Hydrogen & Carbon Capture

Blue hydrogen and carbon capture are false climate solutions & economic boondoggles

Expensive, unproven hydrogen and carbon capture technologies harm communities, cost billions, and do little to reduce climate-warming emissions, research shows.

Photo: John E. Amos coal-fired power plant in Winfield, WV. Wikimedia Commons, 2018.

“Oil and gas executives want our region to invest in costly, unproven blue hydrogen and carbon capture technologies to bail out their industries, which increasingly can’t compete with clean, low-cost alternatives.”  

 

 Reports:

Hydrogen & Carbon Capture Primer

An introduction to the economic, public safety, and climate threats of hydrogen and carbon capture development in the Ohio River Valley. 

Carbon Capture, Use, and Sequestration Would Decarbonize the Electric System...in the Worst Possible Way

With a price tag of $100 billion/year, widespread adoption of CCUS in our electric system would spark outrage if its cost showed up in our monthly bills or federal taxes.

The Ohio River Valley Hydrogen Hub: A Boondoggle in the Making

Whether the goal is emission reduction, jobs, or affordability, the proposed Ohio River Valley hydrogen hub is a bad solution that gets in the way of good ones.

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Statement on H.R.1’s Hydrogen Tax Credit Provision

Statement on H.R.1’s Hydrogen Tax Credit Provision

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...

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Adams Fork Energy’s Blue Ammonia Project, Explained

Adams Fork Energy’s Blue Ammonia Project, Explained

As discussed in our companion article, New York-based TransGas Development Systems, LLC announced plans in 2023 to build the Adams Fork Energy ammonia project in Mingo County, WV. This project was originally part of the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2)...

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A Month from Hell

A Month from Hell

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...

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The Carbon Implications of Ammonia Production

The Carbon Implications of Ammonia Production

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...

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