Shell Pulled Out of PA’s Hydrogen Hub Application This Past Summer

Explosive news from the Pittsburgh Business Times about the ill-fated plan by Pennsylvania to try and attract one of 6-10 regional hydrogen hubs to the state. As we told you yesterday, according to Reuters, PA's application to score a government grant for a hydrogen hub, called the Decarbonization Network of Appalachia (DNA H2Hub), was passed over in favor of West Virginia's plan called the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub, or ARCH2 (see Reuters Reporting ARCH2 Hydrogen Hub Wins Funding in M-U Region). Perhaps we now have a better understanding of why. Just coming to light (via a PBT exclusive) is news that Shell, the primary corporate backer of the PA application, pulled its participation in DNA H2Hub this past summer. After Shell left the fold, the other major corporate backer, Mitsubishi, stepped up its role to become the lead corporate sponsor. It wasn't enough.

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