Part of NRDC’s Year-End Series Reviewing 2021 Climate & Clean Energy Developments
This year was a turning point for hydrogen, with ambitious global commitments and the forceful entry of the U.S. into the international hydrogen arena. Only a year ago was the U.S. still considered a sleeping giant in the hydrogen game. But it has now jumped to the top rungs of countries supporting the advancement of hydrogen with the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hydrogen Shot initiative — one of the most ambitious efforts to slash the costs of clean hydrogen production– as well as a slew of subsidies and supportive policies for hydrogen deployment in the federal bipartisan infrastructure bill and the Build Back Better Act (BBB).
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The initial global hydrogen hype has now faded, and the debate has become…