{"id":796,"date":"2023-12-07T13:42:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T13:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/njacre.com\/?p=796"},"modified":"2023-12-07T13:42:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T13:42:49","slug":"us-to-release-hydrogen-subsidy-guidance-after-cop28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/njacre.com\/us-to-release-hydrogen-subsidy-guidance-after-cop28\/","title":{"rendered":"US to release hydrogen subsidy guidance after COP28"},"content":{"rendered":"
DUBAI, Dec 6 (Reuters) – The U.S. will release guidance for how hydrogen producers can secure billions of dollars of subsidies embedded in last year\u2019s<\/span> Inflation Reduction Act<\/span><\/a> sometime this year after the COP28 climate conference in Dubai, U.S. energy advisor John Podesta told Reuters on Wednesday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Industry has been <\/span>waiting anxiously<\/span><\/a> for the guidance from the U.S. Treasury Department for months, as the administration debates whether to restrict the incentives to producers using new,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n instead of existing, <\/span>clean energy sources<\/span><\/a> to prevent an uptick in emissions.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Asked when the guidance would be released, Podesta said he expected it before the end of the year, but not during the Nov. 30 to Dec. 12 COP28 summit.<\/span>Hydrogen is a clean burning fuel that the Biden administration views as <\/span>crucial to cleaning up<\/span><\/a> hard-to-decarbonize industries like aluminum and cement. It is made by electrolyzing water and can be considered green if its production is powered by zero-emissions sources like solar, wind, nuclear or hydro.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n