Thursday, February 10, 2022
WASHINGTON (Feb. 10, 2022) – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, participated in a full committee hearing to examine the opportunities and challenges in using clean hydrogen.
During the hearing, Senator Heinrich urged energy industry leaders and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) officials to prioritize clean hydrogen production formats that are both time efficient and cost effective– like electrolysis.
Last year, Senator Heinrich introduced the Advancing the Clean Hydrogen Future Act. This legislation would establish a research, development, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D) program to reduce the cost and improve the efficiency of producing hydrogen using electrolyzers. Electrolyzers use electricity to split water and create hydrogen,…