VERNON (KFDX/KJTL) — With hundreds of jobs coming to Wilbarger County due to the hydrogen plant, it’s already drawing more economic development in the area.
“I think it’s most exciting regional project we had in the past few years,” Business Development Corporation of Vernon Rick Hardcastle said.
As the year ends, Wilbarger County is near the start of construction of the new green hydrogen plant.
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Hardcastle said the office has handled calls from industries that want to support and work with the plant’s manufacturers: Air Products and A.E.S.
“We average several a month and they either contact us or we contact them, expansions and that kind of stuff,” Hardcastle said.
Air Product’s Vice President of Investor Relations Simon Moore said the plant’s impact on economic development will be exciting for…