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Earlier today, Congress finalized a budget that includes a provision restricting access to the 45V hydrogen production tax credit solely to companies that initiate construction activities prior to the end of 2027. In response, Ohio River Valley Institute Hydrogen...
New York-based company TransGas Development Systems, LLC wants to build and operate a fossil fuel-based ammonia facility in Mingo County, WV. If built, the Adams Fork Energy project would be the biggest ammonia plant in the world. The facility would produce ammonia...
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s proposal for a hydrogen tax credit addresses some of the worst aspects of the existing tax credit but the tax credit still rewards polluters and leaves itself vulnerable to changes that could render it moot, unenforceable, or...
Last month, a representative for Tenaska — the company seeking to build the Tri-State Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Hub — testified before the Ohio House Natural Resource Committee in support of House Bill 170. If passed and signed into law, this bill would...
Legislators in Ohio seek to establish a regulatory framework for the long-term, geologic storage of carbon dioxide in order to provide the clarity needed to attract developers to the state. But, HB170 and SB136 go far beyond this simple goal. If passed, these two CO2...
CHARLESTON, W. Va. — In response to the final passage of West Virginia Senate Bill 627, Ohio River Valley Institute Hydrogen Program Director Tom Torres issued the following statement: The West Virginia legislature made a bad bet in 2023 when it opened up state...
The Appalachian Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2) was always a questionable prospect. Since 2021, the Ohio River Valley Institute has asserted that carbon capture and blue hydrogen, the technologies underpinning what later became the hub, are prohibitively expensive and only...
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — The Ohio River Valley Institute, Buckeye Environmental Network, and 25 other community and environmental groups are calling on the Department of Energy (DOE) to fully assess the impacts of the Appalachian hydrogen hub, also known as ARCH2. The groups...