The Department of Energy terminated funding for California’s hydrogen hub and more than 280 other clean-energy projects approved during the Biden administration for political reasons, the agency conceded this month in response to a lawsuit over the cuts, as first reported by New York Times.
Air Liquide will invest more than $160 million to build, own and operate a new large-scale production facility to supply ultra-high-purity gases, including hydrogen, to a new semiconductor fabrication plant in Arizona.
Plug Power said July 13 it has agreed to sell its planned Graham, TX, green hydrogen project (#9 in map below) to Stream Data Centers for up to $76.5 million. As noted in this week’s Hydrogen Billboard, the transaction represents a growing trend in hydrogen and related clean-energy projects, as industrial sites with substantial power access are increasingly being redirected toward data centers because those projects can often generate higher and faster returns than energy-transition infrastructure.
Global hydrogen demand grew by almost 3% in 2025 to surpass 100 million metric tons (MT), concentrated in traditional industrial uses and refining, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its recently published Global Hydrogen Review 2026.
The price of the D4 Renewable Identification Number (RIN) has increased by 130% so far in 2026, accompanied by a 60% increase in the price of soybean oil and other renewable feedstocks. Today’s blog gives a high-level view of what is behind this year’s bull run in the D4 RIN and related commodities.
Twelve’s AirPlant One, which it bills as the first commercial-scale facility in the U.S. to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), has begun operations in Moses Lake, WA, the company said June 10. Referred to by Twelve as E-Jet fuel, it is an alternative to traditional jet fuel made from carbon dioxide (CO2), renewable electricity and water.
The SunZia Wind Project, the largest wind farm in the U.S., began commercial operations this month. The wind farm, located in New Mexico, has a total net summer generating capacity of 3,650 megawatts (MW) and is composed of 916 wind turbines. Its capacity is more than three times larger than the next two largest wind farms, Alta Wind in Southern California (1,098 MW) and Great Prairie in northern Texas (1,027 MW).
Plug Power said June 2 it has closed on the sale of a federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for ~$39.2 million associated with its hydrogen liquefaction facility in St. Gabriel, LA, (operated through Hidrogenii, its joint venture with Olin Corp. The St. Gabriel facility was commissioned in April 2025 and can liquefy up to 15 tons of hydrogen per day.
Carbon dioxide injections have begun at Carbon TerraVault I, California’s first operational carbon capture and storage project, California Resources Corporation said May 26.
Exploits Valley Renewable Energy Corporation (EVREC) said May 18 that it filed the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for its project in Central Newfoundland. The project would reuse brownfield lands, repurpose the Port of Botwood (the closest deepwater port in North America to Europe) and harness the region’s wind resources to produce green hydrogen and ammonia.
