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The Clean Hydrogen Future Coalition (CHFC) was founded to bring together a diverse group of stakeholders to promote clean hydrogen as a critical pathway to achieve global decarbonization objectives while also increasing U.S. global competitiveness.
The Clean Hydrogen Future Coalition represents a diverse group of energy companies, utilities, NGOs, equipment suppliers, project developers and labor groups who are committed to the advancement of a clean hydrogen economy that is supported by infrastructure and investments across the supply chain necessary to fully scale a clean hydrogen industry.
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To catalyze a clean hydrogen industry in the United States, CHFC is identifying specific actions that the U.S. can undertake to scale the full supply chain for clean hydrogen production, transport, storage, and use, as well as the technology development and infrastructure needs across multiple sectors.
The CHFC aims to support policies that that will catalyze investments in the full value chain of clean hydrogen economy, as well as those that address the technology development and infrastructure needs that will scale a clean hydrogen economy in the U.S.
CHFC Federal Policy Principles
CHFC is advancing federal policy with the goal to incentivize the creation of a clean hydrogen market. Clean hydrogen is a nascent industry and government support will be critical to create a clean hydrogen market. Federal policy should be designed to create a clean hydrogen market that can be sustainable and economic over the long-term. Policy should also recognize that all methods of clean hydrogen production will be necessary to cost-effectively create and scale an industry to enable clean hydrogen as a decarbonization solution.
CHFC is designing incentives based on a technology neutral, carbon intensity approach of the hydrogen being produced, distributed and utilized. Federal policy should promote a level playing field for all forms and uses of clean hydrogen, and a carbon intensity-based approach that includes a lifecycle analysis of greenhouse gas emissions will ensure this outcome. Such an approach will also result in competitive and standardized pricing signals that will be needed for clean hydrogen to be appropriately valued in markets.
CHFC is supporting federal policies for the full value chain for clean hydrogen. While clean hydrogen production is a necessary first step, policies to scale the full value chain of hydrogen infrastructure will be needed – including transport (delivery) to end use markets and storage at the point of use or in regional centers, as well as stimulating the use of clean hydrogen in diverse market applications.
CHFC is ensuring federal incentives are designed to provide certainty for financial investment. Federal incentives should be designed to help first movers overcome investment risk, which is the most uncertain phase on the deployment curve for new energy technologies. Targeted incentives that provide certainty for financial investment in clean hydrogen infrastructure will reduce financial risk, attract private sector investment and ensure that taxpayer dollars are used to achieve the results intended. In addition to incentives, federal policies should enable the growth of clean hydrogen infrastructure.
CHFC is endorsing federal policies that reflect the contributions of skilled labor and the use of existing infrastructure necessary to underwrite the clean energy transition. Any federal policy should recognize the value that skilled labor will bring to each sector of the clean hydrogen value chain and the contribution that the skills and proficiency of existing jobs will bring to a clean energy economy. Policies must also identify the important role that our infrastructure and existing assets can play in the deployment of clean hydrogen.
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Hydrogen is an Energy Superstar
Clean hydrogen is a highly versatile energy resource. It can be used as a fuel or feedstock across all sectors of the U.S. economy, stored as energy over long periods of time, and deliver energy to where and when it is needed. The global clean hydrogen market is expanding at a rapid pace and the U.S. has an opportunity to strengthen its market leadership and create new, skilled, good jobs with the growth of this commodity. Our country already possesses the infrastructure and workforce proficiency across incumbent industries and supply chains to lead in the global hydrogen economy, presenting a unique opportunity for continued U.S. energy leadership.
Clean hydrogen can be produced from a diverse range of low-CO2 energy sources. Its potential supply includes production from fossil fuels combined with CO2 capture use and storage (CCUS), low-emission electricity, biomass, and biomethane.
Hydrogen can be used to store, move, and deliver low-carbon energy to where it is needed. It can be transported as a gas by pipelines or in liquid form by ships, much like liquefied natural gas (LNG). It can be stored as a liquid, gas, or chemical compound such as ammonia.
You can learn more about hydrogen transport and storage here.
The use of clean hydrogen is growing across a wide range of applications and has the potential for significant future demand, including in export markets. Clean hydrogen can be used as a feedstock or a replacement fuel in a number of industries, including petroleum refining, ammonia for fertilizer production, food and pharmaceutical production, metals and steel manufacturing, and in nearly all forms of transportation, including air, ship and rail. Hydrogen can also be converted to energy through engines, turbines, and fuel cells, or through hybrid approaches such as integrated combined cycle gasification and hydrogen turbines. Clean hydrogen is one of the leading, lowest cost options for storing energy from renewables, as it can be stored onsite and electricity from clean hydrogen can be dispatched on demand over long durations and can extend through seasonal demand needs.
- CHFC Supplemental Comments on RNG Issues in 45V Guidance
- CHFC Joins RNG Coalition and FCHEA in letter to Department of Treasury Supporting Implementation of Sec. 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit
- CHFC Applauds President Biden’s Hydrogen Hub Funding Announcement
- CHFC Position Statement on Implementation of the Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit
- CHFC Statement on Hydrogen Infrastructure Initiative
- CHFC Welcomes House Passage of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
- CHFC Signs on to Stakeholder Letter in Support of Clean Hydrogen Provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
- March 22, 2021 Press Release
- Letter to President Biden, March 22, 2021
- April 21, 2021 Press Release
- Letter to President Biden, April 21, 2021
- CHFC Statement on Clean Hydrogen Production Incentives Act of 2021
- CHFC Statement in Support of the Energy Infrastructure Act
- CHFC Statement on Energy Sector Innovation Credit (ESIC) Legislation