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Hsieh: DOE Allocating Up to $1B to Support Hydrogen Demand Mechanisms

Elaine Hsieh · Investors riff on the new era for climate investing · Oct 16, 2023 · at 30:24

Elaine Hsieh of the US Department of Energy explains how federal funding is being deployed to de-risk offtake and create bankable demand for clean hydrogen hubs.

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“Took, of the ten billion that was allocated for hydrogen hubs, we took up to a billion to issue an RFP related to getting demand-side support from, you know, partnering with a non-profit entity to be able to create the kind of contract for differences, like the kinds of structural and, you know, that kind of support in order to drive the right demand-side support mechanisms.”

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The claim, plainly

The US Department of Energy allocated up to $1 billion of the $10 billion hydrogen hub program to issue an RFP for demand-side support mechanisms, including contracts for differences.

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Assessment

The statement accurately reflects official actions by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED). On July 5, 2023, the DOE and the White House announced plans to allocate up to $1 billion from the clean hydrogen hub funding authorized under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (a $9.5 billion total hydrogen authorization, including $8 billion for regional hubs) to support demand-side mechanisms. In Fall 2023, OCED issued a solicitation (Broad Agency Announcement) seeking an independent, not-for-profit implementing entity to design and administer these mechanisms, explicitly including contracts for differences (pay-for-difference contracts).

On July 5, 2023, the U.S. DOE issued a Notice of Intent to invest up to $1 billion in demand-side support for Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs, outlining pay-for-difference contracts administered by an independent non-profit entity.
In Fall 2023, DOE OCED issued a Broad Agency Announcement for an implementing entity for the Demand-side Support Mechanism for Clean Hydrogen Hub Projects with funding between $500 million and $1 billion.
In January 2024, DOE selected the Hydrogen Demand Initiative (led by the non-profit EFI Foundation) to execute the demand-side mechanism.

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[1] energy.gov [2] esgtoday.com [3] c2es.org [4] ammoniaenergy.org [5] archives.gov [6] natlawreview.com [7] energy.gov [8] globalelr.com

DOE "demand-side support" "contracts for difference" OR "pay-for-difference" "July 5, 2023" OCED clean hydrogen demand side support 1 billion DOE hydrogen hub demand side support 1 billion contracts for difference RFP Department of Energy demand side support clean hydrogen hubs 1 billion "Implementing Entity" "Demand-side Support Mechanism" OCED DOE date

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