Plug confirms nine clean hydrogen grant awards from US DoE

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Source: https://renewablesnow.com/news/plug-confirms-nine-clean-hydrogen-grant-awards-from-us-doe-851805/

Plug Power Inc confirmed it has been selected by the US Department of Energy (DoE) to receive grants for nine projects covering clean hydrogen electrolysis, manufacturing, and recycling activities.

As reported last week, the US energy department will disburse a total of USD 750 million (EUR 688m) in grant funding to 52 projects across 24 states in a drive to dramatically reduce the cost of clean hydrogen. The funding is being allocated under six topic areas: Low-Cost, High-Throughput Electrolyser Manufacturing; Electrolyser Component and Supply Chain Development; Advanced Technology and Component Development; Advanced Manufacturing of Fuel Cell Assemblies and Stacks; Fuel Cell Supply Chain Development; and Recovery and Recycling Consortium.

Either alone or as part of a consortium, Plug will benefit from almost USD 163 million in funding. The largest single award the company will get as a "project lead" amounts to USD 45.7 million. This particular sum will be used for the scaling up of PEM electrolyser stacks manufacturing to a multi-gigawatt scale. “This project will automate membrane electrode assembly fabrication and stack assembly and enable automated inspection with machine learning to accelerate factory acceptance testing,” says the government website.

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“Congress has enacted these policies and enabled these programs to advance hydrogen and fuel cells as vital components of the United States’ energy and climate strategy. These cost-shared programs will advance Plug’s fuel cell and electrolyzer manufacturing capacities, create good paying jobs in New York, and fortify the region’s leadership in the national clean energy transition.”

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1. Selling hydrogen is greenwashing fossil fuels.

A Giant Climate Lie: When they're selling hydrogen, what they're really selling is fossil fuels.

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2. Do you not understand how electrolysis works?

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Edit to add;

Yes, H2 can and is also made using fossil fuels, but this article clearly refers to "clean" H2 which is made strictly without the use of fossil fuels OR energy produced from fossil fuels.

Your contention that all Hydrogen production and use is a scam to burn more fossil fuels borders on a conspiracy theory promoted BY the fossil fuel industry (or in some cases, the nuclear industry) to discredit the value of H2 in our effort to transition away from CO2 emitting energy sources.

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3. That company is going to need a whole lot of grants

It reported a loss of $600 million in net income last quarter. Maybe there's a profitable future in the cards, but there's a long road ahead.

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4. Yes, the entire non-CO2 energy industry is still in the investment stage...

...as with any new tech, or industry of any kind, investment precedes income and profit.

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5. The Elephant in the H2 Living Room

or perhaps Panda

2,000Nm3/hr & 3,000Nm3/hr alkaline electrolyzers in China: manufacturers, clients, and benefits

Jian Wu Mar 18, 2024

Longi, a leading Chinese electrolyzer producer, announced it has delivered two 3,000Nm3 alkaline electrolyzers to client on March 12th, which is the first time since Longi released the product in Sep 2023.
https://chinahydrogen.substack.com/p/2000nm3hr-and-3000nm3hr-alkaline

Very few in the US have ever seen an electrolyzer that big.

If only more people could have learned from the Chinese takeover of the Solar Energy Industry. Because that's what they are doing right now with H2.

Seems like rather than learn from them, there's a new campaign to hate them and assume they are the new Enemy. Forgetting that around 2000, there was this

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6. Yes, it's like the U.S. is taking the energy industry torch...

....from the saudis and just handing it over to China and other countries for some reason.