The Pacific Northwest is finalizing plans for $1 billion in investments in ‘green’ hydrogen to power aviation, shipping, long-haul trucking and more | Local News | Spokane | The Pacific Northwest Inlander | News, Politics, Music, Calendar, Events in Spokane, Coeur d’Alene and the Inland Northwest
By Samantha Wohlfeil
Last fall, the Pacific Northwest got the news that our region was chosen as one of seven regional “hydrogen hubs” around the country, with the promise of about $1 billion in federal funding to create, store and increase uses of hydrogen fuel.
The Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub, expected to create 10,000 or more jobs, will specifically focus on “green” hydrogen — using only renewable energy resources to power the electrolysis process that rips hydrogen atoms from the oxygen atoms in water to create hydrogen fuel.
When used in fuel cells, the only resulting emissions from burning that fuel are water and heat.
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