GeoPrime Energy · Deep DiveRiver Rouge & North Carolina
The River Rouge flagship anchors GPE's Michigan cluster, a utility-grade, hydrogen-ready hybrid power campus designed for grid independence and multi-fuel resilience, with a parallel 300+ MW corridor opportunity in North Carolina.
River Rouge, Michigan, Flagship Campus
Phase 1 Working Configuration
The Phase 1 working configuration (approximately 250-300 MW at full initial buildout) blends dispatchable thermal generation, multi-fuel capability, storage, and renewables, fully integrated with SCADA, EMS, and NERC-CIP-compliant cybersecurity.
| Generation Block | Capacity | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Natural gas steam turbines | 100 MW | Baseload backbone |
| Hydrogen fuel cells | 100 MW | Clean firm capacity, H₂ pathway |
| Jenbacher multi-fuel engines (H₂-capable) | 80 MW | Fast-start dispatchable capacity |
| Battery energy storage (BESS) | 10 MW | Load balancing & frequency response |
| Solar PV | 10 MW | Daytime energy contribution |
Why the Site Works
Location advantages
Industrial zoning within a legacy industrial corridor; proximity to water, transmission, and logistics with railroad access; Detroit Metro industrial land, political alignment, and grid proximity; MISO alignment and compliance; IRA-aligned tax credit eligibility.
Completed / in motion
Site identified and screening initiated; preliminary land-use and zoning alignment; utility and grid logic validated; city-level relationships established; EGLE air permitting initiated; FERC interconnection filing in progress; hardware allocation secured; early EPC and vendor engagement underway.
Delivery team
Lead developer: GeoPrime Energy. Co-engineering: Jenbacher, Black & Veatch, Clarke Energy. Technology co-development: Pratt Miller. Environmental & permitting: ERM.
Key jurisdictions & permits
City of Detroit, Wayne County, State of Michigan, MISO. Land use & zoning, environmental & water adjacency, power generation & substation approvals, grid interconnection.
Commercial Status
- Offtake: active PPA negotiations with a hyperscale AI compute tenant, not yet executed.
- Structure: targeting a long-term (15-20 year) tolling-style PPA with fixed capacity payment, variable energy charge, and 100% fuel-cost pass-through.
- Capital: Phase 1 construction capital (previously scoped at roughly $192M for an initial 100 MW block) to be raised at the project/SPV level, separate from, and not funded by, the $8M seed round.
North Carolina Corridor, 300+ MW
Scale & stage
300+ MW corridor opportunity in active diligence, the largest single component of the 600+ MW pipeline.
Parallel-track development
Leverages the identical engineering, permitting, and EPC frameworks developed for River Rouge, compressing development timelines and cost.
Next milestone
Secure strategic site control, followed by feasibility completion and anchor offtake engagement.
Ann Arbor Pilot, Proof of Concept
A 1-5 MW pilot serving as the first-to-close asset and immediate proof-of-concept for the GPE execution model: LOI executed and site control secured, PPA under negotiation with a local anchor tenant, and a 12-18 month path to commercial operation. The pilot also provides a strategic positioning site for HG-250 prototype demonstration.