THESE SEVEN U.S. REGIONS WILL RECEIVE $7 BILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO PRODUCE HYDROGEN
President Joe Biden and Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy Jennifer Granholm will announce on Friday seven regional "hydrogen hubs" which are collectively eligible for up to $7 billion in federal funding, according to senior White House administration officials. The hydrogen hubs are being funded from money included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which President Biden signed into law in November of 2021.
Hydrogen is the simplest element and the most abundant on earth, but it seldom exists on its own, so generally has to be split from other atoms (as in the case of water, or H2O). This can be done with an electrolyzer powered by electricity. Hydrogen can also be produced from natural gas in a process called steam methane reforming.
Hydrogen is currently used to make fertilizer and in various industrial processes, particularly in the petrochemical industry. But because hydrogen emits no carbon dioxide used in a fuel cell to make energy, it is part of the Biden administration's strategy for reducing greenhouse gases in industries like long-haul trucking, maritime cargo shipping, and airplane travel. Hydrogen is also seen as a potential energy storage vehicle to balance out the intermittency inherent in renewable energy sources, like wind and solar.
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