The Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that seven regional hydrogen hubs spanning Appalachia, California, the Midwest, the Gulf Coast, the Mid-Atlantic, and the Pacific Northwest are poised to receive $7 billion in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) funding. The selections, unveiled by the Biden administration on Oct. 13, are now expected to enter into award negotiations with the DOE’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED). The hubs are expected to form the foundation of a national clean hydrogen “network” that could demonstrate the production, processing, delivery, storage, and end-use of hydrogen. The White House on Friday said that combined, the seven hubs could produce more than 3 million metric tons of “clean hydrogen”—hydrogen produced by non-carbon emitting sources—per year, achieving nearly a third of the U.S.’s 2030 clean hydrogen production goal. The projects selected include the proposed Appalachian Hydrogen Hub, proposed by West Virginia, Ohio, and its permanent hydrogen fueling stations.
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