DECD0000044

1. Achieve at least 250 metric tons per day (MTPD) of clean hydrogen production by the end of the award, with 95% generated using renewable and nuclear energy sources and the remainder from renewable natural gas with at least 80% carbon capture.

2. Actively promote and implement a comprehensive safety-first culture within the Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub (MACH2).

Develop and share best practices to advance a safe clean hydrogen economy nationally.

3. Enable market liftoff and expansion in the region by developing lessons learned, sharing information, and facilitating the buildout of the US Clean Hydrogen Network.

4. Develop and implement a hydrogen distribution network, including pipelines, trucking, storage, and dispensing, to directly connect clean hydrogen producers and consumers both within the hub and the local area.

5. Ensure clean hydrogen production is balanced with offtake, targeting offtake commitments of at least 250 MTPD for uses in, but not limited to, transportation, power generation, and industrial applications.

6. Leverage clean hydrogen for transportation end-uses, including fleet replacements and refueling stations to service fuel cell electric buses and sanitation, port, and other vehicles.

7. Strengthen the utilization and access to a highly trained and unionized workforce for clean hydrogen projects, generating approximately twenty thousand quality (according to good jobs principles as defined by the Office of Energy Jobs) clean-energy jobs in the region.

Expand workforce development opportunities and equitable access for disadvantaged communities through a $20M+ commitment to regional workforce development boards, professional development, and higher education programs.

8. Deliver on Justice40 targets through commitments to address legacy harms in MACH2 communities and ensure that two-way engagement, collaboration, and accountability processes with communities result in benefits that are locally informed and reach those who have borne the greatest burden from regional energy projects.

Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub

TO CREATE A CLEAN, ECONOMICALLY VIABLE, AND SOCIALLY EQUITABLE HYDROGEN ECOSYSTEM – SPANNING MULTIPLE PRODUCTION, STORAGE, DELIVERY, AND DIVERSE END-USE APPLICATIONS WITHIN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION – THAT REPURPOSES LEGACY FOSSIL-FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE, REVITALIZES LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND ADVANCES A NATIONAL CLEAN HYDROGEN NETWORK. 1. ACHIEVE AT LEAST 250 METRIC TONS PER DAY (MTPD) OF CLEAN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY THE END OF THE AWARD, WITH 95% GENERATED USING RENEWABLE AND NUCLEAR ENERGY SOURCES AND THE REMAINDER FROM RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS WITH AT LEAST 80% CARBON CAPTURE. 2. ACTIVELY PROMOTE AND IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY-FIRST CULTURE WITHIN THE MID-ATLANTIC CLEAN HYDROGEN HUB (MACH2). DEVELOP AND SHARE BEST PRACTICES TO ADVANCE A SAFE CLEAN HYDROGEN ECONOMY NATIONALLY. 3. ENABLE MARKET LIFTOFF AND EXPANSION IN THE REGION BY DEVELOPING LESSONS LEARNED, SHARING INFORMATION, AND FACILITATING THE BUILDOUT OF THE US CLEAN HYDROGEN NETWORK. 4. DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A HYDROGEN DISTRIBUTION NETWORK, INCLUDING PIPELINES, TRUCKING, STORAGE, AND DISPENSING, TO DIRECTLY CONNECT CLEAN HYDROGEN PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS BOTH WITHIN THE HUB AND THE LOCAL AREA. 5. ENSURE CLEAN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION IS BALANCED WITH OFFTAKE, TARGETING OFFTAKE COMMITMENTS OF AT LEAST 250 MTPD FOR USES IN, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TRANSPORTATION, POWER GENERATION, AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS. 6. LEVERAGE CLEAN HYDROGEN FOR TRANSPORTATION END-USES, INCLUDING FLEET REPLACEMENTS AND REFUELING STATIONS TO SERVICE FUEL CELL ELECTRIC BUSES AND SANITATION, PORT, AND OTHER VEHICLES. 7. STRENGTHEN THE UTILIZATION AND ACCESS TO A HIGHLY TRAINED AND UNIONIZED WORKFORCE FOR CLEAN HYDROGEN PROJECTS, GENERATING APPROXIMATELY TWENTY THOUSAND QUALITY (ACCORDING TO GOOD JOBS PRINCIPLES AS DEFINED BY THE OFFICE OF ENERGY JOBS) CLEAN-ENERGY JOBS IN THE REGION. EXPAND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND EQUITABLE ACCESS FOR DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES THROUGH A $20M+ COMMITMENT TO REGIONAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS. 8. DELIVER ON JUSTICE40 TARGETS THROUGH COMMITMENTS TO ADDRESS LEGACY HARMS IN MACH2 COMMUNITIES AND ENSURE THAT TWO-WAY ENGAGEMENT, COLLABORATION, AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROCESSES WITH COMMUNITIES RESULT IN BENEFITS THAT ARE LOCALLY INFORMED AND REACH THOSE WHO HAVE BORNE THE GREATEST BURDEN FROM REGIONAL ENERGY PROJECTS.

81.255 - Clean Energy Demonstrations

Department of Energy (DOE)

Multi-State United States

Multi-State

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Additional Clean Hydrogen Programs (Section 40314): Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) (DE-FOA-0002779)