Illinois teams up with Indiana and Michigan in an effort to land $1.25 billion to build a clean hydrogen hub

A coalition based in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan has taken the next big step in its bid to obtain up to $1.25 billion in federal funding for a regional clean hydrogen hub intended to reduce planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions. The coalition, the Midwest Alliance for Clean Hydrogen (MachH2), submitted its full application to the U.S. Department of Energy last week. MachH2 is one of 33 groups that were encouraged to submit final applications in the competition for six to 10 hydrogen hubs spread across the country. “Hydrogen can help us to decarbonize sectors that are really hard to decarb...