October 10, 2024
DOE to Invest in Hydrogen for “Green Iron” Facility as Part of $10 Million Initiative to Support Clean Energy Transitions for Communities Across the United States
DOE to Invest in Hydrogen for “Green Iron” Facility as Part of $10 Million Initiative to Support Clean Energy Transitions for Communities Across the United States
The City of Duluth, Minnesota, and local partners to receive tailored funding and technical assistance to support regional hydrogen-based initiative
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Wednesday, October 9, that the City of Duluth and its local development partners will receive DOE support to develop hydrogen and renewable energy systems, as well as a clean energy workforce, to enable the deployment of a green iron plant in the region. Minnesota is the nation’s largest producer of iron ore used for domestic steel production.
Duluth is one of three new communities—alongside Nashville, Tennessee, and Lane County, Oregon—to receive $10 million collectively in funding and technical assistance. Teams of local governments, electric utilities, and community-based groups will work closely with experts from DOE’s world-class national laboratories over two to three years through an in-depth partnership with the DOE’s Clean Energy to Communities (C2C) program. In-depth partnerships are a key approach used by C2C to support communities with renewable energy and grid, mobility, building, and resilience challenges. To date, almost 300 communities in the United States have received support from C2C to advance their goals and drive clean energy progress nationwide.
Learn more about the C2C program.
This article is part of a week-long celebration of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day, held annually on October 8 in recognition of hydrogen’s atomic weight of 1.008.