Trump DOE Reviewing Biden Hydrogen Hub Funding; Will ARCH2 Survive?

The Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2), led by West Virginia and Ohio, was one of seven projects to win the Bidenista Hunger Games competition to receive a chunk of $7 billion to build a regional hydrogen hub (see Hydrogen Hub Winners Announced – WV Takes Prize in M-U Region). ARCH2 is (was) slated to receive $925 million of the $7 billion pot. It was selected specifically because it will use Marcellus/Utica shale gas as the feedstock to create hydrogen. The hydrogen hub projects were a line item in the so-called Infrastructure and Jobs Act, passed in November 2021 (see Biden So-Called $1.2T Infrastructure Bill Passes Thanks to RINOs). Upon entering office for his second term, Donald Trump paused any more distribution of Biden's billions, including distributions for the hydrogen hub projects.

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