Biden Eyes Long-Term Hydrogen Breakthrough in Plan to Send Gas to EU
- New gas pipelines would be purpose-built to carry hydrogen
- Approach would allow quicker, cheaper clean energy transition
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The Biden administration says the infrastructure needed under a plan announced Friday to boost natural gas shipments to Europe will be built so that it can be converted later to distribute climate-friendly hydrogen.
In the short term, the pipelines, tanks and terminals could expand the use of liquefied natural gas and encourage more production in the U.S., drawing the ire of environmentalists who want to wean the world from fossil fuels. But under the vision outlined by the U.S. and the European Union, the equipment could eventually be re-purposed to transport hydrogen.