Hydrogen SOQ

Hydrogen | SOQ

Hydrogen hubs are regional networks that connect clean hydrogen producers, consumers and infrastructure to help increase the use and production of clean hydrogen on a large scale. The hubs are intended to be demonstration projects that test and prove technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, store and transport hydrogen and use it in new applications. The hubs also aim to streamline the deployment of clean hydrogen as a climate solution for sectors that are difficult to decarbonize, such as industry and heavy-duty transportation.

Hydrogen: The Future of Environmental Biotechnologies

The Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs (H2Hubs) program set aside up to $7 billion in funding to help establish six to 10 clean hydrogen hubs in regions throughout the U.S. including the Pacific Northwest, California, the Gulf Coast, the Heartland and others. In October 2023, it was announced that seven hubs were selected for award negotiations. The funding is part of the current administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to promote further investment in these hubs to develop production, end-use and connective infrastructure needed to accelerate clean hydrogen use as an energy source. The objective of the program is to increase

the production of clean hydrogen to better match growing regional demand. Government support will help overcome barriers to achieve large scale, commercially viable hydrogen ecosystems in the U.S..

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