Evansville, IN – According to the state officials, this aims to develop a regional clean hydrogen hub that would include projects in Indiana.
MachH2, which consists of more than 70 Midwest public and private organizations that support the energy transition, has proposed a regional hydrogen hub that would include blue-hydrogen production at or near bp’s Whiting, Indiana refinery.
Its plan also supports development of a hydrogen mobility corridor in Indiana and across neighboring states.
Blue hydrogen is a low carbon fuel that can be used to reduce carbon emissions from many difficult-to-decarbonize sectors of the economy, including steelmaking, power generation, agriculture, cement, aviation, and long-haul transportation.
It is made by converting natural gas into carbon dioxide and hydrogen, capturing the carbon dioxide, then safely and permanently storing it deep underground.
On March 18, 2022, Governor Holcomb signed into law HB 1209, which established a regulatory framework for Indiana carbon-storage projects that would support clean-hydrogen production in the state.
