Political and business leaders in Texas are making their case to the Biden administration that the Gulf region should be at the forefront of a new clean hydrogen industry.
, the hubs are part of the Biden administration's plan to decarbonize heavy industries such as trucking and petrochemicals, which cannot be easily electrified.
Texas leaders are making the case that the Gulf Coast is the logical hub of the new industry, with not only hydrogen infrastructure already in place but a network of industrial and petrochemical facilities ready to covert to hydrogen energy to reduce their own emissions. And one day, perhaps, the Gulf could export hydrogen to the world just as it does oil and natural gas.
"What we're on the verge of is creating an entirely new industry," he said. "We know Houston needs to decarbonize, but we also believe this is a huge economic development opportunity for the region and the state." Companies such as Air Liquide, bp America, Calpine and Exxon Mobil would put that money toward everything from building hydrogen fueling stations for trucks to installing carbon capture equipment on existing hydrogen facilities, with the companies expected to match whatever funds they receive."The time to act is now, not only as companies on a stand-alone basis, but by joining forces with states, other industrial groups and the financial community.
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