Where will Hawaii be in the Hydrogen Shot?
US Secretary of Energy (DOE) Jennifer Greenholm recently spoke of a ‘Hydrogen Shot” in the way that her predecessors in the 1950s and 60s spoke of a ‘moon shot’ harnessing technology to attain a national goal. But instead of promising a landing on the moon the way that President Jack Kennedy did during the 1960s, her intent is that the US DOE find a way to drop the price of Hydrogen by 80% within a decade. Her stated goal is hydrogen at $1 per kilogram – made by electrolysis from clean energy sources. It is currently $5 per Kilogram.
To achieve this the US DOE is willing to fund demonstration projects in every state and is now looking for proposals. Information from their press lease can be seen below. Its a great time to sending in ideas from Hawaii. Information from the press release regarding the new demonstration program can be found below:
“As part of the launch, at the DOE’s Hydrogen Program Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meeting, DOE’s Hydrogen Program issued a Request for Information (RFI) on viable hydrogen demonstrations, including specific locations, that can help lower the cost of hydrogen, reduce carbon emissions and local air pollution, create good-paying jobs, and provide benefits to disadvantaged communities. Topics in the RFI include:
Hydrogen Production, Resources, and Infrastructure
End Users for Hydrogen Based on Specific Regions, Cost, and Value Propositions
Greenhouse Gas and Other Pollutant Emissions Reduction Potential
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), Jobs, and Environmental Justice
Science and Innovation Needs and Challenges
Responses are due July 7, 2021, by 5 p.m. ET. For more information about this RFI, visit EERE Exchange. For more information on DOE’s efforts to enable at-scale clean hydrogen, visit the Hydrogen Program and the H2@Scale pages.”
