To spur deployment of hydrogen as a cleaner replacement fuel for natural gas and diesel in hard-to-decarbonize industrial and transportation sectors, the new federal infrastructure law has earmarked $10 billion for its deployment—including $8 billion to create at least four U.S. “hydrogen hubs.”

The U.S. Energy Dept. now is moving quickly to launch the program’s “roadmap” this summer and demonstration projects soon after—as states, utilities, politicians, firms and others line up to win federal dollars for local projects underway or planned.

Regional hubs are envisioned as a network of clean-hydrogen producers, with customers and infrastructure to connect them. The goal is to decarbonize major industrial sectors dependent on natural gas. The Biden administration is pushing clean hydrogen basic research, demonstration projects and “ecosystem” development, said Jesse Adams, a DOE manager who leads the agency’s hydrogen hub effort.

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