By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub officially has a base of operations inside the former Mylan pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Morgantown.
A group of state, local and business stakeholders in the project gathered at the West Virginia University-owned property Wednesday for a ribbon cutting celebrating the opening of the ARCH2 Program Office.
The office will serve as headquarters for the multi-state initiative backed by more than $925 million in federal funds that aims to develop a hydrogen energy industry in the region.
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said the building, which the university purchased for $1 in 2022 from the health care company Viatris, is the perfect home from which to launch ARCH2.
“It’s wonderful to see WVU repurposing an excellent facility into an excellent facility of the future,” she said.
The $1-deal was “the best negotiation we’ve ever had,” said WVU President Dr. E. Gordon Gee.
“It has turned about to be a great Innovation Center, one of the hubs of innovation in this state and also in the country,” he said.