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Governor Shapiro’s “Lightning Plan”: What HB500 Means for Hydrogen

Governor Shapiro’s “Lightning Plan”: What HB500 Means for Hydrogen

by Tom Torres | May 20, 2025 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture

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...
The Tri-State CCS Hub: Reading Between the Lines

The Tri-State CCS Hub: Reading Between the Lines

by Tom Torres | May 7, 2025 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture

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...
Ohio House Bill 170 and Senate Bill 136: What You Should Know

Ohio House Bill 170 and Senate Bill 136: What You Should Know

by Tom Torres | Apr 17, 2025 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture

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...
ARCH2: It’s Time for Our Leaders to Start Asking Tough Questions

ARCH2: It’s Time for Our Leaders to Start Asking Tough Questions

by Tom Torres | Mar 21, 2025 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture

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...
A Month from Hell

A Month from Hell

by Sean O'Leary | Mar 21, 2025 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture, Natural Gas, Petrochemicals & Plastics

Key Points Northern Appalachia has, for a decade and a half, premised its economic development strategies on a strategic triad of natural gas, petrochemicals, and most recently hydrogen. Natural gas expansion has proven itself incapable of delivering on promises of...
The Carbon Implications of Ammonia Production

The Carbon Implications of Ammonia Production

by Deirdre Lally | Mar 17, 2025 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture, Natural Gas, Petrochemicals & Plastics

The US is on the verge of an ammonia ‘boom,’ which could expand fracking and incentivize risky carbon storage infrastructure. But as with any boom, industrial expansion will eventually bring a bust. At least 37 new projects have been proposed around the country which...
The Uncertain Ammonia Industry, Present & Future

The Uncertain Ammonia Industry, Present & Future

by Zane Gustafson, Eric de Place, and Julia Stone | Mar 3, 2025 | Hydrogen & Carbon Capture, Natural Gas, Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy

Download report   Layers of uncertainty around new ammonia markets and the ability of new projects to scale production cast doubt over the massive ammonia buildout planned for the US. A surge of more than 37 proposed projects across the country, fueled by tax...

Statement on the Approval of West Virginia’s Class VI Primacy Application

by Tom Torres | Feb 20, 2025 | Hydrogen & Carbon Capture, Newsroom

Class VI Application Approval Statement FINAL...
Abandoned Wells Could Wreak Havoc for Carbon Storage in West Virginia

Abandoned Wells Could Wreak Havoc for Carbon Storage in West Virginia

by Ted Boettner | Jan 30, 2025 | Hydrogen & Carbon Capture, Orphaned Oil & Gas Wells, Reports

Download research brief   West Virginia’s prospective underground carbon storage formations are overlaid by tens of thousands of abandoned and improperly plugged wells—and potentially hundreds of thousands of additional undocumented wells—through which injected...
Is The ARCH2 Hydrogen Hub Coming Apart? Sure Looks Like it.

Is The ARCH2 Hydrogen Hub Coming Apart? Sure Looks Like it.

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...
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