The heartland hydrogen hub consists of project locations across north dakota, south dakota, and minnesota, with the potential to expand into neighboring states, that will leverage the region's…

The heartland hydrogen hub consists of project locations across north dakota, south dakota, and minnesota, with the potential to expand into neighboring states, that will leverage the region's abundant energy resources to help decarbonize the agricultural sector's production of fertilizer and decrease the regional cost of clean hydrogen. The heartland hydrogen hub also proposes to use clean hydrogen for power generation in a manner that may catalyze CO-firing hydrogen in utility-owned generation across the country. The hub plans to offer unique opportunities of equity ownership with the mandan, hidatsa and arikara nation and to local farmers and farmer CO-OPS through a private sector partnership that will allow local farmers to receive more competitive pricing for clean fertilizer. These initiatives can help reduce roughly 1 million metric tons per year of carbon emissions-roughly equivalent to the annual emissions of 220,000 gasoline-powered cars-while extending profit-sharing and benefits from the expanding hydrogen economy to wider communities, a model with the potential for replication across the midwest. The heartland hydrogen hub's use of open access storage and pipeline infrastructure will create a hydrogen network accessible to both current and new hydrogen users. The heartland hydrogen hub has committed tens of millions of dollars to create an education consortium to oversee career development, workforce training, apprenticeship programs, and K-12 stem education, which includes several tribal colleges and universities. A goal of the heartland hydrogen hub is to contract hundreds of millions of dollars for businesses owned by women, minorities, disabled veterans, disadvantaged communities, or lgbtq persons. The heartland hydrogen hub anticipates creating upwards of 3,880 direct jobs-3,067 in construction jobs and 703 permanent jobs. To oversee implementation of the community benefits plan (CBP), this H2HUB intends to create a CBP advisory board.