DOE encourages 33 groups to proceed on hydrogen hubs
This past December, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) sent out letters of encouragement, or discouragement, to applicants in the competition for up to $7 billion in federal funding to support the development of regional hydrogen hubs. Of the 79 original applicants, 33 were advised to move forward with writing a full application. The DOE has not released a list of the groups that were encouraged to submit a full proposal but did allow the groups to announce their status on their own.
A report from S&P Global identified 18 of the 33 finalists, and other news has been trickling out through local news outlets and group announcements. Some of those that received notice of encouragement to proceed with a full proposal include:
Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub
Alliance for Reliable Clean Hydrogen Energy System Hub
Decarbonization Network of Appalachia (DNA) H2Hub
Great Lakes Clean Hydrogen Coalition
Mid-Continent Clean Hydrogen Hub
Midwest Alliance for Clean Hydrogen
Obsidian Renewables Hydrogen Hub
Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub (PNWH2)