HUB Series: Part 1
By: GenH2 Staff
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HUB Series: Part 1
Overview
In this series, we will be discussing H2Hubs (a local hydrogen production, storage, and on-demand center). We will take you through what they are, their components, and their value. We will discuss the innovative technology that companies like GenH2 can provide to update hydrogen systems currently using decades-old methods. But first, we need to know…
Why Hydrogen hubs?
On June 6, 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a Notice of Intent (NOI) to fund the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s $8 billion program to develop regional clean hydrogen hubs (H2Hubs) across America. H2Hubs “will create networks of hydrogen producers, consumers, and local connective infrastructure to accelerate the use of hydrogen as a clean energy carrier.” The production, processing, delivery, storage, and end-use of clean hydrogen, including innovative or pioneering uses in the industrial sector, are critical to the DOE’s strategy to reduce carbon emissions.
Regardless of the eventual hub locations selected, robust discussions around hydrogen infrastructure creation are essential to address multiple markets like forklifts, automobiles, long-haul trucking, and even marine. GenH2 has liquid hydrogen liquefaction, controlled storage, and transfer solutions to provide a true infrastructure backbone, as an industry leader in liquid hydrogen infrastructure solutions that involves the use of active refrigeration technology to provide densified liquid hydrogen which provides safe and effective operations for the supply chain.
GenH2 has a dedicated team that is designing and engineering the next generation of liquid storage solutions, including lab or light-scale to 1 tonne per day (TPD) systems for the liquid hydrogen value chain. GenH2 is also a team member of a Shell led consortium selected by the DOE for designing a very large LH2 storage tank.
We believe that modular 1TPD systems and zero boil-off controlled, active refrigeration systems can provide the anchor for each hub as they are deployed nationwide over the next decade. “We stand ready to serve the ongoing needs for hydrogen to support all facets of our energy needs in 2030 and beyond.”
Upcoming topics in our H2Hubs series will explore hubs and showcase GenH2’s planned role in helping to build them. We will discuss the innovative technology that GenH2 brings to the table and the important roles small companies can play in the creation of hubs. We will also closely examine the key role that GenH2’s hydrogen infrastructure solutions will play in the interconnectivity of major H2Hubs. To start, we will answer such basic questions as:
- What is a hub?
- What is the value of hubs, not only in the United States but globally?
- What are the key components and core technologies of a hub?
In the next installment of our hub series, we will be answering the first question – what is a hub?
