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...
by Sean O'Leary | Aug 26, 2024 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture
Key Takeaways: Carbon capture & sequestration (CCS) is a still unproven and spectacularly expensive decarbonization technology that may have value in industrial sectors that have no other viable decarbonization options. The power generating sector is a very...
by Sean O'Leary | Jun 25, 2024 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture
Lately we hear a great deal about hydrogen’s environmental and economic promise. But hydrogen deployment also carries risks, not just for health and safety, but economic risks, including higher prices, taxes, and utility bills along with little potential for job...
by Sean O'Leary | Mar 21, 2024 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture
Do you know a bad deal when you see it? Possibly not, if the deal has to do with something as arcane as leasing underground pore space to an oil and gas company that wants to dispose of carbon dioxide. But that’s the kind of deal property owners and elected officials...
by Sean O'Leary | Jan 12, 2024 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Attorneys who specialize in contracts know that a single phrase or just a word can completely alter the meaning and effect of a contract. The same is true . . . maybe even more true . . . of economic impact reports, which by their nature are speculative and...
by Staff | Jan 11, 2024 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture, Natural Gas, Petrochemicals & Plastics, Repairing the Damage, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Together, a more prosperous, sustainable, and equitable Appalachia is possible. That’s the vision that has geared our data-driven research, guided our outreach and campaigns, and grounded our work in the region’s community and culture ever since the Ohio River Valley...
by Sean O'Leary | Dec 22, 2023 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture
The Inflation Reduction Act relies far more heavily on carrots than it does on sticks to induce industries to mitigate their carbon emissions. Tax credits for technologies such as carbon capture and sequestration actually exceed the costs companies would incur to...
by Staff | Dec 4, 2023 | Hydrogen & Carbon Capture, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Download testimony Financial and regulatory support for the gas-based ARCH2 Appalachian Hydrogen Hub risks reduced economic growth, fewer jobs, and higher utility bills, taxes, and prices for Pennsylvanians, according to testimony delivered today at the...
by Staff | Oct 13, 2023 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
The Ohio River Valley Institute published the following statement in response to the Department of Energy’s announcement of up to $925 million in federal funding for the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2). ARCH2 Blue Hydrogen Hub Threatens...
