The Department of Energy launched the program this month but treats all forms of H2 the same.
The Department of Energy has launched its new $8 billion H2Hubs program for hydrogen production in the United States for use as a clean fuel.
The plan is controversial, as the fuel is zero-emission, but not all the ways to make it can say the same.
It’s true that carbon emission-free hydrogen production creates a form of H2 that comes with greenhouse gas emissions neither while it’s made nor when it’s used. However, the H2Hubs program is treating many different ways to produce H2 equally, even when their potential for combatting climate change is not the same.
This program involves the development of a network of H2 hubs. The use of the fuel it produces has the potential to substantially reduce carbon emissions from the applications that use it. For example, fuel cell vehicles will…