by Staff | Dec 20, 2024 | Blog Posts
The close of 2024 marks another year of progress and growth for the Ohio River Valley Institute, completing our organization’s fourth calendar year of operation. This year, we added critical new capacity to our staff and expanded our breadth of our research and...
by Joe Cullen | Dec 9, 2024 | BIL/IRA Implementation Digest, Blog Posts
Upcoming BIL/IRA Webinars December 10, 2024 @ 1:00PM ET – World Resources Institute – “Integrating Elective Pay Tax Credits into Government Procurement and RFPs” will cover how tax-exempt entities can integrate elective pay into their procurement and bidding...
by Justine Hackimer | Dec 3, 2024 | Blog Posts
Pennsylvania’s natural resources and workforce made it a leader in the US Industrial Revolution. Coal, steel and materials mined and produced in the commonwealth helped to build the country, centering industry as a key economic driver for Pennsylvania. And through a...
by Ted Boettner | Nov 8, 2024 | Blog Posts, Orphaned Oil & Gas Wells
On October 23, 2024, Senior Researcher Ted Boettner presented at the 2nd Annual Orphan & Idle Wells Texas Conference on the need for a federal solution to clean up America’s orphaned and abandoned wells. His presentation is summarized below. An upcoming report...
by Jeff St. John for Canary Media | Oct 22, 2024 | Blog Posts
This story is republished with permission from Canary Media. Read the original piece here. A year ago, the U.S. announced ambitious plans to build large-scale clean hydrogen hubs. Now, 12 months later, those plans have advanced little and are still shrouded in...
by Sean O'Leary | Oct 11, 2024 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture, Reports
Download research brief Development of the ARCH2 hydrogen hub is unraveling due to high costs, uncertain demand, undercapitalized and inexperienced project developers, and uneconomic applications, according to a new research brief from the Ohio River Valley...
by Sean O'Leary | Oct 9, 2024 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture
An Overview For nearly a century carbon capture technologies have been used by the oil refining industry to separate carbon dioxide (CO2) from other marketable gasses. Then, in the 1970’s oil producers began injecting carbon dioxide into declining oil wells to boost...
by Claire Taigman | Sep 25, 2024 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture
On a February evening in 2020, a carbon dioxide (CO2) pipeline ruptured near Satartia, Mississippi, causing a plume of CO2 to engulf the community. Within minutes, dozens of residents collapsed in their homes and vehicles. Cars stalled, including emergency vehicles...
by Tom Torres | Sep 19, 2024 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture
In July 2024, the US Department of Energy officially awarded $30 million to the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub, or ARCH2, the first tranche of a total $925 million allocated for its development. The funding announcement marked the first concrete step toward...
by Ben Hunkler | Sep 12, 2024 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture
Recently, a new form of energy has generated lots of buzz in the Ohio River Valley and across the country: hydrogen. The federal government is pouring billions of dollars into new hydrogen “hubs” that would bring large-scale production to our region and several others...