The White House calls hydrogen essential to achieving Biden's"vision of a strong, clean energy economy” and net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. by 2050.FILE - President Joe Biden speaks in the Indian Treaty Room on the White House complex in Washington, Oct. 11, 2023.
Biden has made Philadelphia a regular stop for both official and campaign events, and partners in the proposed Philadelphia-area hub have labor unions that are key endorsers of Biden’s. The West Virginia-based hub includes major Pittsburgh-based natural gas companies that are active in the region’s prolific Marcellus Shale reservoir, as well as an upstate facility that is working on producing hydrogen from natural gas.
Nearly every state has joined at least one proposed hub, and many are working together, hoping to reap the economic development and thousands of jobs they would bring. Big fossil fuel companies, renewable energy developers and researchers in university and government labs are involved, too.