Gov. Edwards Hails Clean Energy ‘Milestone’ as Louisiana Hydrogen Project Wins $50 Million Federal Grant
Published 9:34 am Friday, September 2, 2022
BATON ROUGE, La. – Gov. John Bel Edwards congratulates Greater New Orleans, Inc. and its affiliate Greater New Orleans Development Foundation for the groundbreaking plan to create an offshore wind-powered hydrogen energy industry cluster in south Louisiana that has been awarded $50 million from the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s Build Back Better Challenge.
Dubbed H2theFuture, the project is among 21 – out of 529 submissions and 60 finalists – to be selected for funding through the 2021 American Rescue Plan competitive grant program. The $1 billion BBB initiative, which the U.S. Commerce Department describes as “the most impactful…