Climate Politics

America’s Promised Hydrogen-Fueled Future Is Stalled Over Tax Credits

Hydrogen projects worth billions of dollars are stuck in limbo as the government debates who will qualify.

Hydrogen is loaded into a truck at the Plug Power Inc. liquid green hydrogen plant in Woodbine, Georgia. 

Photographer: Agnes Lopez/Bloomberg
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Two years after President Joe Biden’s landmark climate law promised to kick-start green hydrogen production with generous tax credits, companies still don’t know who will qualify.

Billions of dollars in investments sit on the sidelines as a result.