On the day of the deadline for applicants to submit concept papers, a group known as the Great Lakes Clean Hydrogen Partnership (GLCH) officially announced it would apply for funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub program.
The coalition includes Linde, Energy Harbor, GE Aerospace, Cleveland-Cliffs and the University of Toledo.
The $8 billion hydrogen hub program was born out of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) passed in 2021. DOE plans to fund six to ten regional hubs, which would need to demonstrate the production, processing, delivery, storage and end use of clean hydrogen.
