DOE Advances Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's $9.5 Billion Clean Hydrogen Initiatives

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced two Requests for Information (RFI) to collect feedback from stakeholders to inform the implementation and design of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Regional Hydrogen Hub and the Electrolysis and Clean Hydrogen Manufacturing and Recycling Programs. This request will help accelerate progress, reduce technology cost, and ramp up the use of hydrogen as a clean energy carrier. Clean hydrogen is crucial to DOE’s strategy for achieving President Biden’s goal of a 100% clean electrical grid by 2035 and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
 
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law included $8 billion for Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs that will work to expand use of clean hydrogen in the industrial sector and beyond; $1 billion for a Clean Hydrogen Electrolysis Program to reduce costs of hydrogen produced from clean electricity; and $500 million for Clean Hydrogen Manufacturing and Recycling Initiatives to support equipment manufacturing and strong domestic supply chains.
 
Feedback received from these RFIs will also support DOE’s Hydrogen Shot efforts to cut the cost of clean hydrogen to $1 per 1 kilogram in one decade. For more information, visit: https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-establishes-bipartisan-infrastructure-laws-95-billion-clean-hydrogen-initiatives