由巴特尔研究所牵头、EQT 公司、CNX 资源公司等合作伙伴组成的阿巴拉契亚区域清洁氢气中心已成为美国在提高氢气产量过程中获得联邦资金的第三个中心。

美国能源部 (DOE) 7 月 31 日表示，ARCH2 中心获得了 3000 万美元拨款，这是联邦政府高达 9.25 亿美元成本分摊中的第一笔，用于启动该项目的第一阶段。ARCH2 活动包括规划、分析和设计活动，以及西弗吉尼亚州、俄亥俄州和宾夕法尼亚州的持续利益相关者和社区参与，这些地方将开发项目网络。

这笔资金是美国为在全国范围内建立氢气枢纽而拨出的高达 70 亿美元的一部分。这些枢纽将氢气生产商和消费者与基础设施联系在一起，是推动这一可能在降低温室气体排放方面发挥重要作用的行业的努力的一部分。该国的目标是到 2030 年每年生产 1000 万公吨氢气。

The Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub, led by Battelle with EQT Corp., CNX Resources Corp. and others as partners, has become the third hub to secure federal funding as the U.S. works to boost hydrogen production.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on July 31 said the hub, known as ARCH2, was awarded $30 million, the first tranche of the federal government’s up to $925 million cost share, to start the project’s first phase. ARCH2 activities include planning, analysis and design activities as well as ongoing stakeholder and community engagement in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania, where a network of projects will be developed.

The funding is part of up to $7 billion the U.S. has allocated to establish hydrogen hubs across the country. The hubs, which position hydrogen producers and consumers together with infrastructure, are part of an effort to boost a sector that could play a vital role in lowering greenhouse-gas emissions. The nation aims to produce 10 million metric tonnes of hydrogen annually by 2030.