PA-Backed Blue Hydrogen Hub Effort Passes First Hurdle with DOE

Last November, the state of Pennsylvania decided to endorse a private industry application (by Shell and Equinor) instead of doing the hard work of submitting its own official application to attract a $1 billion hydrogen hub (see PA Decides to Back Shell/Equinor Application for $1B Hydrogen Hub). The Shell/Equinor project is called DNA H2Hub (Decarbonization Network of Appalachia). Although most applicants vying for one of the 6 to 10 regional hydrogen hubs have released their applications (their “concept papers”) making them public, the DNA H2Hub has not. The PA project is keeping it secret--at least for now (see PA Officials Keep Secret Details of State Hydrogen Hub Application). Even though it's secret to the public, the federal government likes what it sees in the concept paper and has given DNA H2Hub its blessing to continue on to the next step.

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