HOUSTON (ICIS)–The US Department of Energy (DoE) has picked seven hubs scattered through the country to become its main centres of hydrogen production, it said on Friday.
Among the chosen is Houston’s Gulf Coast Hydrogen Hub, called HyVelocity. It will receive up to $1.2bn to develop clean hydrogen.
The hydrogen hub programme is part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and the US expects the hubs will produce 3m tonnes/year of hydrogen, or a third of the 2030 production target of the country.
The participants in the seven hubs will contribute their own money, so the total size of the investment could reach $50bn.
The hubs could produce traditional hydrogen with carbon capture to make blue hydrogen. They could also use renewable energy to power electrolysers. These would split water molecules and produce green hydrogen.
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Al Greenwood
13-Oct-2023
