$9.5 billion! RI $NBLD seems ripe to receive a nice sized federal grant:
Recent Developments IIJA appropriated $9.5 billion for three hydrogen- and fuel cell-related DOE programs (Division J, Title III) in addition to those amounts shown in Figure 1. In the largest of these, the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs, DOE is to make awards totaling $8 billion to support demonstration projects involving networks of clean hydrogen producers and consumers and the connecting infrastructure. Congress directed DOE to choose hubs with a diversity of feedstocks (i.e., the primary resources converted into hydrogen), together with varied types of end-use of the hydrogen in its various applications. On September 22, 2022, DOE issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement for a first tranche of up $7 billion to support six to ten Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs.