At a recent open house in Washington, Pa., Shawn Bennett ticked off some of the ways hydrogen could be used in the coming years.
“Low carbon aviation fuel …using hydrogen to create [clean] ammonia or even using hydrogen to fuel regional transit systems,” he said.
Bennett is with Battelle, a non-profit scientific organization that was awarded a contract to oversee the federally-funded Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub, or ARCH2. It’s one of seven nationwide created under President Joe Biden.
Congress appropriated $7 billion to fund the hubs through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. One of President Trump’s first executive orders, Unleashing American Energy, calls for all agencies to pause funding through the law, although federal judges have blocked similar spending freezes by Trump.
ARCH2 has already received startup…
