Duke Energy Corp. and four other major Southeast power companies have joined a coalition with leadership from Ohio-based Battelle to pursue federal financial support for a six-state Southeast Hydrogen Hub.
On Sept. 22, the U.S. Department of Energy opened applications for $7 billion worth of federal funding to develop six to 10 regional hydrogen hubs in the United States. The money will be invested in developing a web of “green hydrogen” production sites that will use zero-carbon electricity resources to manufacture hydrogen as well as “blue hydrogen” produced from gas-fired electricity with carbon capture and storage.
