The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) $8 billion program to accelerate the development of regional hydrogen hubs is shifting into a higher gear. DOE in early November received an unspecified number of “concept papers” on prospective hubs and is now reviewing their merits, with plans to provide applicants with initial feedback within the next few days. By April 2023 — when full proposals are due — there’s a good chance that, based on DOE’s input, a least a few individual projects will be combined into a smaller set of stronger proposals. A case in point may be two competing but seemingly complementary hydrogen-hub plans in the Pacific Northwest. In today’s RBN blog, we discuss those proposals and the prospects for a clean-hydrogen build-out in the region.
It’s as true in the energy industry as it is in the music business: Always play to your strengths. Blake Shelton, who wrote and sang the song in the title of today’s blog, is a top-tier country music star not just because of his musical talent but also because he appears to be a humble, honest guy who wears his heart on his sleeve. These traits have shown up again and again in his songs — and on his 22 seasons on “The Voice,” the hit singing competition show.
Likewise, sticking to strengths has been key for the public, private and public-and-private teams that scrambled this spring, summer and early fall to develop the framework for regional hydrogen-hub proposals and then write up summaries for the DOE to consider. We’ve blogged about a number of these — see our posts about hub proposals in Greater Houston, Corpus Christi, Southern California, Louisiana/Arkansas/Oklahoma, the Marcellus/Utica, the Midwest/Great Plains and the Rockies. In each instance, hub proponents made the case that they were putting their region’s strengths — be it natural gas supply and CCS (carbon capture and sequestration) potential, abundant nuclear or solar power, and/or a massive base of potential hydrogen consumers, including old coal-fired plants being converted to run on hydrogen.
RBN’s U.S. Gulf Coast Hydrogen Infrastructure Map lays out the pipelines and merchant hydrogen plants that make up the gulf coast market, providing an unprecedented snapshot of the region’s hydrogen infrastructure network.
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About the song
“Sunny in Seattle” was written by Jim Beavers, Chris DuBois, and Chris Stapleton. It appears as the eighth track on Blake Shelton’s sixth studio album, Red River Blue. Shelton has stated that he was going for an early George Strait sound when he recorded the song. Personnel on the record were: Blake Shelton (lead vocals); Paul Jenkins, Troy Lancaster, Brent Mason and Adam Shoenfeld (electric guitar); Bryon Sutton and Ilya Toshinsky (acoustic guitar); Mike Brignardello and Jimmy Lee Sloas (bass); Paul Franklin, Mike Johnson and Russ Pahl (pedal steel guitar); Tim Akers and Gordon Mote (keyboards); Connie Ellisor, Aubry Haynie and Pamela Sixfin (fiddle); Greg Morrow and Chris McHugh (drums, percussion); Aubry Haynie (mandolin); Jessi Alexander, Perry Coleman, Wes Hightower and Elizabeth Lamb (backing vocals); Carole Rabinowitz (cello); and Eberhard Ramm (viola).
Red River Blue was recorded in Nashville and produced by Scott Hendricks, Chris Stevens, and Craig Wiseman. Shelton's marriage to country singer Miranda Lambert, and his debut as a judge on the NBC television talent show, The Voice, both occurred as he was making the album. Released in July 2011, the LP went to #1 on the Billboard Hot Country and Billboard 200 Albums charts. It has been certified 2x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Four singles were released from the album.
Blake Shelton is an American country music singer and television personality. He has released 12 studio albums, five compilation albums, four EPs, and 52 singles — 40 of which charted, with 11 of those reaching #1. Shelton has sold more than 10 million records worldwide and has been a judge on The Voice since its inception in 2011. He has won three American Music Awards, one Billboard Music Award, 27 ASCAP Awards, 27 BMI Awards, 10 CMA Awards and six ACM Awards and is a member of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. He still records and tours and will begin his Back to the Honky Tonk Tour in February 2023.
