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• Members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources showed interest in developing new, hydrogen-specific infrastructure as well as in converting existing natural gas pipelines to move hydrogen, during a hearing Tuesday. Some Republican senators expressed concern that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission would use any authority to regulate hydrogen to also curtail natural gas development.
• “It appears there is uncertainty today around which federal laws apply to interstate hydrogen infrastructure, and about which federal agencies could or should be involved in siting this infrastructure and setting service rates,” committee Chairman Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said, adding that Congress should set up an “effective” regulatory framework for hydrogen infrastructure.
• While an energy attorney testified that FERC may already have the authority to regulate hydrogen pipelines, other industry leaders said the most important thing Congress could do is create hydrogen-specific tax credits.

The California State Transportation Agency awarded the Humboldt Transit Authority $38.7 million to replace 11 diesel-powered buses with 11 new zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell electric buses.

DANBURY, Conn. — FuelCell Energy, Inc. – a global leader in manufacturing stationary fuel cell energy platforms for decarbonizing power and producing hydrogen to enable a world empowered by clean energy – today announced that the FuelCell Energy Trigeneration Platform received a Top Product of the Year Award in the elite Environment + Energy Leader Awards program. The announcement was made today at the Environment + Energy Leader Solutions Summit 2022.

These devices allow the chemical energy of fuels such as hydrogen to be directly converted into electricity.

Plug CEO Andy Marsh detailed how American lawmakers could increase the use of hydrogen and decarbonize the country.

WSP will manage engineering, procurement and construction of an advanced clean energy storage project in Utah for the Magnum Development and Mitsubishi Power Joint Venture.

• Regulatory uncertainty around energy carrier.
• Oil and gas industry sees hydrogen as future.