The Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2) has issued a new Request for Information (RFI) for potential clean hydrogen projects.
The ARCH2 Program Management Office (PMO) is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to identify potential projects to add to the ARCH2 portfolio.
Entities interested in submitting an RFI response are encouraged to read the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Number: DE-FOA-0002779. The criteria for selecting projects resulting from this RFI will largely follow the criteria outlined in this FOA.
Through this RFI process, ARCH2 is seeking projects that demonstrate production, processing, delivery, storage, and/or end-use of clean hydrogen in accordance with criteria outlined in the FOA and the Department of Energy’s Clean Hydrogen Production Standard (CHPS) Guidance.
See link below for CHPS guidance: https://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/docs/hydrogenprogramlibraries/pdfs/clean-hydrogenproduction-standard-guidance.pdf
ARCH2 will consider proposed clean hydrogen projects that address a single step in the value chain (e.g., production), however, projects that address the full value chain, or multiple steps, are preferred.
Also, projects that address connective infrastructure, e.g., clean hydrogen transport, delivery, storage, are of particular interest. ARCH2 encourages submittals from entities not currently part of ARCH2. Entities with existing ARCH2 projects are also encouraged to submit projects that consist of new or additional scope beyond the scope of the project currently funded under ARCH2.
Up to $110,000,000 in federal assistance is available to fund up to three additional ARCH2 clean hydrogen projects. ARCH2 project developers must contribute at least 50% of the proposed project’s total cost share.
A cost share commitment greater than 50% is encouraged. Existing ARCH2 projects have committed much greater than 50% cost share (e.g., current ARCH2 projects partners have committed to nearly 70% of the total project’s cost share for Phase 1 efforts).
