Three Texas hydrogen hub projects advance in race for $7 billion from DOE
In Texas, The Houston Chronicle reported that the Department of Energy (DOE) selected three Texas hydrogen hubs to submit applications for a part of the $7 billion funds the agency has set aside for the development of hydrogen as an alternative to fossil fuel. The three Texas proposals are among 33 projects still in the running for DOE funding, down from 79 submitted last year. The Texas hubs include the Leading in Gulf Coast Hydrogen Transition (LIGH2T) hub, which includes the University of Houston as the lead academic partner, the Southern States Energy Board, the National Energy Technology Laboratory, Marathon Petroleum subsidiary MPLX and chemical companies INEOS and Linde; HyVelocity hub, which includes the University of Texas at Austin, French gas supplier Air Liquide, California-based oil major Chevron, the nonprofit Center for Houston’s Future and GTI Energy, a research-and-development company based in the Chicago area and Christi Horizons Clean Hydrogen Hub (HCH2), for which the Port of Corpus Christi is the primary applicant. According to the report, the Texas projects could be encouraged to merger.
