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As part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Department of Energy has released a draft of its National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap. This report provides a snapshot of hydrogen production, transport, storage, and use in the United States today and the opportunity that clean hydrogen could provide in contributing to national goals across sectors.

JetBlue announced plans to bolster its transition to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with a new agreement with AIR COMPANY, a carbon technology company creating carbon-negative alcohols and fuels from carbon dioxide.

The U.S. Department of Energy opened applications for the $7 billion program to create regional clean hydrogen hubs (H2Hubs) across the country.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory launched a long-term agreement with Constellation to evaluate trends in the country’s energy system and develop technologies.

Wind and solar projects met over 10% of global electricity demand for the first time in 2022, according to research company BloombergNEF (BNEF).

Citizens announced that it has entered into a PPA with Ørsted, supporting the construction of the Sunflower Wind Project, which will match 100% of Citizens’ power consumption.

Amazon signed an agreement with renewable fuels technology company Infinium to power Amazon’s transportation fleet with ultra-low carbon electrofuels beginning in 2023.

Xcel Energy’s Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant in Welch, Minnesota will install an electrolyzer to augment existing clean energy nuclear infrastructure.

Capgemini announced the validation by SBTi of its new long-term (2040) and short term (2030) net zero carbon reduction targets.