By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The initial round of funds for the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub will go toward “design and planning,” according to U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.
Capito, a member of the West Virginia Hydrogen Hub Coalition, said Thursday that the $30 million recently released by the U.S. Department of Energy will ensure the project is able to get off the ground.
“It will be further solidifying the partnerships and actually getting more specific,” she said. “In the initial phase, it was where we were going to be doing production and who was going to be using the product and how we’re going to build pipelines. This will be more granular and much more in the design phase.”
The Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub, also known as ARCH2, is among the seven regional hydrogen hub projects announced by the Biden administration in October 2023.
ARCH2 will consist of hydrogen pipelines, multiple hydrogen fueling stations and permanent CO2 storage infrastructure in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
