News and Highlights
- The Great Lakes Clean Hydrogen Hub (GLCH) announced that it has submitted a formal application to the Department of Energy’s regional clean hydrogen hub funding process. The planned hub is said to utilize nuclear power to produce hydrogen.
- Our blue hydrogen project list expands again this week with the addition of a facility being advanced by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Sustainable Fuels Group. As with many blue H2 projects, the CIP-backed effort will use the hydrogen to produce blue ammonia.
Blue Project News and Announcements
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) recently acquired a controlling stake in a blue ammonia project along the U.S. Gulf Coast. While we don’t know the name or specific location of this project, publicly available information says this project could produce blue ammonia by 2027. Capacity may be phased in, with two trains under consideration, each capable of producing 4,000 tons per day of ammonia. CIP, headquartered in Denmark, is partnering with the U.S.-based Sustainable Fuels Group (SFG), a company whose website consists of only a landing page with no contact information. Ambiguity aside, the project has entered into an agreement with International Matex Tank Terminals (IMTT) to provide ammonia storage and handling. We have assumed this project will utilize autothermal reforming (ATR) with carbon capture and storage (CCS), though there is no indication on how the CCS will be facilitated.
Hydrogen Hub Updates:
The Great Lakes Clean Hydrogen Hub (GLCH) followed the lead of other regional hydrogen hub applicants and issued a press release confirming GLCH’s application with the Department of Energy (DOE). GLCH’s application apparently includes a $2 billion pink hydrogen production facility to create H2 for the states of Ohio and Michigan, as well as parts of Pennsylvania and Indiana. The hub is said to be capable of producing over 100 metric tons per day of hydrogen. That amount suggests about 250 megawatts (MW) of electrolysis would be included in the project, consuming about 450 MW of nuclear generation capacity. We doubt the application would include new nuclear generating capacity, implying existing power would be consumed by the hub.
