The Heartland Hydrogen Hub (HH2H) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to receive up to $925 million in funding to develop a clean hydrogen ecosystem in the Upper Midwest. The hub is a collaboration between Xcel Energy, Marathon Petroleum Corporation, TC Energy, and the University of North Dakota’s Energy & Environmental Resource Center. The hub aims to reduce carbon emissions by more than 1 million metric tons per year and create approximately 3,900 total direct jobs.
The HH2H is one of seven selected to receive funding from the DOE’s Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs (H2Hubs) program.
The hub will produce and use low-carbon hydrogen at commercial scale in Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Montana.
The project is expected to reduce carbon emissions by the equivalent of taking 220,000 gasoline-powered cars off the road.
Xcel Energy expects to receive a large portion of the federal award, subject to negotiations.
The company plans to invest up to $2 billion over a decade for clean hydrogen producing equipment and infrastructure.
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