Maine is exploring hydrogen as a source of energy in a national effort to create an infrastructure for clean power across the country.
Maine has signed on with six other northeast states to produce clean hydrogen and is seeking funding through the Department of Energy, which has earmarked $8 billion to help meet the country’s energy demand and work toward national decarbonization goals. If successful, it will be the first time such an infrastructure is created on a national scale to meet energy demands.
“With the help of federal incentives in the last few months, the potential in Maine for clean hydrogen has started to feel more tangible,” Caroline Colan, a solar and storage fellow at the Governor’s Energy Office, said Thursday at an event on the state’s role in national production.
Hydrogen is already a big part of the energy economy in the United…