment in Missouri.
Due to the complaints about Savory and Sons, the Missouri Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Section is investigating the funeral home. Anyone who has issues with Savory and Sons is asked to call the attorney general’s consumer hotline at 800-392-8222.
Families with questions related to death certificates should contact the Missouri Electronic Vital Records support line at 573-751-6387. Select option 4.
The full findings of the investigation and the disciplinary order can be viewed below.
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Discussions are paving the way for community initiatives aimed at addressing housing and public transit needs in Kansas City, Kansas.
Several community leaders met Wednesday to talk about a new collaboration between ARES CDL Institute, Kansas City Kansas Community College, Turning Point Consulting and the Kansas Department for Children and Families.
Dr. Fabiola Riobé, a vice president at Kansas City Kansas Community College, emphasized the importance of collaboration in creating meaningful change.
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“It’s only when we come together are we actually going to have something that pushes the needle forward,” she said.
This initiative stakeholders met about, including Mayor Tyrone Garner and a representative from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, aims to provide Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) training to clients of the Housing Authority.
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“Housing someone is not the end all,” said Andrea Tapia, executive director of the Kansas City, Kansas Housing Authority. “They still need wraparound services. There are still issues like transportation, issues like finding a job, childcare. All of those things still need to happen.”
Transportation is a central theme in the second initiative: the development of Redbud Reserve, a 192-unit garden-style affordable apartment community to be built on 10.63 acres at 6909 State Avenue.
Marian Development Group leads the project under Redbud Reserve LLC.
The Kansas City Transportation Authority’s (KCATA) Economic Development and Real Estate Committee approved the proposal, meaning that it now needs two votes of approval from the organization’s full board.
The first vote would take place on June 25 and the second vote on July 30.
“[The developer] helps build out transit infrastructure, and then we offer affordable housing to the region, and especially to our riders,” said Michael Riley, KCATA director of transit-oriented development and transit-oriented community.
The project, if approved, would be scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2025 and end around the second quarter of 2027.
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It will also feature eight, three-story buildings, a clubhouse, playground and open spaces.
The vacant site is located within the RP-5 multifamily zoning district and has already received support from 8th District Commissioner Andrew Davis and KCKCC President Greg Mosier.
“This would be the first Transit-Oriented Community Development (TOCD) in Wyandotte County along the Bi-State Corridor supported by KCATA,” Riley said. “This would be pretty rare for KCK since it’s our first KCK facility.”
Riley says KCATA has approved eight TODC facilities in Kansas City, Missouri.
The development is expected to generate approximately $18 million in taxable construction purchases and long-term property tax revenue, while also increasing KCATA ridership.
Riley confirmed none of the cost comes from KCATA, which recently announced it was cutting the frequency of routes and service hours due to lack of funding.
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“All that money comes from the developer, so for the most part, the developer brings the capital to us, they’ll help buy our bonds,” Riley said. “Our bonds help facilitate TOD, transit-oriented outcomes, and then they get the savings for the tax exemption.”
The $52.5 million development will be funded through various public-private partnerships, including 4% federal and state Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), tax-exempt START conduit bonds, conventional debt, and sponsor equity.
Riley says the development team will fund the construction of a new bus stop and support KCATA’s Community Ambassadors program, which aims to enhance bus safety and provide social service support to riders in need.
Additionally, the developer has agreed to an impact payment contribution of $367,500 to Wyandotte County.
“I am excited about the prospect of this project, providing additional high-quality, safe, and affordable housing options for our students just across the street from the college,” said Mosier said in a release.
The first training event for the ARES CDL Institute project will take place on June 27 at Wyandotte Towers Community Center, 915 Washington Boulevard from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. for anyone looking to learn more about employment opportunities.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — People gathered in parts of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, Tuesday night holding signs of “solidarity.”
KSHB 41 News reporter Isabella Ledonne followed with protesters as they demonstrated underneath an Interstate 35 overpass just south of downtown near Kansas City’s Westside.
Protesters want ICE raids to stop
Demonstrators said they were showing support to their community in Kansas City and Los Angeles.
Parts of Los Angeles have been ground zero in a demonstration against federal government immigration enforcement efforts. Many in attendance on Tuesday in downtown Kansas City told KSHB 41 News they are immigrants themselves.
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“I know what this feels like; it’s heartbreaking,” Kansas City protester Jessica Saucedo said. “I hate it. I don’t sleep.”
Protesters marched from the underpass east toward one of Kansas City’s iconic locations – the north lawn of the World War I Museum and Memorial.
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“I felt it was my right and my duty to come here as what I had to go through to come here and yell,” Saucedo said.
Leonardo Hernandez and Michelle Ramos explained public safety was top of mind, as numerous reports fled out of the protests in LA.
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“I was a little nervous,” Hernandez said. “I’m not going to lie. I thought, you know, you never know what could happen at these events.”
Hernandez and Ramos told KSHB 41 reporter Isabella Ledonne they saw a fight break out between two men in the street, and they heard a firework explode.
“One little thing can trigger the whole crowd and we were doing a peaceful protest and that fight was so unnecessary,” Ramos said.
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Even with that isolated incident, Hernandez said he’s glad he came out and share his voice.
“At the end of the day, what you are, what color it doesn’t matter, we’re here to support, make a change. Unity is very important,” he said.
Protesters marched around downtown for several hours on Tuesday evening, eventually blocking the intersection of Pershing and Main in front of Union Station. Several fireworks were set off in the evening, disrupting both lanes of traffic.
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The crowd eventually dispersed around 11 p.m. on Tuesday. KCPD said no arrests were made, no injuries were reported and the demonstrations remained peaceful.
KSHB 41 reporter Isabella Ledonne reports on stories about government accountability. Share your story idea with Isabella.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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