Kelly Speakes-Backman, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: It is top of the hour, should we get started?

Sunita Satyapal, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office: Yes, right to you, Kelly.

Kelly Speakes-Backman: Sure. Hey, Hi everybody, welcome to the Department of Energy's H2IQ Hour webinar. For those of you who don't know me I’m Kelly Speakes-Backman and I head up the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy here at the U.S. Department of Energy and I am super excited to be kicking off today's webinar on a topic that I’m sure many of you have been waiting to learn about: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and what it means for our efforts on clean hydrogen as well as other resources that are going to help us to enable work in this area.

So, as you may know, may very well know, on November 15 President Biden signed into law the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, but we now call the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This is a once in a generation investment in our nation's infrastructure that's going to create good paying jobs, it's going to combat climate change and grow the economy sustainably and equitably for decades to come, it's super exciting.

DOE plays a critical role in the buying and Harris administration's climate agenda, charged with delivering transformative benefits to American families, workers, businesses, and communities. And I think I can speak for all of my colleagues here at DOE and within the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s office when I say we're all ready to get to work, to roll up our sleeves, and to help realize the benefits that this law is going to have on all Americans. We are so excited about it. It’s going to help DOE to play an even more effective role in the boldest climate agenda in our nation's history by charting the course to reach 100% carbon pollution free electricity by 2035 and net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

We know that clean hydrogen can be a game changer for our ability to meet these goals. It's a form of energy storage for the grid for dispatchable 24/7 power. It can help us to decarbonize that hardest to abate sectors, the heavy-duty trucking and industry, and these are just a couple of examples. And so that's why we announced earlier this year our first Energy Earthshot, the Hydrogen Shot, in June, to cut the cost of clean hydrogen to $1 a kilogram of clean hydrogen in one decade.

And we're backing that goal up with investments. In July, we awarded $36 million for clean hydrogen projects. In October, 20 million for demonstration projects. For generating hydrogen from nuclear energy. And 8 million for research projects to simulate integration of clean hydrogen onto the grid at scale. We have our ongoing H2@Scale initiative that was spearheaded by the Energy Efficiency and Renewables Office and works with stakeholders to lower the cost and accelerate the deployment of clean hydrogen across all sectors. And we've requested, for fiscal year 2022, 400 million for hydrogen work just about 40% higher than last year's budget.

So here at DOE, our focus is on clean hydrogen, reducing those emissions from the entire value chain as much as possible and through our clean hydrogen work we're committed to fulfilling also the president's Justice40 initiative by ensuring that 40% of the benefits of clean energy, go to those disadvantaged communities. But, you know that our success is ultimately going to depend on the success of all of you by pushing that envelope on innovation, on deployment and technology adoption friends. It's going to take us all to collaborate and leverage the strengths of each of us, everything that we bring to the table.

This challenge is just simply too big and too complex for one agency, one organization, or even just the federal government or sector to solve alone so let's continue pushing the envelope of what's possible, let's continue sharing lessons learned, and let's build on that work toward our common goal of leveraging hydrogens vast potential to help us get to a cleaner and more equitable energy future.

So thanks very much, really excited for the program here today. I’m going to pass it on next to Dr. Sunita Satyapal, Director of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office and the coordinator for DOE’s Hydrogen Program. I know Sunita is really excited to get down to the specific details of the BIL, the BIL, that's what we acronym as the bipartisan infrastructure law, and what it means for the hydrogen community. So, Sunita, take it away.

Sunita Satyapal: Great. Thank you so much Kelly, and thank you to everyone for joining us today, and we have an exciting plan for you over the next two hours so welcome again. You'll be able to submit questions throughout and we'll go through, and Stacey if you go to the next slide. The plan, so we'll give you an update on Hydrogen Shot, the Request for Information results, and summarize some of the key hydrogen provisions within the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

And, first of all I want to acknowledge all of my colleagues here we have many more as well and I'll kick it off, and we also will have some of our fellows, interns, we had a big team involved, especially combing through all the RFI responses. So, some of my colleagues will be presenting as well, throughout. And then at the end we'll have a panel discussion and respond to as many of the questions as we can.

So, if we go to the next slide what we'll cover is, again, first the Hydrogen Program background so everyone's on the same page will go through it in detail. Some of the examples were compiled from the RFI that was launched over the summer, and then these are the specific topics I'll cover in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. And then, finally, we have an exciting a new announcement, a tool called H2 matchmaker so we'll cover that and then summarize and go to the next steps.

So with that, if we get started right away, go to the next slide we wanted to remind you again that hydrogen is one part of a very comprehensive portfolio. We have a DOE-wide hydrogen program plan which is on the website there hydrogen.energy.gov. And then also emphasize that it's really all-hands-on-deck so we have all the relevant offices shown here. As Kelly mentioned, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, focusing on renewables and use applications like transportation, industrial applications, buildings, fossil energy, and carbon management. Obviously, looking at fossil with CCS also large scale turbines, and we'll talk more about some of those activities, nuclear as well.

A lot of exciting work with five projects nuclear to hydrogen, office of electricity, obviously, a huge demand on our grid energy storage and ARPA-E as well. When we look at innovations, next generation technologies, and then you can see, on the bottom there, we have the Office of Science. So, really wanted to emphasize the importance of foundational science and, since the administration change, the applied offices and the Office of Science has been brought into one undersecretary so that's a change, the Undersecretary for Science and Energy.

And also, you can see some of this sporting cross-cutting offices that are really critical everything we do the Loan Program Office, Office of Technology Transitions, and others. And so we coordinate across agencies as well, for more than a decade, or almost two decades with an interagency working group. And again it's really all about coordination, all hands on deck and then you can see in the orange we provide funding from the funding agency to industry, universities, national labs, states, and so forth again, for a cohesive, concerted effort. So you can read more about the plan, and if we click one more time just wanted to remind you again of the top three priorities.

So, first of all, low-cost clean hydrogen. Obviously we're going to need hydrogen delivery and storage low cost, efficient, safe. And then number three is enabling end-use applications at scale. And all the other enabling activities like workforce development, safety codes and standards are each our priorities. Again, this is really the top level. And if we go to the next slide I'll emphasize that again it's very comprehensive, so the entire value chain is covered within DOE. So both near term as well as longer term and again across production, delivery, storage, conversions so again fossil looking at turbines and we're all looking at fuel cells and reversible fuel cells. And then applications, there too, where can we make the biggest impact. And so again, this is just high-level reminder in the program plan that we're really covering all the pieces required for sustainable market penetration.

So if we go to the next slide, part of what's necessary as we think about the sustainable market penetration is getting to scale. So for those who are not familiar, this is the image that we have been using for several years now that depicts in a way that Swiss army knife approach of hydrogen. So on the left, you see all the primary resources so renewables, nuclear, fossil with CCS, you see the red circle, the grey circle, the conventional grid and natural gas infrastructure. And then again the concept if we produce hydrogen from again multiple resources, we can either feed that back to the grid or, as power with turbines and fuel cells, or we can use it and you can see all the bubbles on the right for multiple end use applications. So again, the concept of versatility.

Perhaps more easily dispatchable in some cases, and electric transmission provides you with optionality and really lets you couple of decouple from the grid and unique ways. So again we're looking at all of these applications, but if you click one more time, we wanted to emphasize the hard to decarbonize sectors that we're looking at so industrial applications steel, for instance, accounts for 79% of global greenhouse gas emissions and transportation, especially heavy duty, such as long haul trucks. Power long duration energy storage, for instance, blending and the natural gas pipeline, these are some of the examples that are definitely receiving a lot of attention worldwide.

And if you click once more. In terms of the US now shot again as a reminder, we produce over 10 million metric tons of hydrogen per year in the US, mostly from natural gas, but we see scenarios, where we could produce even five times more. And to give you an example, if we produced another 10 million metric tons of hydrogen that would basically double today's solar, wind deployment. Again, to give you an idea of scale, you know if we were to use electrolysis and again lots of opportunity for jobs, 700,000 revenues and we'll be updating our analysis there

So if we go to the next slide. Wanted to again recap the Hydrogen Shot, when President Biden asked the Secretary of Energy “What more can we do to really speed the development of critical technologies?” And in June, the Secretary of Energy launched the Hydrogen Shots and the next slide again as a reminder is this bold, ambitious, easily articulated target of 1-1-1 so $1 for one kilogram of clean hydrogen in a decade.

And the next slide talks about the results from the Hydrogen Shot Summit, we had thousands of participants, many countries, and basically when we asked this question: what are the greatest barriers preventing widespread public acceptance of hydrogen? You can see the results here again from these thousands of stakeholders and again many different examples, infrastructure, you can see public awareness, lack of incentives, again, you see smattering across the board. But the number one is cost, so you can see that 22% said cost is really one of the biggest challenges.

So, the next slide again summarizes at a high level. We're looking at all the possible pathways, how can we get to 1-1-1, again it's across all the offices. So again, this is just a snapshot here, gives you an idea of electrolysis. Again there are many different assumptions here, but our $5 per kilogram baseline in 2020. And you can see the green is the cost of electricity, the blue is capital cost, the grey is operating and maintenance cost and this shows you how we would step down to get to that $1. Again, many different pathways. Thermal conversion, example again, all of these analyses will continue to be updated, but you can see, the cost of fuel and capital cost and how we could step down. And then finally at the advanced pathways like direct photo electrochemical conversion and, again, across all of these, it will be important at the foundational science coordinated.

So, finally, the next slide. I'll emphasize that it's not just about the research and development, so demonstration, deployment, all of that is part of the entire effort. And so, as part of our request for information that was launched earlier in the summer, and as part of our analysis, we're looking really strategically at where are the resources. So, the blue in the map shows solar and wind, the green and the top map shows the nuclear plant locations, you can see where the steam methane reforming, SMR, major locations are and CCS. And so on the right, you can see, these are the questions that we asked of our hundreds of stakeholders in terms of feedback. So where are the potential opportunities for producing hydrogen resource availability? What about the key end users in your region? What's the real value proposition and cost and ideally to get to scale, how can we very strategically look at co-locating production and end use?

Clearly emissions reduction potential will be a priority, and then I especially want to emphasize our diversity, equity, inclusion jobs or environmental justice priorities. And then, of course, I already mentioned the science and innovation, and so what we're going to do next is, we go to the next slide, is give specific feedback again, these are examples from the RFI and from many of you who responded.

So we go to the next slide. This gives you a summary, again, there were over 200 and hundreds of pages of responses, so a big thank you again to many of you responded, and this is a snapshot again compiling of the various inputs, you can get a flavor of where we saw the most interest or the most responses with the dark blue shown. But you can see, really, it's all the regions across the country very engaged and a lot of good opportunity.

So before I turn it over to the next speaker I will go to one more slide. And again, this all the slides will be available on the website, and so this again is just a very high-level summary of how we’ll continue for the next part of the webinar. And you can see again the different locations. So on the West the key is, you see again there, there are different themes that you'll hear about so in some regions, we heard feedback from let's say tribal communities or the EJ community. In some cases, they had very specific applications and opportunities, such as port communities or offshore wind, if you look at the light blue examples. In certain regions, there was predominance of the resource, such as, or infrastructure, such as energy storage or geological caverns.

And so again you'll hear a lot more detail about each of these, so I won’t, you know, read everything word for word.

And so, finally, if we go to the next slide we'll get into the details here, but I wanted to end by thanking all of the folks within the office and across the offices, we had an amazing team of interns and fellows early career staff and contractors and so also wanted to emphasize our interest and our commitment to STEM and diversity, equity, inclusion and really offering an opportunity for career development and advancement for the next generation of leaders in science and technology and clean energy and hydrogen so I'm really pleased that will have some of our fellows and junior folks also presenting today at the webinar, Marika Wielczko, and so I will go ahead and turn it over to Marika as the next speaker.

Marika Wieliczko, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office: Thank you so much Sunita. So, not surprisingly, we received many RFP responses describing opportunities in California as hydrogen has a long history here, this is the most populous state, it's the third largest in the nation, and it has the largest economy and it's one of the biggest energy consumers in the nation. Transportation accounts for the state's largest share of energy consumption and there are more motor vehicles registered and more vehicle miles traveled in California than in any other state. In fact, 11% of total U.S. gasoline consumption occurred by, in, in California, in 2018. So, hydrogen for transportation has long been developing in California and with initiatives like the California Fuel Cell Partnership, the foundation for hydrogen success in the state has already been laid. Next slide please.

The heavy use of transportation has led to multiple areas of poor air quality along the I-5 corridor, which runs the length of the state and extends to port areas of Los Angeles and San Francisco. And these strongly overlap with areas with high populations of people of color and low-income individuals, both of which are considered historically underserved communities. RFI respondents really recognize that clean energy technologies would have a significant effect on improving the lives of millions of individuals who live along this high-density corridor. Next slide please.

Respondents recognize that there are already vast renewable resources across the state and the Western Region overall like wind, solar, and geothermal and how these can create opportunities for regional grids. They recognize that California has the most established hydrogen economy and infrastructure to date with the number of fuel fueling stations and vehicles already on the road. As of December 1 of this year, there are 40 refueling stations. Next slide please.

Respondents noted that not only are the existing renewable resources available, but they highlighted innovative approaches for creating clean hydrogen such from waste, and they also talked about how existing stations, power stations can be repurposed and powered with clean hydrogen and, especially, they expanded on the use of hydrogen for transportation beyond light duty vehicles to include multiple end uses in the transport transportation sector. They also highlighted how they would leverage collaboration with neighboring states, such as you saw in Nevada, and how they could also collaborate with tribal nations in the American Southwest. And next slide please.

So, to go into more detail, we received so much information about all of the opportunities in California. Respondents highlighted that the dedicated hydrogen pipelines in the LA basin would create an opportunity for a regional grid. And then, most of the hydrogen currently being produced is through processes like steam methane reforming. They were enthusiastic about using clean, curtailed renewable energy to produce hydrogen.

As I mentioned before, they described numerous power stations that could be repurposed or powered with clean hydrogen, as well as describing natural reservoirs that could be used for hydrogen storage. They also gave estimates of the CO₂ reduction that using clean hydrogen could entail, ranging anywhere from 0.2 to 1.3 million metric tons depending on the project and the location. They also gave estimates of the capital and operating expenses, which vary by project and location. And they even proposed a unit cost of $1.50 per kilogram for producing clean hydrogen in the LA basin. They described numerous end uses for blending, stationary power, etc. And in the transportation industry alone, end uses included heavy duty, both long-haul and short-haul trucking drayage at various ports, vehicle fleets, and buses.

They also described opportunities for hydrogen with ferries, rail, and off-road vehicles such as for agricultural equipment. And then beyond transportation they also described industrial applications such as steel and iron making and others. They were conscientious of the importance of training programs and workforce development, and many of them quantified just how many job opportunities clean hydrogen could promote in the area. And they also focused on co-locating production you're the site of end use. Next slide please.

So, moving North up the coast to the Pacific Northwest, we saw a number of responses from this region. Not only are there ample opportunities for hydropower and using wind, but we also saw several responses that directly involved tribal communities, which is really encouraging as there are 29 federally recognized tribes in Washington and 9 in Oregon. Responses largely focused on ports as ocean-going ships and associated land-based infrastructure contribute very significantly to emissions. Washington state, after all, is one of the largest container port gateways in the United States and so respondents really noted that hydrogen will play a key role in decarbonizing the maritime industry. And this will require looking at vessels, ports, utilities for shoreside infrastructure and fuel production and delivering. And next slide please.

Respondents in this region were also really conscientious of how energy usage impacts local communities. Diesel exhaust is the leading source of pollution in the Puget Sound and in Seattle, communities in the Duwamish Valley, have a high number of contaminated waste sites and severe air pollution compared to the rest of Seattle and a concern for respondents is how this can produce negative health outcomes and even decrease life expectancy for these residents. The Duwamish Valley is also an area of cultural significance to Native American tribes serving as a historically valuable natural resource and sacred landscape and respondents recognize that the air and water pollution disrupt this connection and improving environmental sustainability, sustainability in these areas would really benefit all of the surrounding communities. Next slide please.

So, although the Puget Sound and other areas in this region suffer from high levels of air pollution, the Pacific Northwest region overall has ample production of clean energy, possibly the cleanest in the entire country. This includes electricity generation from hydropower, as well as wind and nuclear and other renewables. One of the largest power plants by generation capacity is located in this region, which is also one of the largest hydropower plants in the world, providing millions of households with electricity each year. Next slide please.

Respondents recognize that there is already existing, regionally available, zero-carbon hydropower production capacity that is providing excess renewable energy in the region. And efforts are already underway, such as some public utilities working to install electrolyzers on hydropower dams, to utilize some of this excess energy. Respondents also noted that favorable policies across the region are encouraging and supporting a continued shift to a clean, to clean energy, including hydrogen. And next slide please.

So, as an overview, many of the responses focused on using that excess renewable power to produce clean hydrogen. They really focused on the port areas and the associated maritime applications, both in the shorter and in the longer term and they also described how transitioning to clean hydrogen could really impact communities that are affected by emissions and pollution. Next slide please.

So, to give you a bit more detailed information, they identified 18 terawatt hours per year of excess renewal production and they describe how if all of that power converted to hydrogen this electricity has the potential to produce 558 kilograms of hydrogen per year. Specific sites they identified included the Port of Tacoma, Richland, Boardman, Centralia, as well as others and how natural gas pipelines throughout Washington, California, and Oregon could be used to transport blended hydrogen. In the barging infrastructure along the Columbia and Snake rivers would allow large volumes of hydrogen to be transported effectively and with lower emissions.

There are several hydrogen refueling stations already planned in the region, and tribes, all in the area, already own standard fueling stations and may be interested in expanding to hydrogen and some tribes also pre-existing relationships with various utilities. Respondents here also gave estimates for the production costs which ranged very broadly, as well as capital and operating expenses and they gave a number of examples of end users. But looking at just the opportunities in the maritime sector in the short term, they spoke of high-speed zero-emissions ferry service for the Puget Sound, hydrogen passenger ferries in Seattle, zero-emission tugs and hovercraft, shore power, storage and infrastructure and zero-emission transportation around the Puget Sound region, as well as cargo handling.

And, in the long term, they described how hydrogen could expand to a zero-emission fishing fleet, which would include over 5,000 vessels, as well as port infrastructure for zero-emission operation and resiliency, as well as other industrial uses. The estimates that respondents gave for emissions reduction potential varied broadly but they estimated that between 15,000 and 92,000 tons of CO₂ could be reduced each year, as well as reducing NOx carbon monoxide and fine particulate matter, which would dramatically improve air quality around the ports around the Duwamish Valley and really impact those communities that have been impacted.

So, with that I will turn it over to my colleague, Ms. Kendall Parker.

Kendall Parker, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office: Thanks Marika.

Moving on to the Central U.S. regional cluster. This region consists of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, and parts of surrounding states. And it all, this region is also part of what the U.S. energy information administration considers the western coal region. This area contributes about 55% of all coal production in the U.S. but respondents were enthused about how hydrogen could play an important role in their energy economy and how that transition could look. Next slide please.

This region is high in coal and it's also high in crude oil and natural gas production, as noted by the figure from EIA shown here. And much of these production fields encroach on tribal lands in the region. While some tribes do own coal mines, mining and burning coal creates its own challenges. RFI respondents noted this, and they also mentioned that there was some resistance to development and the resulting damage and pollution to the land and the people for this region. Next slide please.

Coal jobs across the U.S. have reduced significantly since 2011. As coal mines continue to retire in this already economically distressed region, it's imperative to focus on the jobs that are greatly needed in this area. A transition into renewable energy would serve a major need for this area as projects would create jobs in construction, installation, and operation, with priority placed on those retiring production sites and on tribal communities.

The Wind River Reservation was an RFI highlight and it's in the west central portion of Wyoming. It’s the seventh largest Indian reservation and it's home to the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes, and it encompasses just over 2 million acres. It's currently a production site for oil and natural gas with potential to transition into hydrogen. This region also shows promise for increased wind and solar energy with multiple tax incentives available in the area, the maps that are shown here highlight the potential for wind in this central U.S. region. Next slide please.

Looking at a high-level snapshot the RFI responses indicated that ample wind and moderate solar resources can serve as sources for renewable hydrogen production as projects continue to develop in this region. During the transition to hydrogen made from renewable sources, the coal available in this area can contribute to low carbon hydrogen and ammonia production with carbon capture and storage, and also uranium ore and potential nuclear to hydrogen projects. We go a little deeper in RFI responses on the next slide.

We'll see that the RFI respondents further mention that the natural gas infrastructure and extensive railways in Wyoming and Utah can help support a transition to hydrogen. And also, respondents noted that there are numerous saline formations, salt caverns, and depleted oil fields that have potential for hydrogen storage. Responses highlighted end users, such as low-carbon ammonia and ammonium nitrate for industry fertilizer markets, hydrogen for hydro treating low sulfur road fuels, conversion of over-the-road motor coaches to fuel cell electric vehicles, and in Montana, North Dakota, and other neighboring states refineries could use SMR to transition to renewable H₂ with carbon capture and storage. The emission reduction potential was noted, to be dependent on carbon capture and storage implementation. And also there are economically distressed regions, as I mentioned that are in need of transition that would benefit from these new projects.

RFI respondents further noted the co-location potential is influenced by the carbon sequestration stats and also rail access points and that new nuclear plants could be built at retired coal plants. And lastly, some responses noted that there are plans in place to work with local tribes in the region to bring in clean hydrogen and, in some cases, this work has actually already begun, for example, there is note of a project in Utah that is now partnering with the Paiute Indian tribe. Next slide please.

So the next region is the southwest region, which includes Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of neighboring states. Arizona and New Mexico are both high coal producers and part of the western coal region as well, and New Mexico is one of the largest crude oil producers in the nation. Similar to the central U.S. region, the southwest has a significant population of tribes, as well as Hispanic communities and the RFI responses really show that this region was an area with significant interest in hydrogen. Next slide.

Arizona is currently a major producer of solar and both Arizona and New Mexico have the capacity to increase their solar production and use their excess solar for hydrogen production. This region also has existing incentives for renewable energy, the maps here are highlighting the solar capabilities in the southwest region. Parts of New Mexico also have the potential to produce hydrogen from fugitive methane, for example, RFI respondents mention that they're currently utilizing existing improving technology to produce one metric ton of hydrogen per day, which is about 350 metric tons a year. Next slide.

The southwestern region has significant potential because it bridges California and the Gulf Coast and it can serve as both the distribution route and a producer of hydrogen from fossil resources, it can also be a producer clean hydrogen from solar, wind, and nuclear power.

Looking a little deeper on the next slide the RFI responses shared the fact is that the resources in this region have gone underutilized in terms of hydrogen production, including the abandoned potash minds that can be used for storage. There's also opportunities for renewable gas from farming and landfills, as well as capturing fugitive gas from shale oil. Additionally, the existing interstate natural gas pipelines provide opportunities for blending hydrogen and natural gas and there's growing hydrogen fueling infrastructure that services the heavy freight routes to and from California.

One proposed project from the RFIs in Arizona noted their active awareness of the proximity to local tribal populations. Other projects in Arizona indicated their intent to work with tribal communities as well. Additionally, continuing to use fugitive gas and carbon capture contributes an easier transition from current oil and gas jobs. Job potential in this economically distressed area will also be of benefit to many of the tribal and Hispanic communities in the region.

There are RFI responses indicated end users in this region would include fuel cell electric buses in the Las Vegas region, along with heavy-duty freight vehicles, hydrogen turbine power generation to supply power to grid, primary or backup power and remote posts, such as U.S. border patrol. Based on the RFI responses, we got feedback that the nuclear plant with natural gas pipelines gave co-location potential and there are plans for cooperative H₂ production fueling stations and heavy-duty vehicle manufacturing. Next slide please.

So, moving along, the next region to highlight is the Gulf Coast. This Gulf of Mexico area, both onshore and offshore, is one of the most important regions for energy resources and infrastructure and the existing capacity that's here would be really beneficial to building a hydrogen economy. The RFI responses for this region were predominantly from Louisiana and Texas, but in all this region includes Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. Next slide please.

Over 47% of the U.S. petroleum refining capacity and 51% of natural gas processing plant capacity lies in the Gulf Coast, which is highlighted in the figure on the right. Petroleum refineries use hydrogen in their downstream units to reduce the sulfur content and meet fuel specifications and producing distillate jet fuel and other petroleum products. Hydrogen is also important in processing low-grade sour crude slates that are rich in sulfur content for petroleum refineries that are in the Gulf Coast. Refineries typically fulfill incremental hydrogen demand by either producing it onsite through steam reforming and natural gas as SMR of by purchasing it from merchant suppliers. In recent years, the demand for hydrogen biorefineries has increased, and in response, merchant supply of hydrogen has increased due to limitations of onsite hutch and production. The RFI respondents noted potential capabilities here. Next slide.

If we look at the hydrogen production in the Gulf region, we see that over 90% of U.S. active hydrogen pipeline lies in the Gulf coast, which turns out to be a little bit over 1,400 miles. In addition to the petroleum plants I mentioned before, there are ammonia and petrochemical plants in the region that are serviced by these pipelines. Pipelines are shown in the figure on the right and they transport more than 1 billion standard cubic feet, or over 2,400 metric tons of hydrogen per day from over 20 plants. Next slide please.

At present in the U.S., there are three subsurface hydrogen storage facilities with capacity for industrial use and all three are located in salt caverns in southeastern Texas along the Gulf Coast. RFI respondents mentioned the Gulf region also, in addition to these storage facilities, has depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs and salt loads that could be used for CO₂ sequestration and storage or for hydrogen storage. And the image here on the right just really highlights the mini salt basin structures that are in this Gulf of Mexico region.

The RFI responses further highlighted the existing hydrogen production capacity in this Gulf region that is really from existing infrastructure, and also that there are many industries that would be impacted by hydrogen economy, such as agriculture and metallic ore refining and processing. For example, respondents predicted that a single SMR plant in Texas could produce 80 million standard cubic feet of hydrogen per day using natural gas as feedstock.

And looking a little deeper on the next slide, the respondents further discuss many end users have a hydrogen economy in this region and that they would include city transit, industrial forklifts, phosphate industry, dredge trucks, and also they noted that there is high job creation potential in this region. The legacy oil and gas wells, natural gas pipelines, and reclaimed water sites are just some of the many regional resources that were mentioned that would aid in building a hydrogen infrastructure. Respondents did estimate around 2,000 jobs in the Gulf region during manufacturing and construction phases could be created for or during hydrogen project development. And thanks to a large amount of potential geologic storage through salt caverns and hydrocarbon reservoirs, the projection from one respondent was that up to 1 million tons per year in emissions could be reduced. The large electricity capacity electrolysis and SMR capability could be beneficial and co-locating with inland marine shipping. Slide please.

So, moving north to the Great Lakes region, this region includes portions of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The Great Lakes in this region actually contain 20% of the total fresh water on the planet and 80% of the freshwater surface of North America. This region is one of the most important economic centers in the world with 200 million tons of cargo ships annually by boat and by key industries like manufacturing, agriculture, mining, and energy. Next slide please.

As highlighted in the figure on the right, this region actually contains the most nuclear plants of any region and Illinois has more reactors in any state, which is actually 11 reactors at six plants. This region is a major industrial corridor and the Ambassador Bridge that’s over the Detroit River sees thousands of trucks pass each day. Due to all of the industrial plants and driven by trucks, a lot of RFI respondents noted that the per capita emissions of greenhouse gases are significantly higher than the national average and were going to be a factor in projects that they discuss. Next slide please.

Respondents also highlighted Gary, Indiana; Detroit, Michigan; and Cleveland, Dayton, Ohio as being in the top 100 disadvantaged cities in the U.S. In the map that's shown here just highlights the HUD opportunity zones in this region and how they overlap with these cities. RFI respondents specifically highlighted these cities as potential stakeholders in the future hydrogen economy. These rankings of disadvantaged cities really quantify how climate change can exacerbate range of risk to the Great Lakes region, increase heatwave intensity and frequency, increase humidity, degraded air quality and reduced water quality, and a change in vector borne disease patterns will increase public health risk, and also have a large impact on some of the cities that I just mentioned. Next slide please.

RFI responses highlighted the hydrogen production capacity in this Great Lakes Region specifically due to a large number of nuclear plants, depleted oil and gas fields, distribution facilities, transportation arteries, and retired coal plants.

And looking a little deeper on the next slide, respondents mentioned that there was limited existing infrastructure in this region, and most of the production potential itself was from the coal and nuclear plants and the depleted oil and gas fields. There was also mention that natural gas pipelines could provide some transport for hydrogen and also, because of the strong industry ties of this region, long-haul trucks and steel, chemical, and cement plants would be prominent featured end users and the hydrogen economy. A few depleted gas fields and salt caverns were highlighted in the RFIs for their hydrogen storage potential and one respondent estimated nearly 60,000 jobs can be created, including at port locations for waterborne transportation. The emissions reduction potential was estimated around 20 million metric tons of CO₂, which would greatly benefit this heavily industrial region. Additionally, job creation from a hydrogen distribution network would benefit workers from the previously retired coal plants.

And I'm going to turn it back over to Markia to wrap up the remaining part of the U.S.

Marika Wieliczko: Thank you Kendall.

 So moving on to Appalachia. This region is made up of over 400 counties and spans 13 states over 200,000 square miles and the region's residents live in parts of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and all of West Virginia. This region has become the single largest producer of natural gas in the United States, the Marcellus and Utica Shale formations accounted for 34% in the first half of 2021 according to the EIA. With the exception of Pennsylvania, where nuclear power provides a portion of electricity, nuclear and renewables supply only a small fraction of energy production in the region. Next slide please.

Historically, coal has been very important to this region, but production here has declined by 65% since 2005. And the most impacted regions are central and southern West Virginia, Eastern Kentucky, as well as Pennsylvania and Ohio where now more than half the counties are categorized as at-risk or distressed by the Appalachian Regional Commission. As much of the industries here are natural resource based, the region's economy has struggled with the continued evolution of trade and the shift to higher technology. As many of the natural resources are extracted and exported, many of the jobs are exported as well, and though the region has graduate students and STEM at a rate higher than the national average, retention is among the lowest in the nation. Next slide please.

So RFI respondents clearly recognized that opportunities for this region would include capitalizing on retired and retiring fossil assets and especially transitioning the resources and job skills associated with the abundant natural gas to include clean hydrogen technologies. This means that advanced carbon capture and sequestration, CCS, will not only be essential, but it could also be very impactful. For instance, a single facility described how using natural gas to produce clean hydrogen would save nearly one metric ton of CO₂ per year and how using such carbon capture technologies for other applications could save an additional one to four metric tons. This could be accomplished by using the salt, limestone, and shale formations for sequestration, as well as potentially for storing hydrogen. A notable end use application that overlaps with the Great Lakes region is materials handling. There are already 10 distribution centers in Ohio with refueling stations that use 900,000 to a million kilograms of hydrogen per year for this application. And next slide please.

So, in addition to the natural gas and geologic resources that could be used for carbon sequestration or for hydrogen storage, responses also focused on the region's favorable central accessibility to the entire United States. And this can be exemplified by the development of an Amazon airhub at the northern Kentucky Cincinnati CBG airport with a neighboring Ohio air park being used for package sorting and forwarding. A new 800,000 square foot facility and a fleet of over 100 cargo planes are planned. Adoption of fuel cell forklift technology by major retailers has been one of the biggest commercial success stories of fuel cells to date and that could really drive hydrogen demand in this region.

Respondents also highlighted that Appalachia, with the Gulf coast, accounts for much of the direct employment in the U.S. tugboat, towboat, and barge industries. These not only serve as major distribution pathways but themselves could also see integration of hydrogen technologies. There are also areas where fuel cell buses can be deployed in areas near growing petrochemical hubs and natural gas processing and cracking facilities. And respondents describe how hydrogen could help to decarbonize refining industries and how steel, cement, and chemical industries in the region could also use clean hydrogen.

Respondents noted that policy incentives would be needed for this region to shift to clean hydrogen from a cost, from a cost perspective but there is a major opportunity to create jobs for those who have lost theirs, especially those in the coal industry. While the abundant natural gas resource here is likely to dominate the hydrogen economy in the near term, respondents identified that nuclear power may be an important pathway in years to come. For instance, advanced nuclear reactors for hydrogen production are planned, one of which would be in Ohio and serving the tri-state region and extending up the Ohio River Valley. There are additional nuclear reactors under construction in Georgia that could also be a part of producing clean hydrogen. And next slide please.

So, moving on to the New England regional cluster. This includes six states in the northeastern United States: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, as well as parts of New York, parts of which also overlap with Appalachia and the Great Lakes regional cluster. Respondents focused on the potential for offshore wind, how the maritime and fishing industries that rely heavily on diesel could benefit from clean hydrogen, and how important residential heating and stirring cold winters and unexpected storms that can leave millions without power. Next slide please.

Opportunities here described supplying clean hydrogen to existing off takers, such as those in semiconductor manufacturing, producing hydrogen from wood waste in the pulp and paper industry, proposals to construct large-scale floating offshore wind facilities, injecting hydrogen into natural gas pipelines, and strategies to reduce emissions from the local maritime industries. And next slide please.

So respondents here really want to harness renewable energy from the Gulf of Maine, which has world class offshore wind with 90% of the one resource exceeding nine meters per second. They described how woodchip pyrolysis could be used as a source of hydrogen for renewable methane production and how that process could save 32,000 tons of emissions a year. They also described how local wastewater or seawater could be used to produce hydrogen and other valuable chemicals. They highlighted opportunities for collaboration and cooperation with our neighbors in Canada, where several hydrogen projects are already underway to think beyond a national system and towards international trade agreements. Since older housing stock and multifamily rental homes are prevalent in this region, respondents identified the need for reliable and affordable building heat. Hydrogen could help provide cleaner heating by blending into natural gas or by replacing fuel oil for home heating, especially in parts where the infrastructure is aging. Hydrogen could be used to provide backup power, especially in the case of unexpected storms like when tropical storm Isaias left 2.5 million New Yorkers without power.

The aqua culture and fishing sector is an important part of the economy that respondents identified. Maine alone accounts for 80% of U.S. lobster fishing and fetches nearly half a billion dollars for the state each year. These commercial vessels use over 10 million gallons of diesel fuel each year. And respondents described opportunities to convert diesel fishing vessels to use methanol produced, to use methanol made from hydrogen produced via floating offshore wind. Not only would this allow them to retrofit diesel vessels and save around 120,000 tons of emissions each year, but construction of those offshore facilities would create thousands of jobs. Next slide please.

And finally, the non-contiguous states Alaska and Hawaii face unique situations that require special consideration. So, to start, Hawaii is located further away from major landmass than any other island group on earth, making its energy infrastructure truly unique. The state has no natural gas, crude oil, or coal production, but relies heavily on petroleum to produce electricity, making it the most petroleum-dependent state and the one with the highest average retail price of electricity. Respondents really focused on Hawaii’s commitment to clean energy, having set targets to achieve 100% of electricity from renewables by 2045 and how state and county agencies purchase light-duty vehicles to reduce petroleum consumption and the high adoption rate of electric vehicles in the state. And also that the state provides an income tax credit for renewable fuels, including hydrogen produced from renewable feedstocks. The state's only coal fired power plant is scheduled to be retired in 2022 and, aside from the solar on- and offshore wind and biomass resources, the state's geothermal power plants supplied nearly 5% of the state's electricity. Next slide please.

Alaska ranked second to Hawaii and the share of its electricity that is generated from petroleum fuels. In the past, projects have been undertaken to explore geothermally generated electricity that to produce hydrogen for mixing with propane to provide cooking gas and heat. And other efforts have taken place in the past. And at present the DOE Arctic Energy Office has shown support for considering how the Arctic can partner with the rest of the globe and the development of hydrogen as an important energy resource. Next slide please.

So RFI responses focused on Hawaii’s massive potential for renewable hydrogen production from its diverse resources, including coastal waters, volcanoes, and forests, and decreasing the state's reliance on importing fuels for transportation. Respondents also highlighted how hydrogen could be used in rural and remote communities in Alaska. Next slide please.

To reiterate, respondents from Hawaii really highlighted those diverse renewable energy resources and told us about how Hawaii can produce 65 kilograms of gaseous hydrogen per day that high purity from primarily renewable grid resources. In addition to solar, wind, and biomass, they described a 100-kilowatt ocean thermal energy electrolyzer being developed that would take advantage of thermal gradience in coastal waters as well as opportunities for a bioenergy plant that would incorporate reforestation efforts to mitigate effects of farming of endemic trees. Transportation would be a major focus area for end uses here, converting public transit to hydrogen fuel cell vehicles would save 86,000 tons of CO₂ annually. The state is also investigating an industrial benefits concept that leverages capital expenditure to procure a fleet of new buses, and this would also provide employment for the local population, including the economically challenged and socially disadvantaged communities of which there are several in the area. And the strategy using assembly facilities and subassembly facilities, recycling facilities, training centers, etc., this would allow over 75% of capital to stay within the community. Beyond Hawaii, liquid hydrogen produced from that geothermal plant could be exported, with an estimated cost of around $3 per kilogram.

And finally, as a region rich in natural gas and other fossil resources but currently with no pipeline means to export them, hydrogen produced in Alaska would likely stay within the state. Building on previous hydrogen work and exploring new opportunities could integrate hydrogen for remote tribal communities in Alaska that our respondents identified. And they also described plans to work with the state to develop a nuclear facility. And as in other regions where fishing is an important part of the economy, respondents also described how hydrogen could be used to fuel fishing vessels off the Alaskan coast, so thank you all, and with that I will turn it over to Bob.

Robert Schrecengost, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office: Thanks very much. Good afternoon. So I'd like to do an example deep dive into the RFI responses received on fossil resources and carbon capture and storage.

Nearly half the RFI responses included fossil resources of some sort, nearly a third involved high-temperature thermal conversion processes for fossil or waste fuels, and over on fourth of the responses showed interest in geological hydrogen storage and also in carbon capture utilization and sequence duration. So both of those storage aspects of the economy. Main areas identified where respondents felt that research and development as needed were for improvements to reforming thermal conversion process is possible geologic and on-site hydrogen storage, including more options beyond salt domes for subsurface hydrogen storage. And more research on improving the economics of various carbon capture technologies to reduce the cost to clean hydrogen produced from the cerebral conversion processes. Next slide please.

So when you look at the responses you got the overwhelming majority of responses were from the private sector, very encouraging. Academia was second most responses and government agency were third. But all areas, especially the areas involving fossil resources and thermal processes all those were dominated by private sector. Next slide please.

So when you look at regional responses to this, so the responses related to fossil resources, infrastructure, and storage in regional aspects were from 16-20 responses for the Gulf coast, which was number one for the northeast and Appalachian region, which was number two excellent midwestern mountain west region, which had 16 responses. We also did receive responses concerning the southwest and west coast region and the southeast of mid-Atlantic regions. Next slide please.

So this is like a word cloud shows the popular terms that were used in the responses, so a lot of these are very much related. There was a lot of interest in hydrogen production, steam methane reforming, SMR, blue hydrogen, and green hydrogen all those are various ways to refer to hydrogen production so that was a big interest in the (inaudible). Fridge, subsurface storage, and salt domes that were frequently mentioned. The related aspects of carbon capture, CCS, carbon dioxide CO₂ emissions are also frequently mentioned in responses, so that was another big area of interest. Finally, the natural gas, including natural gas pipelines, natural gas storage, were also common areas of responses. There were a fair number of responses on electrolysis that included solid oxide electrolysis and salt oxide electrolyzers is also a popular related terms in our responses. Next slide please.

So, in summary, large number of responses from private industry and academia show that there is a great interest, numerous opportunities for growing a hydrogen economy across the United States. Early regional deployments can be supported by existing infrastructure that was identified and highlighted by RFI respondents and additional national region analyses are underway by multiple offices to analyze available resources by region, both for power generation and for hydrogen production, as well as infrastructure needs and potential hydrogen end users in the region. Next slide please.

Finally, I do want to thank the team that developed the RFI and analyzed the responses. From what we just presented you can see that was a lot to analyze. The team included DOE staffers or fellows, interns, and site support contractors. Special thanks to the team managers pictured here, for their hard work in summarizing and analyzing the RFI responses that we've received. At this point I’d like to hand the ball back to Dr Sunita Satyapal and she'll take over from this point. Thanks very much.

Sunita Satyapal: Thanks very much Bob that was great and Marika and Kendall and again a big thank you to the entire team. So now what I’ll do is go through some examples of opportunities through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law or, as we call it the BIL, also called the Infrastructure Investment Jobs Act. And so, if we go to the next slide.

As a reminder, again November 15 President Biden signed the BIL into law and will cover 9.5 billion for clean hydrogen, 8 billion for at least four regional clean hydrogen hubs, 1 billion for electrolysis, that's research, development, and demonstration, and then half a billion for the clean hydrogen technology manufacturing and recycling R&D. And so, all of our activities are aligned with Hydrogen Shot priorities so reminder again that was $1 in the next decade and here in the statutes specifically states to dollars by 2026 so all of that's aligned, and then it also requires us to develop a national strategy and roadmap which I'll talk about. So if we go to the next slide.

These are basically the sections that will be covering today and we won't be covering everything in the BIL, but these are some of the main sections that I wanted to go through, so you can see the numbers here, and you can review those. Again, the BIL, the law BIL’s available online, but mainly I’ll cover section 813 through 816. And then section 822 is very important, as well as referred to throughout, so I’ll cover section 822.

And if we go to the next slide. This really depicts kind of just the comprehensive framework of the key hydrogen provisions that cover a range of RDD&D. And so, this is across the entire value chain so, starting with the raw materials, for instance catalyst, platinum, and so forth, supply chain constraints, process materials such as membranes and subcomponents, so compression or plant components, all the way to the end product. So, and I think an important piece is the end of life and recycling aspects so designing for that right at the onset. The electrolysis RD&D here again in a nutshell it's not just electrolysis it also covers other key pieces of the puzzle, such as compression, storage, drying, integrating systems, and then, of course, a regional hub. I’ll get into this, a lot more detail, and then, finally, the national hydrogen strategy and roadmap within 180 days, and then the clean hydrogen standard. So I’ll talk about all of these in a lot more detail, and on the on the right, you can see, you know how each of these map to the specific sections in the bill and how much funding is in each section, so this is really just a high-level summary slide.

So if we go into the details now and the next slide we'll start with the national clean hydrogen strategy and the roadmap. And so here again, this is the actual statute, word for word. And so again, in summary, it emphasizes that in carrying out the programs established under the sections the Secretary of Energy in consultation with the heads of the relevant offices of department, so we've already mentioned the fact that we're coordinating across EERE, FECM, and so forth will be developing a technologically and economically feasible national strategy and roadmap to facilitate the widespread production, processing, delivery, storage, and end use of clean hydrogen. So really all those components. And then the inclusions here in this section cover the focus areas.

So we'll start with A and this one I’ll talk about in more detail but establishing a standard of hydrogen production that achieves the standard developed under section 822(a). So that's what I’ve mentioned before, which will cover in more detail that clean hydrogen standard. In B it talks about the clean hydrogen production and use and covers the multiple resources to get as we've mentioned, and also mentioned our program plan and so forth, natural gas, coal, renewables, nuclear, biomass, and so forth, resource diversity. In section B 2, identifying potential barriers, as well as pathways and opportunities, including federal policy needs, to transition to a clean hydrogen economy.

And if we go to the next slide, we will also be identifying first the economic opportunities for production, again the entire value chain production, processing, transport, storage and use of clean hydrogen. And here in section i talks about the those opportunities that exist in the major shale natural gas producing regions of the United States. In section ii it covers again the same language, but for those opportunities that exist for merchant nuclear power plants operating in deregulated markets. And in iii it emphasizes the environmental risks associated with potential deployment of clean hydrogen technologies in those regions and then ways to mitigate those risks.

In section D, it covers the approaches, including some strategies that reflect the geographical diversity across the country. Again, to advance clean hydrogen, based on the resources, the industrial sectors, the environmental benefits, the economic impacts, you know, in those regional economies, So obviously you're here heard of snapshot for, for instance, so some of the RFI responses there. And then in section E, identifying opportunities to use and barriers to using existing infrastructure. So including all the components of the natural gas infrastructure system CO₂ pipeline infrastructure system and use local distribution networks and use power generators LNG terminals industrial users of natural gas and residential and commercial consumers of natural gas for clean hydrogen deployment. So that’s section E.

And if we go on to the next slide, section F is identifying, discusses identifying the needs for and the barriers and pathways to developing clean hydrogen hubs. Including where appropriate clean hydrogen hubs coupled with CCS and I’ll cover the hydrogen hubs in a lot more detail, but you can see, here again, through these sections that they'd be regionally dispersed across the U.S., leverage natural gas, as well as talks about the again production, processing, delivery, and use of clean hydrogen. And iii transportation corridors and modes of transportation, including transportation of clean hydrogen by pipeline and rail and through ports. And in iv where appropriate, could serve as joint clean hydrogen and CCS.

And then in section D, it discusses prioritizing activities that improve the ability of the Department of Energy to develop tools to model and analyze and optimize, basically, integrated hybrid energy systems in the section. So again, looking at maximizing efficiency and providing hydrogen, high value heat, electricity, and chemicals, emphasis services. So that's covered in Section G.

And if we go to the next slide. Here in section H, again, all this is part of a national hydrogen strategy and roadmap, covers identifying the appropriate points of interaction between and among federal agencies involved in production, processing, delivery, storage, and use of clean hydrogen and clarifying the responsibilities of those federal agencies and the potential regulatory obstacles and recommendations for modifications to support the deployment of clean hydrogen. And I’ll talk about this a little bit more shortly as an example. And in Section I here, identifying geographic zones or regions in which clean hydrogen technologies could efficiently and economically be introduced to transition existing infrastructure to rely on clean hydrogen and support again of decarbonizing all the relevant sectors of the economy. So there are two, we saw a few examples and, obviously, that will be a high priority, as everything else here.

And then finally (b) reports to Congress. Again, for everyone's awareness, here are some major deadlines not later than 180 days after the date of the inactive and so that was, that is May 15 since the bill was signed November 15. The Secretary of Energy shall submit to Congress the clean hydrogen strategy and roadmap developed under this subsection (a). And then also to emphasize the updates. again it's not a static document, that we would update this clean hydrogen strategy. At least so not less frequently than once every three years, so after we've you know submitted the report and the roadmap so with that if we go to the next slide.

I wanted to emphasize here some of the strategic planning, these are you know generic functions that we always undertake so these three categories. Stakeholder engagement is a really high priority. Listening sessions, that we already have the DOE hydrogen program plan, which is also mentioned specifically in the bill and the statute. And there's also an industry roadmap that was developed by you know roughly 20 companies and multiple stakeholders, a few years ago. And regional analysis, and so, if you look at the top arrow there so obviously national and regional coalitions, feedback from industry, states, national labs, I mean all stakeholders and especially highlight on the right, the EJ community, tribal community, really broad community engagement that's a very high priority at the Hydrogen Shot summit also we had. We were really honored to have tribal leaders, the EJ community representatives and so that will be critical, I know all of our stakeholder engagement.

The second arrow emphasizes the analysis activities we have ongoing. So obviously, looking at policies, decarbonization scenarios, jobs, analysis is a high priority. And the number of roadmaps are over 30 global roadmap specifically on hydrogen and we have international partnerships we're already coordinating and have been actually for almost two decades, with over 20, even 30 countries, so we have a finger on the pulse in terms of international activities and we have our H2@scale analysis, industry analysis, so again scenario analysis to meet the administration priorities, Justice40, all of those will be ongoing.

And then, finally, the third arrow emphasizes the interagency nature and state and government coordination. So again, as mentioned all hands on deck. We have an Interagency working group already for the last almost two decades, and so very strong engagement there as we iterate and you know reiterate, based on the stakeholder feedback. So again, this is just a summary slide and the goal by statute is to deliver the report by May 15.

So the next slide gives you, again, some examples of the analyses activities. And we also want to emphasize this roadmap process and it's not meant to be static that just sits on the shelf, I think, concrete actions and, as mentioned again, updates every three years. And also looking at the slide here from our analysis team shows an example from, for instance California Air Resources Board. And, if you look at some of the state activities where, for instance, annual surveys were used to determine what is the commitment by industry for releasing in this case, for instance, vehicles in the transport sector, and some of the analysis looking at national scenario planning and what's the availability of the hydrogen refueling stations and the feedback loop based on industry needs and resource availability. So again, that continuous loop and iterations. And then at the bottom emphasizes the national planning tools integrated with local and regional planning and policies and tools and modeling. So again, we have a whole portfolio of modeling tools with our labs, maps, and so forth.

And if we go to the next slide, it gives you one other example, speaking of the federal framework of agencies across the U.S. And so this is a report that's available that we funded by Sandia National Lab, you can see that the website there to get the link. And shows really the fact that we have multiple agencies that have jurisdiction over different components of across the entire value chain, again, of hydrogen and so whether its production or pipelines or export terminals storage. And so looking at what are the gaps, where do we need to focus so, for instance for core pipeline transmissions that will highway administration for bridges and tunnels. And so again, this gives you an idea of some of the depth and what more will be needed for coordination across the agencies, again for the national perspective.

And the next slide gives you an example of… I guess so here we'll go to the clean hydrogen production qualifications. And so this is an important section that is referred to, throughout the BIL hydrogen provisions and in many places, so I do want to spend some time on this. And here section 822 talks again about not later than 180 days after the enactments. And again, IIJA is used interchangeably with the bill so that's infrastructure investments and jobs act, so the secretary of energy in consultation with the administrator of EPA. And after taking into account input from industry and other stakeholders, as determined by the Secretary shall develop an initial standard for the carbon intensity of clean hydrogen production that will apply to the activities carried out under this title. So this is referred to, throughout and in B the requirements are specified, and so it basically again talks about the standard and in section B it defines the term clean hydrogen to mean specifically a hydrogen produced with a carbon intensity equal to or less than two kilograms of CO₂ equivalence produced at the side of production per kilogram of hydrogen produced. So that's two kilograms CO₂ per kilogram of hydrogen. And then C it also emphasizes, it needs to take into consideration the technological, economic instability.

So I’ll come back to this but if we go to the next slide you'll see it does specify the adjustments in section 2 stating that not later than you know, basically, five years after, which we have that initial standard in section A, the Secretary and again once again in consultation with EPA and with input from industry and other stakeholders, will determine in section A whether that definition of clean hydrogen required should be adjusted below the standard described in that paragraph. So, whether it needs to be adjusted to below two kilograms of CO₂ per kilogram of hydrogen. And then in section B if the secretary of energy determines the adjustments described in that paragraph is appropriate, then we would carry out that adjustments. So again, this is an important section, and then I did want to highlight section 40313, which is a different section, but it does also specifically mentioned the goals include to demonstrate a standard of clean hydrogen production in the transportation, utility, industrial, commercial, and residential sectors by 2040. So, again at this point, we have the hydrogen production piece, and then you can see, in other places of the Statute, it talks about all the way to the end use, but we have more time for those.

So with that we'll go on to the next slide. And here I just wanted to show example, again we've done webinars, our experts at Argonne National Laboratory, for instance, has developed the GREET greenhouse gas emissions tool that's used by many thousands. It's been used in the state level, and this is an example of the different pathways for hydrogen production, and you can see the first one, which essentially shows, on average, if you look at the top, the green bar here, we have about 10 kilograms of CO₂ per kilogram of hydrogen for hydrogen from natural gas SMR and you can see again for different pathways the hydrogen or the CO₂ released again from a well to gate perspective in this analysis. So you can see the link, you'll be able to again I think we're seeing lots of questions, but all these slides will be available on our website and you'll be able to see these links and we will be providing tech assistance in terms of webinars, which are already on our website, so you can see more details here on the potential for different pathways to meet those clean hydrogen standards. So with that we can go to the next slide.

And here we'll move on to section 813 which covers the regional clean hydrogen hubs. And here, obviously, the loss of interest and the first section A defines the hubs so the term regional clean hydrogen hub means a network of clean hydrogen producers, potential clean hydrogen consumers, and the connective infrastructure located in close proximity. And then in section B it discusses the establishment of the program. So DOE would establish a program to support the development of at least four regional clean hydrogen hubs. And it talks through again the specific provisions here from one through three. And if you go to the next slide emphasize this a little more clearly. So again, the definition of a hub is a network that includes the components of hydrogen production and then the off takers so the potential clean hydrogen consumers and the connective infrastructure within. So, you know, located and closed or concept of production and use. So located in close proximity.

And then again, the purpose of the statute, if you click one more time, you can see that number 1 states that demonstrably aid the achievement of the clean hydrogen production standard. So demonstrably basically aid that denotes metrics, measurements, we need to demonstrably, you know, aid in the achievement of this clean hydrogen production standard. So refers back to the section 822 where the standard is defined as that two kilograms of CO₂ per kilogram of hydrogen. If we click once more, again with the definitions in the section of the hubs. They must demonstrate the production, processing, delivery, storage, and end use of clean hydrogen so again, all of those components. This is the exact language. All those components are needed and must be clean hydrogen. And then, if you click one more time, in terms of the exact language in the statute, states that can be developed into a national clean hydrogen network to facilitate a clean hydrogen economy. So again, these are the three specific sections under the hub definition.

And if we go to the next slide I’ll go through just the solicitation and selection text of the hubs and states, basically, the solicitation of proposals again not later than 180 days, which means by May 15, we would solicit proposals for the regional clean hydrogen hubs. And then in section two not later than one year after the deadline for the submission of proposals, then we would select at least four regional clean hydrogen hubs and then in section three it talks specifically about the criteria.

And so here, if we go to the next slide, I’ll walk through these and there are lots of questions. And so here, criteria section three. We have first criteria which is feedstock diversity, so it states that to the maximum extent practicable, one at least one regional clean hydrogen hub would demonstrate the production of clean hydrogen from fossil fuels. In section two, at least one of the hubs would use renewable energy. And in section three, at least one of the regional clean hydrogen hubs would demonstrate hydrogen from nuclear energy. So again we cover all the feedstocks, and if we click one more time it emphasizes the criteria of end use diversity. So here, again to the maximum extent practicable, in one at least one regional clean hydrogen hub would demonstrate the end use of clean hydrogen in the electric power generation sector. In section two at least one of the hubs demonstrates end use in the industrial sector. In three it discusses at least one hub in the residential and commercial heating sector. And then in four, at least one in the transportation sector. So if you, well, I just want to remind you of these specific end use sectors, because this will be important later, when we talk about the H2 Matchmaker tool and some of the tools we plan to roll out. So, and then in section C, geographic diversity. So here to the maximum extent practicable each regional clean hydrogen hub shall be located in different, in a different region of the United States and shall use energy resources that are abundant in that region.

So, if we go to the next slide that basically summarizes, we have continuation here of the criteria and D is hubs in the natural gas producing regions of the U.S. So to the maximum extent practicable, at least two regional clean hydrogen hubs shall be located in the regions of the United States with the greatest natural gas resources. And then, finally, in the last criteria, employment. So here we would give priority to regional clean hydrogen hubs that are likely to create opportunities for skills training and long term employments to the greatest number of residents of the region. So obviously you know jobs, employment is a very high priority there. And then in section F, additional criteria. The Secretary may take into consideration other criteria that in the judgment of the Secretary are necessary or appropriate to carry out this title. And then finally in section 4, funding of the regional clean hydrogen hubs. Where it states the Secretary may make grants to each regional clean hydrogen hub selected under the previous paragraph to accelerate commercialization of and demonstrate again the entire value chain production, processing, delivery, storage, and end use of clean hydrogen and, as I said in the beginning that's 8 billion and that's across that period of fiscal year is shown there for FY22 which is where we are now through 2026. So again a very accelerated timeline, so very exciting time in history, for all of us, and if we go on to the next slide.

Here we wanted to share some of the analysis and references, again you'll have these slides available, can go to these reports. And, as I said, early on, when we had the RFI and I showed this map here from our labs, you can see, NREL, we had multiple labs, Argonne. You know, great in-depth analysis showing both production and end use, so there are three reports available again, these are all optional resources, but it shows the regional, the technical potential for hydrogen supply and based on different feedstocks also addressed the cost, the price points, and the market potential across eight sectors and then it also addressed the growth potential, assessed again the potential for hydrogen growth in both supply and demand and it looked at five different scenarios. So again, all of this will hopefully be helpful for the stakeholder community. And then we also have a number of models and tools, so enabling greenhouse gas emission analysis, again across the different pathways. There's life cycle analysis, LCA, GREET. And then important piece of our activities, especially when we think about you know global emissions reductions, how are we really tackling our climate crisis. And a lot of international collaboration as well here on the global change analysis model or GCAM. So, again lots of tools and we'll have webinars, workshops, again a lot of analysis planned.

And if we go to the next slide, just wanted to show an example of some of the maps that have been developed again with our labs and stakeholders. And so all these are available for those that are interested in looking at the resource availability or system of the supply or issues as well as end use applications or opportunities.

So with that we'll go on to the next section, and this is going on to section 816. So this refers to the clean hydrogen electrolysis program, and so we started out here the very first part of the statue just goes through definitions and so the term electrolysis which means a process that uses electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen defines the electrolyzer in the program. And here I’ll just to emphasize, I won't read all the text here, this is the exact word for word text in the statute, but just wanted to emphasize that it's research, development, demonstration, commercialization, and deployment program for the purposes of commercializing, basically commercialization to improve the efficiency, increase the durability, and reduce the cost of producing clean hydrogen using electrolyzers. So again, this section is focused on electrolysis, obviously, you know there are other production pathways elsewhere.

And if we go to the next slide, it covers the goals of the program, and this is very specific here and it's aligned with everything that we're doing. But basically, to reduce the cost of hydrogen produced using electrolyzers to less than $2 per kilogram of hydrogen and by 2026. So, if you remember at the baseline constant showed in the beginning with the Hydrogen Shot Summit. Was $5 and 2020 and, again, there are lots of assumptions, there are various numbers, and our goal was $1 in a decade. So this $2 by 2026 will be our, you know, concrete goal. And then obviously there are many other goals, efficiency, durability, and so forth, all the way down to this down global. So a lot more detail there. And then in section D, it does talk about demonstration projects. So demonstrating clean hydrogen using electrolyzers. And then in section two validating information on the cost, efficiency, durability, and the feasibility of commercial deployment of the technologies described in that in that first paragraph. So data collection is obviously a key priority.

And then, if we go to the next slide, we would cover a little more in terms of focus. So focus on research relating to and the development, demonstration, and deployment of, covers again a number of technologies. So low temperature electrolyzers including liquid alkaline, membrane based, other advanced electrolyzers. And it discusses, you know, capable of converting intermittent sources of power to clean hydrogen with enhanced efficiency and durability. And section two discusses high temperature electrolyzers, so it's not only, for example, PEM electrolyzers. And here discusses using electricity and heat, obviously with the high temperature potential that would improve efficiency for hydrogen production. Section three, it covers advanced reversible fuel cells and so that's basically what combines the functionality of an electrolyzer and a fuel cell in integrated units. And in section four discusses new highly active, selective, and durable, electrolyzer catalysts, electric catalysts that greatly reduce or eliminate the need for platinum group metals and enable electrolysis of complex mixtures with impurities so including seawater, so I think that's something you'll see later on as well. And then modular electrolyzers in section five for distributed energy systems and the bulk power system and it refers back to the definitions there in terms of the power system.

So if we keep going to the next slide. Yeah, here, again, it's very specific. So covering low cost membranes or electrolytes or separation materials. Again, durability is key in the presence of impurities or seawater, so again it's not just high purity de-ionized water. Section seven, improve component design and material integration. So including, for instance, with respect to the electrodes the PTLs pore transport layers, bipolar plates bal to plant systems and really allow for scale-up of domestic manufacturing electrolyzers at high volume. And then in section eight, clean hydrogen storage technologies. So as I mentioned the beginning, it's not only just the electrolyzer. And in section nine emphasizes technologies that integrate hydrogen production with clean hydrogen compression and drying technologies, clean hydrogen storage, and transportation or stationary systems. And in section ten, integrated systems that combine hydrogen production with renewable power or nuclear power, including hybrid systems with hydrogen storage. So again, it's very comprehensive and that is $1 billion again for a pretty short timeframe here 2022 through 2026.

So if we go on to the next slide I’ll try to speed up a little bit. The next section is the section 815, which is the clean hydrogen manufacturing and recycling. So here are the priorities in awarding grants or entering to contracts, cooperative agreements or other agreements, where the Secretary to the maximum extent practicable shall give priority to clean hydrogen equipment manufacturing projects that in section A increase efficiency and cost effectiveness. And section one is the manufacturing process and in section two the use of resources, including existing energy infrastructure. And in B, discusses supporting domestic supply chains for materials and components. And in C, identifying and incorporating nonhazardous alternative materials for components and devices. And in D, operate in partnership with tribal energy development organizations, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, native Hawaiian, community-based organizations, or territories. And then, in E, are located in economically distressed areas of the major natural gas producing regions. So again, a very specific here in this part of Section 815.

And if we go to the next slide. Here we cover the research, development, and demonstration projects to create innovative and practical approaches to increase the reuse and recycling of clean hydrogen technologies and here again, there are number of very specific areas, including A increasing the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the recovery of raw materials.

And I’m sorry this Stacey I think the screen is suddenly blacked out here. So if we can I keep talking.

Stacey Young: Can you see, it now.

Sunita Satyapal: I can see it now. So here we have the increasing the efficiency of I was just mentioning the recovery of raw materials from clean hydrogen. And B, minimizing environmental impacts from the recovery and disposal processes. And C is addressing barriers to again the R&D and commercialization of technologies and processes for the disassembly and recycling of devices used for clean hydrogen production, processing, delivery, storage, and use. And so that, if you remember, in the very beginning, I emphasized the new aspects in terms of the end of life and disassembly, recycling, and so forth. And then D, developing alternative materials and designs, manufacturing processes, and other aspects for clean hydrogen technologies. And then in section E, developing alternative disassembly and resource recovery processes that enable efficient cost-effective and environmentally responsible disassembly of and resource recovery from clean hydrogen technologies. And then finally F, developing strategies to increase consumer acceptance of and participation in the recycling of fuel cells. So I think the community is pretty well aware of a lot of the efforts that the department is undertaking in terms of battery recycling and really globally, when you think of some of those technologies, and so this clarifies in the statute similar language for hydrogen fuel cells. So that is 500 million for, again, that same period of time

So if we go to the next slide. Finally, there are specific language on targets, I thought I’d highlight here, again, no later than 180 days after the Act, the date of enactments and so that means by May 15. We would be basically showing we have a number of targets many, many targets already, but would go back look at those targets for the program, both in terms of near return so within the next two years midterm so seven years and then longer term to 15 years, targets that would address the challenges to be advancements that clean hydrogen systems and technologies.

So with that I think the next slide will go into a specific exciting tool and I’m really pleased to be able to turn this over to Zach, who did a lot of the great work here and he'll walk through this voluntary analysis tool.

Zachary Taie, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office: Thank you Sunita, and I’m going to go ahead and take over control the screen here Stacey.

So, my name is Zach Taie, I’m a fellow here in HFTO and I’m excited to be able to unveil our concept for a team formation tool, a hydrogen hub team formation tool that we've been developing here in the office called H2 Matchmaker. So H2 Matchmaker is, kind of comprises two different components. As we vision it right now, the first being an interactive online map that has a pin or a marker at each location where there is currently or plan to be within the next five years, a hydrogen activity. And so, by hydrogen activity we generally mean hydrogen production, consumption, infrastructure, operation, or something along those lines. So this map will be dynamic, the pins will be GEO located so you can go on to the map see what hydrogen activities are occurring around you so that you could find ones that are in your geographic area. And you'll also be able to hover over the individual pins and an informational bubble will pop up that shows some basic technical information on the projects, but also some contact information so that you can reach out to those groups and organizations and discuss forming a team to apply to the upcoming hydrogen hub FOA. So, that's one component is the map, that's probably what your interface with the most.

To populate that map with pins, we're going to ask you the stakeholders to self-identify your hydrogen activities. So, if you would like your hydrogen activity to be represented on the map, we have an online form, you can fill out some basic information and then we will compile that information and put it on the map for you so we'll look at some beta versions of both of those portions of the tool here in a couple minutes, but I do want to point out some of our objectives first. So the primary objective is to assist with the formation of hydrogen hub teams. To respond to the, to any upcoming hydrogen hub FOAs, but we do see quite a bit of broader value in this tool outside of the hubs and beyond the hubs. So, as we saw in the RFI, one of the main challenges with hydrogen projects and hydrogen technologies is lack of awareness. So, this tool, this map will be a centralized location and an accounting of nearly all the activities that are self-reported to us, at least in the United States. So this will amplify the awareness of your specific projects and also lead to more partnerships and formations. So we hope that those partnerships that are developed and that extra vision that you get on your projects leads to more investments and extended deployments. And then this regional development we're hoping is one of the first steps towards a more national hydrogen network.

So, discussing the scope and the process how this will work. So I was mentioning that our primary goal is to facilitate the formation of these high-quality hydrogen hub teams. And as we, as we just saw the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law does lay out some specific language regarding what a hydrogen hub is. So it's a network of interconnected hydrogen producers, consumers, and interconnected infrastructure essentially, located in a close geographic proximity. So here in the office we do understand and acknowledge importance of other enabling cross-cutting activities such as workforce development, safety codes and standards, and state and local governments, so these activities really do lay the foundation for successful and high-quality hydrogen hubs. So all of these stakeholders are within scope for this tool, so if you're in any of these bins and please feel free or at least know that you're welcome on the tool. So, we are provided with some requirements from the low, so there are diversity, production diversity requirements, such as renewables, fossil fuels with carbon capture and sequestration, and nuclear energy. So these are specifically called out in the language of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Similarly for the hydrogen consumers we’re quite interested in electrical power production, industrial use, residential and commercial heating, and transportation. And those were, as we saw, called out in the in the actual language. On the infrastructure side, these are just a few examples, it's not meant to be exhaustive, but we do anticipate that infrastructure technologies and assets along these lines are going to be some key respondents. If you have another asset that you think is important, please feel free to respond to the tool.

So from a logistical perspective, the way we envision populating these maps is shown on this flow chart on the right. So, as I mentioned, we will have an online form that you can fill out and I’ll show you the beta version of that form here in a couple minutes. So we will gather that data from you, compile it into our H2 Matchmaker database and then use that database to create the maps that are published on the website. So for us, this is an iterative process and, depending on the number of responses that we get, we are hoping to be able to update these maps weekly. So every week, you will see a new set of respondents. And I’m also pointing that out to let you know that if you do respond to the online form, know that there will be a little bit of time between when you respond and when you see your project represented on the map. So we do recommend that you respond as early as possible. And then independent of that iterative process, the maps will be live 24/7 so that you can browse them and use them to form your teams, or just contact projects that you are interested in.

So that's kind of the scope and process. So we'll get into some more examples on the actual maps themselves, we have some beta versions that we like to show you. And so, essentially the interactive maps will overlay all of the interested stakeholders. So I’m going to show a couple example maps and show a live demonstration of what we are envisioning the end, this tool look like at the end, but I do want to point out that there will be some data points on the maps. These data points are just examples that we are using for illustrated purposes only. So these data points are not derived from real database. If they are located close to where you're located, it's merely by coincidence. If there's not a data point where you currently have an active hydrogen activity, that's because that this is just an example.

So when I show the live demonstration, there will be one main map that overlays all of the stakeholders that respond. So currently we have consumers, infrastructure providers, and producers built in. We're working on handling the supporting stakeholders at this time. So this will give you a snapshot of where the consumers and producers are geographically close, located in close proximity. If you want to have more information on any of these three pillars, you can click into second level dashboard that brings up more information on the individual sectors. So I'll go ahead and open up the live version.

And so, this is kind of our, this is our beta work in progress H2 Matchmaker map. So you can see that all of the points have a geolocation. When you hover over the points, some technical information comes up. They are color-coded by the pillar that they are most closely aligned with. And again, we will have supporting stakeholders in, we have not implemented that yet. And the size of the circle corresponds to the nominal hydrogen capacity, so what we mean by that is in the consumer for consumer, this would be nominal hydrogen consumption, producers, hydrogen production, and then, you know, whatever nominal capacity makes sense for the infrastructure. So the map is pan-able and zoomable, so you can go into the city level, and even the neighborhood level on see exactly where the hydrogen activity is located. So you can use this to go into your, you know, into a close proximity where your activity is ongoing, and find other partners that are near you. And then, finally, the last feature that we have implemented currently is a projection tool, so you can use this slider down here in the bottom right. So, right now we're looking at the current year, and then we can also forecast in the future based on the information that you provide to us as stakeholders to see where new projects are coming online, are expected to be coming online in the next several years, and to get a sense for how these projects are expanding.

So that is kind of the overall functionality of the main dashboard if you want to have more information on, say hydrogen consumers, you can click into the second level dashboard. Zoom in to wherever you're interested, all the same functionality carries over from the main dashboard. You can click on each one of these and end sectors to get a quick snapshot of where these individual sectors are most heavily concentrated. And then you can also use the lasso tool to highlight specific regions that you're interested in. So if you look at California, in the southwest here, you can get a measure of the total hydrogen demand in this location. So here, these numbers are purely for example, somewhat round numbers and metric tons per day. So we see that this region has a demand of essentially 620 metric tons per day. If we go to the production side, we look at the same region, we can see that there is only production capacity projected in 2027 again, this is an example, but in this example of nearly 100 metric tons per day. So this represents an opportunity for new producers to come online here. So we hope that this tool is useful in the formation of hydrogen hub teams and for broader outreach and partnership facilitation outside of the hubs as well. So this is, as I mentioned, this is currently in development, so if you see some features that are not included that you think would be useful, please let us know and I’ll give you an email address to respond to you and we'll try our best to implement those.

So now I’m going to jump back to the presentation, so that was the overview of our H2 Matchmaker interactive map. So the maps will start out with a blank slate as I said, this is all just example data, the maps will start out without any pins, so we really need your help, help from the stakeholders to submit their information to us on ongoing planned activities so that we can populate the map. So the way that we're going to, that we are intending to gather that information is through an online forum. So we're currently setting up this website www.energy.gov/eere/fuelcells/h2-matchmaker. So if you go to this website I’ll show you the beta version in just a second, you'll see it looks something like this. Down here there'll be a link that says H2 Matchmaker online form. If you click on this link it will take you to the self-identification forum. So I’ll show you quickly what that will look like. So here's what the website will look like, currently has a short description of H2 Matchmaker and regional hubs language. Here may change a little bit, but the important part is this link that you can click on that will take you to the matchmaker self-identification form.

So this is what the form looks like. I’m going to skip this, these disclaimers and come back to them in the next in the next slide. But I want to give you a quick overview of the information that we're going to ask for. So first, we want to ask for your primary point of contact information, so this will be publicly displayed. So the intent here is that, if your activity has a pin on the map and someone else is interested, this information will be displayed so your company name, primary point of contact name, and primary point of contact email address. So that information will be displayed in the informational bubbles so that people can contact you and attempt to form a hub team. So, after the contact information, we will ask for a few questions related specifically to your hydrogen activity. And so, by hydrogen activity we essentially mean hydrogen production, consumption, infrastructure, operation, or other supporting stakeholder activities.

So one of the most important questions that we’ll ask is for the activity address, and this is the physical location of the hydrogen production, consumption, or infrastructure asset. We're not looking for your company's headquarters address, we're looking for the actual location of where the hydrogen is being used so that we can have the most accurate representation on the map possible. The next question, we will ask for is essentially which pillar, the volunteer production, consumption, infrastructure, operation, or other supporting stakeholder activities. So I’ll walk through each one of these quickly and show you exactly what information, we’re requesting. So, if you're a hydrogen producer, we’re interested in how much hydrogen you currently produce, how much you plan to produce by 2023, 2025, and 2027 at this specific activity location, so this is an electrolyzer, an SMR plant with CCS, how much you plan today, and then in the future, so that we can construct our forecasting slider. And then, what is the primary energy source or feedstock for the majority of the hydrogen so renewables fossil fuels, plus CCS, nuclear, or other.

And then, finally, if you have some more information that you think would be relevant, that you would like for us to include either in the informational bubble that pops up or to help us on the back end with binning your project correctly, just go ahead and write it, provide us with that information and this question. So I’ll skip question 12 now, it's the same for each of the each of the pillars. If you're a hydrogen consumer, the questions are very similar. How much hydrogen does this particular activity currently consume, projected to consume by 2023, 2025, and 2027, and what is the primary end use of the hydrogen. Again, from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law language we're focusing on electrical power generation, industrial uses, residential and commercial heating, and transportation, but of course we have other options. So, if you have another focus, feel free to enter that in, but it'd be helpful if you stuck to these four categories. And then again, an opportunity to provide any other information that's relevant. If you are an infrastructure provider or operator, we're interested in what type of infrastructure solution or asset you're using.

So these are the four that I showed on the previous slide: hydrogen compatible pipelines, delivery solutions, hydrogen bulk storage, and fueling stations, so this is not meant to be exhaustive, we just anticipate that these will be utilized, at least in some of the hubs. If you have another infrastructure solution or asset, please feel free to enter it here in the other box. And don't, you know, don't feel like the this is meant to be an exhaustive list at all. If you have, so one key point on the infrastructure side is, if you have more than one asset located at these different activities then please fill out this form one time for each asset and I’ll show you how to do that, how to enter in multiple assets in just a moment. And then please just describe your activity in some more detail. If you have some information you'd like to for us to provide on the informational bubble will do our best to accommodate that if or just, you know, describe in general your activity to help us on the back end.

And then, finally, if you do not fall in one of these categories, but you're still interested in participating in a hydrogen hub team. For instance, government, tribal, workforce development, safety codes and standards, investor organizations. If you if you fall in kind of one of these categories then you would click here on the, on the other selector and then we just want to know a little bit of information, you know, please tell us how you've been involved in hydrogen related activities and what your supporting role has been so that we can use that to populate the map. Okay, so if your company only has one activity that you're looking to report, you can go ahead and click no here and click submit and you're done. That's all the information we're asking for. If you would like to submit more than one activity, then you would click yes, click next, and essentially the form will reset and then you can enter in the same information about activity number two. So, in this way, you can report up to five activities, using the form. So I’ll go ahead and just submit this form. So, let's say that was the last activity, I wanted to enter, can click no and submit. If you do have more than five activities, you'll reach a different screen and you'll be forced to submit. If you want to, if you want to enter in more activities just go ahead and click submit and other response and the form will reload, and you can go ahead and add in as many activities as you want to.

So that is the overview of our H2 Matchmaker self-identification form and that again, as I was saying, all of the information that will be displayed on the maps will come from the self-identification form and we are really relying on the stakeholders here to provide information to facilitate with the formation of these hydrogen hub teams. As far as the rollout timeline goes, we will launch the input form, are planning to launch the input form and the website here within the next week or so. In January, we're planning on publishing the H2 Matchmaker database and the beta maps potentially. So if you would like to be part of this database, which is essentially a somewhat like an excel teaming list, then please fill out the input form at your earliest convenience. If we do publish beta maps, we will gather feedback from the various stakeholders and then take that into consideration.

While we published the, well we produced the final interactive maps, and then we're expecting to have that final site launched in February with the full availability and full access to the interactive maps. If you have any questions, please, or comments, please feel free to email us here at h2matchmaker@ee.doe.gov, this is a specific email for this tool, so if you have any features that you would like to see us implement, please go ahead and email that website.

Back to the disclaimers, since these are important and we would just like to say that our intent here is to publicly publish all of this information. So please do not submit any confidential or any other information that you do not want to be publicly published, because we are intending to publish all of this information. Second, the H2 Matchmaker tool is solely intended to help facilitate the formation of hydrogen hub teams, so this is just a service we're providing for your benefit by displaying any information, we are not endorsing recommending or otherwise evaluating the qualifications of any entity or projects that have self-listed on this platform. Also, we will not pay or compensate any applicants or any respondents for the fabrication of any of this information. And finally, a real important one, this is completely voluntary, so this is intended to be a tool for you to use in forming teams for the hydrogen hub FOA, but it is not in any way required for any potential hydrogen hub FOA and has no impact on FOA evaluation or selection processes.

So with that I'll pass it back to Stacey for control and I think Sunita will finish this up, thank you.

Sunita Satyapal: Right, thank you Zach and Stacey.

So here, so hopefully everyone got a good overview. Big thank you to all my colleagues here for going through all the details. And so here, I just want to summarize some of our key activities, so stakeholder engagement is a really high priority. So you can see, we just had one webinar today, will have a lot more engagements, so webinars, listening sessions, workshops, interagency and state coordination. So again, stay tuned. And then that third bullet, really wanted to emphasize the importance of again the environmental justice, tribal, diversity, equity, inclusion, engagement. So just stay tuned again the big priority here stakeholder engagement, and this is just the beginning.

And a second priority we wanted to emphasize is the tools analysis, some of the enablers so tech assistance. For instance, the GREET analysis, we've already done a webinar on that and, again, we'll have a lot of analysis information, such as the H2@Scale reports available. H2 Matchmaker, again, a lot of the questions we get are how do I partner, how do I find potential producers or off takers, and so forth. And so a lot of interest there, again Zach said it's a completely voluntary, but again it's just, you know, one potential option for stakeholders out there, that may want to self-identify and have more visibility in terms of opportunities. And then, finally, we discussed mechanisms like the RFI and feedback from the community, so I think those two pieces, I really wanted to emphasize.

And then again in summary, of course, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has, is very extensive, covers many, many aspects of our clean energy portfolio, but here we just emphasize again these example deliverables that are due within 180 days of the enactments. So that is the national strategy and roadmap which, and also mentioned the targets. The hydrogen hubs solicitation, again will, I know there are a lot of questions about the hubs we covered it at a high-level and, again, some of the questions they these were the language, the exact language from the statutes. And then the hydrogen standard again, that is something that was also mentioned within 180 days. It will provide a lot more information on these and other items and then, if we go to the next slide.

This again with just a summary slide for some of the key hydrogen provisions with the timeline. So again, this is the exact information in the statute but wanted to highlight the top three again as a reminder, in terms of what's required within 180 days. So, you can see what, we’ll again provide a lot more information, but in a nutshell, those three items there the national strategy and roadmap, clean hydrogen standard, and the hydrogen hubs solicitation. And then you can see the timeline again across 2023 to 2026. And we'll continue with our analysis, as I mentioned in terms of the national strategy. We’ll update the strategy and the roadmap as required in the statute every three years and then continue to refine. As for the standard, as well as a reminder, already been working with EPA and we'll have a you know a lot more engagement there and then within five years as well does mention updating, if needed, the standard. And then the hubs also you can see the timeline is shown in green across 2023 to 2026. And then, finally, the last two boxes there are the electrolysis RD&D that I covered in the manufacturing and recycling RD&D. And there too, you can see, you know additional it we already have pretty extensive portfolio there, electrolysis is directly related to our Hydrogen Shot. And we have other pathways as well, in terms of hydrogen production, and you can see again the plans, and you can see, the very specific target again. And the statute and 2026 of meeting $2 per kilogram hydrogen from electrolysis and that again is a stepping stone towards our $1 within a decade target under Hydrogen Shot so with that again we'd like to thank everyone for your interest and support of hydrogen.

And if we go to the next slide I think that's the end of the webinar. And I’d like to turn it over to Eric who will moderate the Q&A. And we have a team here so and again just for everyone's awareness, all the slides will be posted online, and I think we go to the next slide that gives the website hydrogen.energy.gov which has, is a portal, basically goes to the various offices, has a lot of the information or webinars and if you see the link down at the bottom there. If you can sign up, again for those interested, you will receive the updates, the emails, funding opportunity announcements, the webinars, and you know all of the information, the newsletters for our hydrogen activities. So feel free to sign up. And we will now, I’ll now turn it over to Eric and we will try to answer as many questions as we can and will have you know future webinars and outreach as well, you don't get to all of them.

Eric Miller, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office: Thank you so much Sunita and thank you to all the speakers all of our expert speakers who have done such an excellent job presenting this material, and thank you to all the participants who submitted such interesting questions. We'll get to as many as we can, we've got a short period of time left here, but I do want to start out by saying the majority of questions did come to access to the material of presenting today, so thank you Sunita for putting the slide up. Those of you still online go to the Q&A, we’ve entered these links for your convenience as well. This material will be available in several days, the slides themselves and the video itself will be also published with the transcript following that as well, so thank you for your interest and everyone, please look for that on our website. This material will be became available to you shortly, so thank you for that.

Let's go to a couple of other questions. First, let me go back to Zach and the matchmaker team, there was a lot of enthusiasm around this and this tool itself, again, I think you did address some of the question that did come in, in terms of the availability of the tool, when it will be published. Just maybe Zach and your team, I want to congratulate you on the presentation and such an exciting tool, people have commented on that considerably. Some people ask the question, who really should be signing up for this, for example, are suppliers of equipment that could use hydrogen being encouraged to register the hub? If you want to address who you're expecting or who do you think would benefit from being a part of this tool. And I’ll open that to the matchmaker team first.

Zachary Taie: Yeah thanks Eric, perhaps you could take that one Jesse.

Jesse Adams, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office: Sure, so yeah I think I mean we're really after the hydrogen producers, hydrogen end users, and you know integrated infrastructure. Certainly if you are a component supplier and you want to be involved and have your information up there on the map, I think that certainly doesn't hurt. I think at some level, you know when you're like maybe a valid manufacturer or something like that really low level, you know those sorts of projects, you know your component will be purchased by sort of the end user, so I think you have a natural fit in with all of the eventual hydrogen hubs. But I think if you have a major potential role in the hubs it doesn't hurt to put your information in, and we can populate it.

Eric Miller: Great thanks Jesse and thanks Zach. All right, let's move a little bit back onto a stakeholder engagement, Sunita just covered this at the end of the presentation as well. Again I think it's clear that there's going to be continued stakeholder engagement moving forward in this process, one thing that might be interesting to address Sunita, is how do you envision stakeholder engagement with international organizations, particularly in areas of definitions and the harmonization of types of standards that might be relevant to that conversation.

Sunita Satyapal: Thanks Eric and one quick thing also on the H2 Matchmaker is there are lots of questions, but just want to emphasize again the kind of beta testing approach. So like, all these questions that we're getting are really helpful. So please do, you know, email that the email address that Zach showed and the beta testing, again, will help to further develop the tool.

So, in terms of the engagements we do have a number of international partnerships so I’ll just mention a few, again, we're very coordinated internationally on hydrogen and have been for decades. We had an 18 years ago now, the IPHE International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy. In fact, IPHE.net is a good website to go to, has over 22 countries, European Commission, and we are co-leads, in fact co-chairs of that, vice chairs. And in terms of the standard, your question Eric, again, just for awareness, for everyone, there is an activity, specifically on developing a common analytical methodology for calculating the greenhouse gas footprints of hydrogen. Again, it's a really good question, and that was actually voted by all 20 countries about three, four years ago in Korea when we held our steering committee meeting across all the countries, as the highest priority of how do we have a common analytical framework. So again, defining the boundary conditions for the different pathways and hydrogen production, and eventually we’ll also be looking at hydrogen delivery: is it ammonia or liquid organic carriers or liquid hydrogen and how do you again, you know what pressure are you defining. And so there's a lot of detail there, so I do want to highlight again just for everyone's awareness, if you go to IPHE.net there is a report that was published, again, under the auspices of IPHE that discusses that common analytical framework for defining the greenhouse gas emissions methodology. And so again many examples, we have the clean hydrogen mission, your mission innovation, the clean energy ministerial where we launched at H2 Twin Cities so, and others as well, the IEA in terms of research, technology collaboration programs, again, lots of examples of international coordination and outreach.

Eric Miller: Great thanks Sunita, and there's this, I want to you know in this idea of engagement and coordination there's a lot of interesting questions of the viewers are quite astute in terms of they’re doing their homework before coming to this webinar. Several noted that there are other provisions in the infrastructure bill that that look at, for example CCS, as well as a distribution of funds to states. Have we thought about, or are there thoughts about coordinating or synergizing the broader context of the BIL, that would really better you know impact the hydrogen fuel cell technology aspect of this, it seems like there might be an opportunity here.

Sunita Satyapal: Yes, definitely and glad you brought up that the CCS. And so obviously with our fossil energy and carbon management, colleagues still on here but we have a lot of efforts as well, in terms of CCS and so it's mentioned specifically under the hydrogen provisions, as well as elsewhere, and it's not just the CCS, but we have the grid related activities, there is specific activities related to the use of former mine land, industrial applications, again, there are many sections within the BIL where we have synergies. And then, specifically in terms of the state funding and there's both, again the bipartisan, this is the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that we're talking about, but the Build Back Better reconciliation bill also has some specific provisions there, of course, that's not passed yet, so we will provide more detail there. But definitely plans to coordinate at the state level and leverage activities. Again, I didn't show all the funding, there were also you know there's specific mention of fueling infrastructure and stations and EV charging and so forth, and state engagements, but there definitely will be plans to coordinate there.

Eric Miller: Great you mentioned the mines but that's just brought up another questions, so it's tangentially related, but in terms of research, that would be funded in terms of materials replacements for example for platinum or iridium and fuel cells is that a part of this vision as well?

Sunita Satyapal: But yeah so definitely that's part of our core program also. And so, again, for those who may want to look online, we have, for instance ElectroCat, which is a consortium that we funded to look at, you know, completely platinum-free catalyst for fuel cells. We have, under the hydrogen space, H2NEW, which was the hydrogen next generation electrolyzsis water consortium that we funded. We also have HydroGEN, which is you know earlier stage R&D and then so so definitely activities in terms of non-platinum-based catalysts or reducing platinum so alloy catalyst or core shell catalysts and then completely, or de-alloy catalyst alloys. Completely PGM-free catalysts as well, such as through ElectroCat. And then, but I do also want to mention that it depends a lot on the application, so some of you may be involved in our Million Mile Fuel Cell Truck consortium so their focus is really on durability, which points, end cost may not be as much of an issue and so in some cases, focusing more on recycling or manufacturing for recycleability not just the catalyst but the ionomer and retrieval and so forth. As opposed to completely platinum-free because you also have to make durability, which may point to the need for more PGM, so it's not you know one size fits all just want to explain that we have very specific application urban targets.

Eric Miller: Thanks Sunita and we only have a few minutes left here, I just want to cover some really high-level topics here, you mentioned near the end of your presentation, you gave a pretty detailed timeline but I think several questions did come up specifically focused on the fact that the infrastructure deal is really a long-term investment in terms of implementation and processes related to it, you have any last comments on that?

Sunita Satyapal: Yeah, so I think you know, the main statement here that we've been making from DOE is that, unlike the spending bills in the past that have, you know, focused on really short-term economic stimulus, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is a long-term investment in our competitiveness. And to, you know, rebuild the country's infrastructure. And so that means that the programs in the bill are going to operate on different timelines and so, you know, while the agency's already taking steps to get money out the door, so I think everyone's working really hard, we want to emphasize it's not the speed, but the success that will you know, be measured in the in the long run. And so some of the provisions in the law have existing program structures, and so that might allow, for you know faster deployment. And then some of the others, like that some of the clean energy demonstrations that might, those might take a little bit longer to implement. So again, if you look into the details some of those require you know further program design to ensure the best possible outcome and that the money is used most effectively, so I think there's again, a lot of different timelines and provisions there, but a lot of excitement, and a lot of work, hard work going on and so look forward to all of the all of the engagement and really value everyone's input.

Eric Miller: Right, thanks Sunita. Another topic that came up again and again today, I just if you have any final comments on the importance of the prioritization of environmental justice and diversity, equity and inclusion, in this whole process.

Sunita Satyapal: Yeah, so thanks so much Eric, I think that might be a really good ending point, as you mentioned, because that is such a huge priority. So, with the president's commitments and our Justice40 initiative and really again across the entire pathway of you know, starting just the inception, getting feedback, as we designed the programs and so forth. And then, in terms of participation as well, and maybe I’ll just mention again, as a reminder for those that maybe are not aware, that we have our Annual Merit Review and we'll have our, you know Hydrogen Shot Summits, and so forth, and the next one is June, the week of June 6, 2022. And so, they’re also, last time we had, you know, great participation and engagement from the DEI, EJ perspective, tribal communities, and so, if there are any, you know, listening as well for those communities who have feedback or suggestions we’re really happy to take them, to hear them and so thanks again for emphasizing that Eric. And with that I know  we're pretty much done we had just have one minute left.

So maybe I'll just take the reins again, and thank you for moderating and for all the efforts and really thank the entire office, we have several folks on. Maybe we'll just end with, for those that have their cameras and want to turn on their cameras, just to acknowledge everybody here. And a big thank you to Stacey, Vanessa, Cassie, Karen, I can't see anyone else here, but if people want to turn on their cameras here, I see Bob and others.

So with that, this concludes our H2IQ webinar and so again on behalf of the entire U.S. Department of Energy Hydrogen Program, which includes multiple offices across the departments here. We would like to thank you and with that I’ll turn it over back to Stacey and we'll conclude the webinar. Thank you.

Eric Miller: Thank you all.