What is DOE Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs ($7B H2Hubs)?

Hydrogen is a gas used to store and move energy and as an industrial ingredient, mostly in oil refining and in making fertilizer. Most of it today is made from natural gas, which emits greenhouse gases, and in 2021 low-carbon hydrogen was under 1% of production, and the usual plan is to replace the first with the second. The DOE Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs program is a US government effort to set up regional hubs that produce and use cleaner hydrogen. Under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, $7 billion was awarded to seven hubs in October 2023; one planned hub, in the Heartland, aims to make hydrogen for low-carbon fertilizer.

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