With the elections just a few months away, the US administration announced supporting 52 hydrogen projects in 24 states. They involve both electrolysis and fuel cells, with a view to scaling up and reducing costs.
The announcement was made by the Department of Energy. It says that 52 new projects are being funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. These $750 million will help to develop clean hydrogen and could also lead to the creation of 1,500 new jobs. The aim is to produce the equivalent of 14 GW of fuel cells in the United States (enough to power 15% of trucks sold each year, i.e. 50,000 vehicles) and 10 GW of electrolysers per year (enough to produce the equivalent of 1.3 million metric tonnes of green hydrogen per year and power 170,000 trucks, for instance).
The US DOE points out that clean or near-zero-carbon hydrogen is one of the pillars of President Joe Biden’s strategy to combat climate change. Their ambition is to get hydrogen down to 1 dollar per kilo.
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